Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, October 8, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"eBay executive to work with Homeland Security," by Ted Bridis (AP)
SFGate.com, 10/7/04
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/06/state2003EDT0271.DTL

"eBay launches industrial automation category"
Control Engineering, 10/5/04
http://www.manufacturing.net/ctl/article/CA457791?spacedesc=latestNews

"Google Encroaches on Amazon As Rivalries Grow," by Nick Wingfield and Kevin J. Delaney
Wall Street Journal, 10/7/04
Must be paid subscriber.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109710408529938600,00.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news

"DropShop auction stores shuts down: Demise stuns other eBay drop-off outlets," by Scott Carlson
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 10/7/04
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/9853711.htm

"Sherwood couple makes eBay hobby a business," by Julia O'Malley
The Oregonian, 10/7/04
http://www.oregonlive.com/metrosouthwest/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_southwest_news/1096977586107481.xml

"Taking e out of e-commerce: Meet the eBay middleman," by Marina Strauss
The Globe and Mail, 10/6/04
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041006/REBAY06/TPTechnology

"Online auction site comes under fire"
The Copenhagen Post, 10/7/04
http://www.cphpost.dk/get/82567.html

More about PassAlong Networks
"New service brings digital music to eBay," by Robert McMillan (IDG)
PC World Australia, 10/6/04
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1352114101

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"eBay second chance fraud reaches UK," by John Leyden
The Register, 10/5/04
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/05/ebay_scam_ruse

"House OKs bill imposing fines for secretly installed 'spyware'" (AP)
Arizona Daily Star, 10/6/04
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/42117.php

Miscellaneous

"Collector adding a little," By Dennis McCarthy
LA Daily News, 10/7/04
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20946%257E2453272,00.html

"Micropayments Over Last Year: Survey," posted by Rafat Ali
PaidContent.org Blog, 10/5/04
http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2004_10_05.shtml#010497

"Three Minutes With Craig Newmark"
PCWorld.com, 10/6/04
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118018,00.asp