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

"Small Merchants Gain Large Presence on Web," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 12/3/07
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/technology/03ecom.html

"eBay featuring on Watchdog," posted on the eBay UK announcement board, 12/5/07
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200712051138432.html

"EBay lobbies for e-theft penalties," BusinessWeek, 12/5/07
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8TBJTI81.htm

"Fraud an "internet problem, not an eBay problem," spokeswoman says. Comment comes after Calgary man lost $20K on eBay transaction," CBC News, 12/4/07
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/12/04/ebay-folo.html

"Auctioning4u, iSold It?" posted by Chris Dawson on the Tamebay blog, 12/5/07
http://www.tamebay.com/2007/12/auctioning4u-isold-it.html

"Klausner sues Apple iPhone over voicemail patent," By Eric Auchard, Guardian, 12/3/07
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7123714

"Rising with Taobao to offer users better online security," (Shanghai Daily), China.org.cn, 11/30/07
http://www.china.org.cn/english/business/233981.htm

"Competition: You Gotta Bling! It to Win It!" posted by Chris Dawson on the TameBay blog, 12/3/07
http://www.tamebay.com/2007/12/competition-you-gotta-bling-it-to-win-it.html

"Google Declares War on Paid Links: But Why Now?" posted by Rustybrick on the Search Engine Roundtable blog, 12/3/07
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/015518.html

"Brothers who ran Hurricane Katrina donation scam sentenced," by Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld, 12/3/07
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9050601