Coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook hits $605K, may break Lamborghini charity auction record

Apparently, coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook is a big deal. Even bigger, perhaps, than a new 2013 Lamborghini.

Going once, going twice, sold! Auctionata modernizes the auction house

Auctionata raised $20 million to expand its marketplace of valuable objects and community of experts, making the auction process more accessible.

Google Glass auction hits $15,900 before eBay removes listing

The fashion world can keep its Chanel clutches and Jimmy Choo shoes; techies are more interested in getting their hands on Google Glass.

THQ bids farewell after raising $72M in asset sales

The auction process for THQ's game studios has ended.

EBay gamifies the auction, with a little help from UC Santa Cruz students

Pretty soon you might be buying that extra doily for your bathroom vanity just to level up your eBay character or jump to the next reputation level. EBay is working to gamify the auction process -- and doing so with the help of University of California, Santa Cruz students.

Diablo 3 release date is in early 2012, more beta keys going out

Blizzard Entertainment’s next highly-anticipated online game, Diablo 3, won’t come out until early next year, the company’s chief executive Mike Morhaime said Friday.

Blizzard Entertainment is known for taking its time before releasing a game. So far, the strategy has …

Diablo 3 beta is short, sweet and a sign of great things to come (hands on)

The beta for Blizzard Entertainment’s next potential hit, Diablo 3, finally landed yesterday. We got a chance to blitz through the beta with each of the character classes and try out just about everything available, and it looks like Blizzard …

Diablo 3 beta begins today

Initial invitations to join the beta testing program for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 3 game are finally making the rounds to Battle.net account holders.

The start of a beta for an online game usually indicates that the game will come out …

Hulu sale may not happen if new bids don’t meet expectations

Poor Hulu.

The premium streaming video service’s owners don’t want it anymore and are trying to sell it. And while all the possible buyers (like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon and DirecTV) agree that its highly valuable, it looks like none …

Hulu bidding heats up as DirecTV drops out

Satellite TV operator DirecTV has dropped out of the bidding process for Hulu after bidding too low, according the Financial Times.

Hulu has been on sale since June with bids fluxuating between $1.5 and $2 billion. Hulu’s owners — Disney, …

Blizzard won’t commit to Diablo 3 release date this year

Blizzard Entertainment chief executive Mike Morhaime said today the company is still not committing to a 2011 release date for Diablo 3, one of its most hotly anticipated titles.

“Diablo 3 is still on track to go into external beta …

Gaming pays off: Blizzard unveils Diablo 3 auction system featuring real currency

World of Warcraft maker Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled an auction system for selling in-game items for real-world currency in its latest multiplayer game, Diablo 3.

Players can sell the equipment they get from monsters they kill in the game — …