Here is today's AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup.

"Alibaba Prepares New Online Service," ChinaTechNews, 8/16/07
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/08/16/5764-alibaba-prepares-new-online-service

"Listing IDs and SKUs," posted on the Amazon.com Seller Success announcement board, 8/16/07
Amazon.com will require all listings to have a SKU and will use SKUs as the primary identifier throughout Marketplace.
http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=139912
Amazon Marketplace Sellers discuss here:
http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=139916

"Skype users left hanging without a service," ZDnet Australia, 8/17/07
http://tinyurl.com/36xkcd

"Bomb squad called over eBay mishap," By Benjamin Smith, (GateHouse News Service), The Sudbury Town Crier, 8/14/07
http://www.townonline.com/sudbury/homepage/x574733553

"Like eBay For Malware: Computer Crime Is Slicker Than You Think," By David Raikow, CMP Channel, 8/15/07
http://www.crn.com/security/201800238?pgno=1

"Local cops wary of eBay patch-trading; Insignia swapping could facilitate impersonation of police officers," By Roman Gokhman, InsideBayArea.com, 8/15/07
http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/ci_6627617

"Legal analysis: The impact of the eBay case on patent infringement," By Lisa A. Ferrari, Electronic Business, 8/15/2007
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6468436.html

"PayPal Buyers, Sellers Still Steaming," by Martin H. Bosworth, ConsumerAffairs.com, 8/16/07
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/08/paypal_problems.html

"Friends Don't Let Friends Go Shopping Without Checking Facebook," posted on the Shopping.com Partner Network Developer Blog on 8/14/07
http://developer.shopping.com/blog/read/5758