Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, October 13, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"EBay Scrambles for Answers to PayPal Outage," by Keith Regan
EcommerceTimes.com, 10/12/04
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/EBay-Scrambles-for-Answers-to-PayPal-Outage-37256.html

"Yahoo, Ahead in Japan and Taiwan, Gains on Leader EBay in China"
Bloomberg.com, 10/13/04
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=a4HmXeAV.a0c

"SingPost is eBay's first national post office partner in Asia," By Chan Hwa Loon
Channel NewsAsia, 10/12/04
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/corporatenews/view/111361/1/.html

"E-shopping: When Things Don't Click," By Don Oldenburg
Washington Post, 10/12/04
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25615-2004Oct11.html

"Google launches Froogle in the UK"
BBC, 10/12/04
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3737422.stm

"PayPal Technical Snafu Hits eBay Online Commerce," by Steven Burke
CRN, 10/12/04
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=49901031

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Expert: Online extortion growing more common," by Dan Ilett
Cnet, 10/8/04
http://news.com.com/Expert+Online+extortion+growing+more+common/2100-7349_3-5403162.html

Miscellaneous

"No need to place a bid - eBay's data are free," by Lee Gomes (Wall Street Journal)
Duluth News Tribune, 10/12/04
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/business/9897350.htm

"Devise personal strategy for eBay buying," by Mary Hunt
Cincinnati Post, 10/12/04
http://www.cincypost.com/2004/10/12/cheap101204.html