Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 995 - April 13, 2005 - ISSN 1539-5065      Previous Story |

By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
April 13, 2005
Reading AuctionBytes: AuctionBytes Newsflash: Other Online Auction News, April 13, 2005

Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, April 13, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"eBay Deutschland to introduce minimum price option," Heise.de, 4/8/05
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/58373

"iSale eBay utility goes retail via Aspyr," by Peter Cohen, MacWorld, 4/12/05
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/12/isale/index.php

"Priceline.com de-emphasizes "Name Your Own Price"" (AP) USA Today, 4/11/05
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2005-04-11-priceline_x.htm

"Become.com Launches Shopping Search Engine," By Chris Sherman, SearchDay, 4/11/05
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3496571

"Google Maps meets Craigslist" (Scroll down), by Bambi Francisco, Marketwatch, 4/11/05
http://digbig.com/4ddhn

"Shocker: More People Prefer Online Car Sales To Dealing With Dealers," posted by Mike on the TechDirt Blog, 4/11/05
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050411/128251_F.shtml

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Russian police: "Our hackers are the best,"" By Dan Ilett, Cnet, 4/10/05
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5661547.html