Here is the online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, August 11, 2004, compiled by Ina Steiner, Editor of AuctionBytes.com. This feature was formerly called "Other Stories" and was included at the end of each AuctionBytes Newsflash newsletter. To comment on the new format, please email ina@auctionbytes.com.

Industry News & Trends

"NetScaler Accelerates UBid Site"
Thewhir.com, 8/6/04
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/net080604.cfm

"IBill sold for $55 million," By John T. Fakler
MSnbc, 8/8/04
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5625960

"Suit against Amazon for book showing semi-nude child is tossed" (AP)
USAToday.com, 8/7/04
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-08-07-kid-photos_x.htm

"Google, Yahoo bury the legal hatchet," by Stefanie Olsen
Cnet, 8/9/04
http://digbig.com/4bnbx

"Google's Secret Ad Policy Partly Revealed, Still Pretty Mysterious," MarketingVox.com, 8/9/04 http://digbig.com/4bnbw

Weird, Unusual or Charity Auctions

"Elvis' Diamond Wedding Band Goes on Auction"
TacyLtd., 8/8/04
http://www.tacyltd.com/Research_Materials_Full.asp?id=53990
The auction is at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=433&item=3831831096

"No Bidders for MIG-29 Fighter at US Online Auction"
Russian Information Agency, 8/7/04
http://digbig.com/4bnbq

"Divorce on, eBay sale off," by Kate Rakoczy
New York Daily News, 8/9/04
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/220168p-189282c.html

Fraud

"Pipe's patrol blocks phishers," by Kate Mackenzie
Australian IT, 8/10/04
http://digbig.com/4bncy

Interesting because of its discussion of the challenges of getting email to get through to intended recipients.
"Google Aims For ISP White Lists," By David McGuire
Washington Post, 8/9/04
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51270-2004Aug9.html

"ID theft symptom of database culture," by Mark Jewell (AP)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 8/9/04
http://digbig.com/4bncd