Reuters - Barack Obama, flush with cash and ramping up his advertising in the final weeks before the November 4 election, is making U.S. political history by placing the first presidential campaign ads in online video games.

Reuters - Playboy Enterprises Inc, which publishes the world's most widely read adult entertainment magazine, will stop making DVDs to save about $12 million a year, and focus on distributing its content online, the company said in a regulatory filing.

AP - EBay Inc. posted a third-quarter profit that beat analyst forecasts Wednesday, but its lower-than-expected fourth-quarter forecast indicated the online auction site operator is not immune from the slowing economy.

AP - If voters see problems on Election Day, YouTube and PBS want them to whip out their video cameras and throw the footage onto a new Web site for documenting voters' experiences on Nov. 4.

NewsFactor - President George Bush signed two bills into law on Monday that would protect children from online predators, but one group said the bills were rushed to the White House for signature without careful consideration.

NewsFactor - Internet radio advertising just got a little more competitive. That's because TargetSpot is acquiring Ronning Lipset Radio, and together the merged company will boast a network of more than 50 partnerships with more than 1,000 stations reaching more than six million listeners a week.

AP - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed opening up unused portions of the television airwaves known as "white spaces" to deliver wireless broadband service.

AP - EBay Inc. expects its fourth-quarter earnings to drop, citing upcoming acquisitions and plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce.

CNET - Politicians are still slowly learning how to reach out to their constituents on the Internet, but that doesn't mean citizens can't keep tabs on Washington online. The latest new-media tool from The New York Times provides an embeddable widget that allows people to analyze campaign contributions made to the presidential candidates.

AP - EBay Inc. says it posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss that stemmed from charges to its Skype telecommunications unit. The profit beat analyst forecasts.