Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, October 12 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"German Court To Decide Whether eBay Sale Is An Auction"
Sporting Goods Business, 10/11/04
http://www.sgbmag.com/sportinggoodsbusiness/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000663700

"PayPal suffers intermittent outages," By Bob Sullivan
MSnbc, 10/11/04
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6228586

"Technical Problems at PayPal Cause Troubles for eBay Users," by Carl Bialik and Nick Wingfield
Wall Street Journal, 10/11/04
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109753087216842304,00.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news

"Asia Bound," By Karen Lowry Miller (Newsweek 10/18/04 issue)
MSnbc.com, 10/10/04
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6199775/site/newsweek

"New Wheels? Many Steer to eBay Motors," By Lonnie Brown
TheLedger.com, 10/10/04
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041010/COLUMNISTS0203/410100306/1089/BUSINESS

"Learn eBay the moneymaking way"
News 8 Austin, 10/11/04
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=121750&SecID=2

"Florida Business Buys Oklahoma School On eBay"
ChannelOklahoma.com, 10/9/04
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/3797840/detail.html

"The eBay way turns a profit for millions as trash turns to treasure," By Brent Killackey
JournalTimes.com, 10/10/04
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2004/10/10/local/iq_3149429.txt

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Teenager's £45,000 eBay con funded New York spending spree," By Danielle Demetriou
The Independent, 10/12/04
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=571247

"Law enforcement using online auction sites to cash in seized assets" (AP)
Detroit Free Press, 10/9/04
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw105426_20041009.htm

Miscellaneous

"Search, Web Services Power The Next Web," by Susan Kuchinskas
InternetNews.com, 10/8/04
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3419141

"Schmidt to take greater role in U.S. cybersecurity," by Robert Lemos
Cnet, 10/11/04
http://news.com.com/Schmidt+takes+greater+role+in+U.S.+cybersecurity/2100-7348_3-5406220.html