Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, October 10, 2005.

"Telecom to go head-to-head with TradeMe: Telecom is set to go head-to-head with online auction website TradeMe," Stuff.co.nz, 10/7/05
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3436277a28,00.html

"Former Skype director is right: eBay sellers won't automatically buy SkypeMe buttons," Posted by Russell Shaw on ZDnet Blog, 10/7/05
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=690

"MSN Puts Paid Search on Trial," By Sean Michael Kerner, InternetNews.com, 9/26/05
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3551551

"Crooks' goods go on the online block," by Dane Schiller, Express-News, 10/07/05
http://digbig.com/4ewyn

"Net backbone outage fixed, for now," Posted by John Borland on Cnet blog, 10/7/05
http://news.com.com/2100-1036_3-5891274.html

"Feedback Sorting: A Good Thing," Posted by Julia Wilkinson on BidBits blog, 10/8/05
http://blogs.gowholesale.com/julia_wilkinson/?p=45

"The High Price of Gasoline Sends Shoppers to the Web," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 10/10/05
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/technology/10ecom.html

"Stony Point businessman scammed," By STEVE LIEBERMAN, Journal News, 10/9/05
http://digbig.com/4exdf

"Southern Business: Shunning eBay, governments turn to specialized online auctioning," by SAMIRA JAFARI, FortWayne.com, 10/9/05
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/business/12860424.htm

"Internet sellers may need auctioneer license," by DALE WETZEL, (AP), GrandForks.com, 10/9/05
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/12861115.htm

"Skype to Continue Sole Focus on Voice," by citizen reporter Xu Zhiqiang, OhmyNews.com, 10/10/05 (First published 9/19/05)
http://digbig.com/4exdg

"Court fight over eBay sale," by Michael Clarke, This is Money, 10/8/05
http://digbig.com/4exdh

"eBay auto scam's price is 16 years: Robbers lured buyers interested in vintage muscle cars that didn't exist," By Kevin Corcoran, IndyStar.com, 10/8/05
http://digbig.com/4exdj

"Sergey Brin: No Office suite for now," Posted by Dan Farber on Cnet's Media Blog, 10/7/05
http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-5891249.html

"Police sell items on Internet: Sheriff’s office prefers on-site auction block," By Masaaki Harada, The Journal Gazette, 10/9/05
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/12858973.htm