Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, November 12, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"PayPal Issue – Resolved," eBay Systems Announcement Board, 11/10/04
PayPal was temporarily unavailable from 09:38 PT to 10:37 PT on November 10.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml#2004-11-10103734

"Swiss catch online auction and shopping bug," by Elizabeth Meen, SwissInfo, 11/11/04
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=5321369

"eBay Pledge to MP on Guns Trade," By Chris Moncrieff, PA, Scotsman.com, 11/11/04
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3746756

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Ruth contract whiffs on eBay," by Owen Moritz, New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/251435p-215220c.html

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"FBI: Hidden threat inside cybercrime" (Reuters), Cnet, 11/10/04
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5447467.html

"Steal your face: The dangers of identity theft," by Eric J. Sinrod, USA Today, 11/10/04
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ericjsinrod/2004-11-10-sinrod_x.htm

Miscellaneous

"The Web: New wave of online entrepreneurs," UPI, 11/10/04
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20041110-090817-3841r