Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, July 17, 2006.

"Negative postings may spur lawsuit: PERSON WHO PUTS CRITICAL THOUGHTS ONLINE, NOT WEB SITE, IS HELD RESPONSIBLE," By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News, 7/16/06
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15051517.htm

"EBay Fixes Serious Security Hole in Picture Tool," posted by Brian Krebs on Washington Post Security Fix blog, 7/14/06
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/ebays_new_picture_tool_fixes_s.html

"Making Several Stops at Shops Online, but Paying All at Google," By BOB TEDESCHI, New York Times, 7/17/06
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/17/technology/17ecom.html

"PayPal International’s income rises to €164m," by Gavin Daly, Sunday Business Post Online, 7/16/06
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqid=15754-qqqx=1.asp

Of note to eBay members in Australia:
"Clarification of eBay’s GST Policy," posted on the eBayAustralia Announcement Board, 7/14/06
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/au/200607141126192.html

"Skype Cracked?" posted by Om Malic on GigaOM Blog, 7/13/06
http://gigaom.com/2006/07/13/skype-cracked

"Two nabbed in eBay computer sales scam: A Broward couple are charged with defrauding computer companies out of thousands of dollars in equipment that was resold on eBay," BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ, Miami Herald, 7/14/06
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/15034135.htm

"DONE IN THE SUN: OLD-MEDIA MALAISE SOURS MOGULFEST," by Tim Arango, New York Post, 7/16/06
http://www.nypost.com/business/done_in_the_sun_business_tim_arango.htm

"Dailies Strike Back At Web: This just in: Newspapers and Yahoo! in talks to reslice the ad pie," BusinessWeek Online, 7/24/06
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_30/b3994023.htm

"Yahoo China Resumes Using 3721 Domain Name," ChinaTechNews, 7/14/06
http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=4198