Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, August 18, 2006.

"FYI, Yahoo and eBay are totally shacking up," posted on the ValleyWag gossip blog
http://valleywag.com/tech/yahoo/fyi-yahoo-and-ebay-are-totally-shacking-up-194918.php
references Fortune Magazine interview from 8/14/06:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/21/8383652/

"Google Corrects Checkout Glitch: Non-users inadvertently had Checkout icon appear near their ads in new transaction system," Juan Carlos Perez, (IDG News Service) PC World, 8/17/06
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126793-c,google/article.html

"New eBay fees leave store owners seeing red: Local retailers say hike makes it harder to stay in business," by Eric Ruth, The News Journal, 8/17/06
http://digbig.com/4mkhx

"eBay traders fight fee hike," by Louisa Hearn, Syndey Morning Herald, 8/17/06
http://digbig.com/4mkhy

"Tweeter offers trade-in program for iPod owners," By Andrew J. Manuse, Metrowest Daily, 8/17/06
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=138107

"Sandy eBay receives more hits: Police look for store owner as complaints increase," By Garth Guibord, The Sandy Post, 8/17/06
http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=115583584940225900

Tongue-in-cheek press release from Canadian online auction site:
"MightyBids.com considers ebay food drive," company-issued press release, 8/17/06
http://www.pressreleasenetwork.com/newsroom/news_view.phtml?news_id=1806

"Web auction fraud leads surge in Japan cyber crime," (Reuters), Yahoo News, 8/16/06
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060817/wr_nm/crime_japan_cyber_dc_1

"New eBay fraud tactic: Viral Porn Trojan Horses (VPTH)," posted by Scot Wingo on his eBay Strategies weblog, 8/17/06
http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_strategies/2006/08/new_ebayfraud.html

"One reason I prefer Paypal to Google Checkout: merchant receipts," posted by Dave Taylor on his Intuitive Life Business blog, 8/16/06
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/one_reason_i_prefer_paypal_to_google_checkout_email_receipts.html