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Judge Judy Destroys an eBay Scammer
After watching a video of Court TV's Judge Judy going head-to-head with a woman she believed w ...
Sunday February 25, 2007
Participatory Culture as Applied to eBay
I attended Beyond Broadcast at MIT yesterday. The conference theme was "From Participatory Cultu ...
Friday February 23, 2007
eBay Security Concerns Pose Communications Challenge
Things seemed to converge this week on the security front, with three separate incidents worrying ...
Tuesday February 20, 2007
eBay's Man of Mystery Profiled in NY Times
The New York Times published a profile of John Donahoe, eBay Marketplaces president. ...
Monday February 19, 2007
AuctionBytes Polls Readers on eBay Feedback 2.0
eBay's feedback system allows buyers and sellers to rate their trading partners. eBay recently annou ...
Saturday February 17, 2007
Vendor Security Lapse Has eBay Sellers Fuming
A list of eBay sellers containing names, addresses, and user names and passwords was discovered ...
Tuesday February 13, 2007
Alerting Systems for Wanted Items on eBay
I received a question from a reader about wanted items on eBay. "I'm sure your inbox is full of qu ...
Friday February 9, 2007
BookFinder Search Site Turns Ten, Shares Strategy
BookFinder.com, a "comparison-shopping search engine" for books, issued a press release announcing ...
Wednesday February 7, 2007
As eBay Considers MySpace, Overstock Goes Wiki
The Wall Street Journal reports today that eBay is in talks with MySpace to offer the social n ...
Tuesday February 6, 2007
eBay's Auction Extender Ban Applies to Fixed-Price
eBay sellers have been asking whether the company's ban on the extension of auctions applies to fixe ...
Friday February 2, 2007
eBay Live Opens Conference Registration
eBay has opened registration for the eBay Live 2007 conference. The sixth annual gathering takes p ...