Regular commentator Bill Thompson on what the free market might mean for all the data we surrender.

Bill Thompson on what free means for social sites

The value of duty-free goods that Europeans can now bring into the EU is more than doubled, under new EU rules.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its online database service for public beta testing and said a certain level of usage will be free, at least for now.

NEW YORK - The New York Yankees declined salary arbitration with all eight of their former players who became free agents, a group that includes pitcher Andy Pettitte and right-fielder Bobby Abreu.

MILWAUKEE - Free agents CC Sabathia, Ben Sheets and Brian Shouse were offered salary arbitration Monday by the Brewers, ensuring Milwaukee will receive compensatory picks in next year's amateur draft if they sign elsewhere.

It was online retailers' turn to offer doorbuster sales Monday, the day workers used their spare time with high-speed Internet access to snag bargains. Retailers offered discounts up to 75 percent and free shipping. The National Retail Federation started Cyber Monday three years ago as a way to keep shoppers' interest in doorbuster sales that kick off the holiday.

The Yankees declined salary arbitration with all eight of their former players who became free agents, a group that includes pitcher Andy Pettitte and right fielder Bobby Abreu.

SATUN (Southern Thailand), Dec 2 (Bernama) -- Document-free travel at the border towns of Wang Kelian (Perlis) and Wang Prachan (Thailand) will be re-introduced starting Dec 5.

Free broadband for America has inched closer to reality: The plan, after two years of debate, is finally on the calendar for a full vote by the Federal Communications Commission.