Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, September 30, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"Consolidation Hits Web Site Payment Processors," posted by richm
Netcraft.com, 9/28/04
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/09/28/consolidation_hits_web_site_payment_processors.html

"Bring in the middleman: Online auction stores help people sell on eBay," By Candice Choi
LA Daily News, 9/27/04
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20950~2430581,00.html

"Big Red Exchange: Students Create Online Auction," by Casey Holmes
Cornell Daily Sun, 9/28/04
http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/09/28/4158e810a7a40

"eBay consignment store opens in Albuquerque," by Clay Holtzman
New Mexico Business Weekly, 9/27/04
http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2004/09/27/daily1.html

"Turning ebay into a career," by Jeff Gammage
Arizona Daily Star, 9/28/04
http://digbig.com/4btrb

"Tech tidbits on spam, phishing and Zeos," by James Derk
Scripps Howard News Service, 9/28/04
http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=COMPUTE-09-28-04

"Shopping Search Tactics," By Shari Thurow
Search Engine Watch's Search Day, 9/29/04
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3413551

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"I'm Not for Sale, Says Angry Emma"
Cambridge News, 9/28/04
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/huntingdon/story.asp?StoryID=62321

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"E-Biz sites hit with targeted attacks, extortion threats," by Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld, 9/28/04
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,96149,00.html

"First sign of malicious code exploiting Windows Jpeg security flaw," by Sarah Arnott
Computing, 9/29/04
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1158423

Miscellaneous

"Postal Service Asks Stamps.com To Stop Taking Photostamp Orders," by Kara Wetzel
Wall Street Journal, 9/29/04
Paid subscription required
http://digbig.com/4btrc

"Online auction giving Goodwill a boost," By Pat Rombyer
The Jackson Citizen Patriot, 9/29/04
http://digbig.com/4btqy