Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, May 5, 2006.

"Skype Piles It On," By Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek, 5/3/06
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2006/tc20060502_250884.htm

"Early Amazon: Auctions," posted by Greg Linden on the Geeking with Greg blog, 4/30/06
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/04/early-amazon-auctions.html

"Dream of being your own boss is just clicks away," By Wang Shanshan, China Daily, 5/4/06
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2006-05/04/content_582488.htm

"WhaBAM and the AMD Opteron Processor: Powerful Performance with Less Power Consumption Translates to Cost Savings for Auction Customers," case study posted on the AMD website
http://digbig.com/4hkts

"Comparison-Shopping Web Sites," By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO, Wall Street Journal, 5/4/06
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114670301977043291.html

"A "White Trash" tattoo can have drawbacks," By Jacob H. Fries, Tampa Bay Times, 5/5/06
http://www.tbt.com/tampabay/news/article22000.ece

"Ebay con man comes clean in new book," By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee, 5/5/06
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14251861p-15068114c.html

Off topic, but interesting:
"Ad Agency Sues Blogger for Defamation: Action Follows Public Battle Over Maine Tourism Ad Work," By Willow Duttge, Advertising Age, 5/2/06
http://adage.com/article?article_id=108971