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Scam wins auctions on the cheap
News Scam artists have figured out a way to win eBay auctions on the cheap. In a process known as "bid shielding," two people work in tandem -- one puts in a low bid, then the other puts in an outrageously high bid that scares off all other bidders.
[July 27, 1999, 14:48]
eBay rehearses song auctions
News The company specifically stated that individuals buying music would not be allowed to re-list or resell any content they purchase through its auctions. In light of the many schemes being hatched by hackers that use the eBay name illegally, the...
[July 15, 2004, 15:55]
Yahoo! concedes Europe auctions to eBay
News will close five of its auction sites in Europe and instead promote eBay's competing auctions as part of an agreement the companies announced on Wednesday. has had its own struggles with auctions. Within the next several weeks, Yahoo!
[May 23, 2002, 8:50]
Is eBay moving beyond auctions?
News The survey questions sellers about a few other methods, too: shorter auctions lasting only one day; sales in which the first person to bid on an item wins it; and a "buy now" option, i.e.bid $2.50 (£1.55) or buy now for $5 (£3.10).eBay spokesman...
[January 28, 2000, 9:45]
Hacker's auctions stir up controversy
News and Amazon confirmed that the sites canceled the auctions, believing the sale of the ID card was against the law. After Yahoo.com and Amazon.com canceled similar auctions of the card on their sites, Mitnick moved the auction to Dutchbid.com.
[December 1, 2000, 16:22]
EBay shuts down Segway auctions
News EBay cancelled two auctions for the new Segway Human Transporter on Thursday after Segway questioned whether the auctions were bogus, but the seller said that the sale was legitimate. The auctions, which went online earlier this week, had drawn...
[June 7, 2002, 9:23]
News Schmooze: Thumbs up to 3G auctions, says NAO
News The National Audit Office might be delving into the realms of fantasy with its report on the 3G spectrum auctions, but in other respects it has reached an entirely new, and not entirely welcome, high-water mark for realism -- just look at the...
[October 19, 2001, 17:34]
Yahoo! collecting fees on old auctions
News Auctions billing systems have recently been upgraded. As a result, your account has been made current and you may have been charged for any previously uncollected balances you accumulated by submitting or featuring auctions on Yahoo!
[June 28, 2002, 9:29]
BSA alert over illegal software on online auctions
News Online auctions selling illegal software worth more than $8m (£4m) have been detected and closed down during the first half of 2007. Anti-counterfeit software body the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which represents the likes of Adobe, Apple...
[October 3, 2007, 8:53]
Industry cautious over 4G auctions
News Spectrum auctions for so-called 4G telecommunications will not raise anywhere near the amount of money that the Treasury made from 3G in 2000. That’s according to a variety of industry players, speaking following weekend reports that Ofcom’s...
[June 27, 2006, 11:15]
AOL discs heat up on eBay auctions
News In a series of auctions that closed over the weekend, sellers bid on a collection of the designer CDs. Proceeds from those auctions will go to charities designated by the celebrities. Karan, Spade and actress Elizabeth Hurley have chosen the Breast...
[October 24, 2002, 9:49]
Calls for EC intervention on mobile auctions
News The spectre of more over-priced European mobile auctions met with fierce resistance Thursday at a public hearing on the future of telecoms rules in Brussels, with calls for EC intervention. One operator, Orange, says it expects, at the very least...
[May 11, 2000, 11:09]
Terra Lycos teams with eBay on auctions
News For us, it didn't make sense to build something up" in auctions, she added. Last year, eBay teamed with Walt Disney, first launching a co-branded site with Disney's Go.com portal, then hosting official auctions of Disney memorabilia.
[June 7, 2001, 9:57]
Yahoo! defends itself over Nazi auctions
News s Nazi auctions? puts its case to the High Court in Paris following attempts from anti-racist groups to have its American auction site blocked to French users. The case brought by the Union of Jewish Students and the International League Against...
[July 24, 2000, 16:21]
Mobile operators defensive over 3G auctions
News Mobile operators have reacted defensively to the prospect of spectrum auctions which could lead to renewed competition in the UK's 3G market. O2 has called for tight controls to be imposed on market entrants, while Orange and T-Mobile refused to...
[December 14, 2006, 12:40]
Industry cautious over 4G auctions
Talkback But surely operators arent even seeing a ROI for 3G licenses even now, the number of 3G handsets and services that run on them is limited.
[June 27, 2006, 12:19]
Vulnerability auctions compromising security
Talkback Tip of the iceberg really. If I remember correctly it wasn't the tip of the iceberg that sunk the Titanic. Actually, it wasn't the impact with the iceberg that let to the Titanic disaster but rather a couple of system wide design flaws.
[July 19, 2006, 23:07]
Wireless broadband auctions: Round 2
News Legislation due to come into force next week will pave the way for the auction of the remaining broadband fixed wireless access licences, after last year's auction ended in failure. The Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2001 will allow companies to...
[October 5, 2001, 16:39]
3G auctions weren't 'economic activity'
Blog In a surreal end to an epic struggle between the mobile operators and the EU, the European Court of Justice has ruled that "the award by the State of 3G mobile telecommunications licences by auction does not constitute an economic activity".
[June 27, 2007, 11:13]
