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Online auction fraudster jailed
News In one of the toughest sentences for online auction fraud, a US man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of shoppers on eBay and Yahoo! Auction fraud has consistently been one of the biggest consumer complaints about online...
[July 18, 2002, 9:36]
Online Liquidator Launches a New Auction Site in 28 Days
White Papers The company acquired the source code for a several-year-old auction site and, in less than a month, used the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 development system to upgrade the code and launch its own auction site.
[March 24, 2008, 0:02]
Sotheby's hammers out online auction plans
News The system used for the auction will be similar to that used by other online auction houses such as eBay. The first online auction is expected at the end of June and 1,500 dealers are already signed up.
[February 19, 1999, 6:35]
Taobao.com Spearheads the Rise of China's Online Auction and Shopping Market Segment With Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor Technology
White Papers Back in 2003, when online auction and shopping in mainland China was still in its infancy, Taobao.com was set up to cater to the fledgling market segment. Today, the website has thoroughly changed not only the online auction and shopping ecology in...
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
PS2 online auction bids reach £600
News Bids for PlayStation2s have reached £600 already at online auction site QXL. With the pre-order system meaning that consumers will be unable to buy a machine off the shelf before Christmas, the prospect of a PS2-free festive season has obviously...
[November 24, 2000, 11:12]
Microsoft launches online auction
News MSN launched an auction site Monday, marking Microsoft's first move into the lucrative online auction business. The launch forms part of a larger deal aimed at rivalling auction giant eBay. The auction syndicate will be co-ordinated by FairMarket.
[September 20, 1999, 14:55]
Australians auction phone numbers online
News The Australian Communications Authority has released the draft format for a planned auction of valuable commercial phone numbers, which will see it avoid the problems that plagued the auction of generic domain names last year.
[October 2, 2003, 13:05]
Online Agricultural Auction Site Has Room to Grow With Microsoft Windows DNA
White Papers Microsoft's comprehensive development platform provided the company with the tools to bring the site online in little more than four months and with only two developers. Built on the Microsoft Windows DNA platform (Microsoft's Web solution platform...
[July 3, 2007, 1:00]
Online auction sites face wrath of piracy busters
News European Internet auction houses face a crackdown on peddling pirated and counterfeit software from the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The BSA says that Net auction firms are not doing enough to make sure the trade doesn't go on and is even...
[October 19, 2000, 11:42]
eBay riled by Romania's policy on phishers
News Online auction site eBay has hit out at the lack of interest in cybercrime enforcement in countries including Romania, warning that not enough is being done to stop fraudsters targeting auction sites.
[March 11, 2008, 7:46]
eBay cracks down on Romanian fraudsters
News Online auction site eBay has made public the details of a three-year long campaign to curb online fraud being perpetrated by criminals in Romania — an effort that has resulted in several hundred arrests.
[June 28, 2007, 12:11]
EBay denies any blame for Glastonbury fiasco
News Online auction company eBay has denied any responsibility for the changes to the ticket sales procedure for this year's Glastonbury festival, which organisers have admitted contributed to the poor performance of the event's online ticket sales...
[April 2, 2004, 14:55]
Mitnick selling notorious laptops
News Crime may not pay, but an online auction of the two laptops used to hack major corporations could garner convicted cybercriminal Kevin Mitnick a tidy sum. Mitnick stressed that friends are handling all details of the auction because he is prevented...
[October 3, 2002, 7:36]
EBay says 'oui' to purchase of French site
News In a widely expected move, giant online auctioneer eBay has agreed to buy French auction site iBazar for as much as $112m in stock. IBazar, based in Paris, has been providing its online auction service for customers since October 1998.
[February 22, 2001, 14:45]
Yahoo! to shut down European sites
News On 28 June, the online portal company plans to shut down the auction sites that serve the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as those that handle France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Generally determined by subtracting negative feedback comments from...
[June 14, 2002, 10:22]
Dell to launch auction site
News The new auction business continues the Round Rock, Texas, company's broad push into Web retailing, begun three years ago with its own Internet site and continuing this year with the launch of its Gigabuys online site for computer and electronics...
[July 19, 1999, 15:30]
Microsoft targets counterfeiters on UK auction sites
News Microsoft plans to file more than 50 lawsuits worldwide against online merchants who allegedly peddle counterfeit software on popular auction sites, the software giant said on Monday. This is a worldwide enforcement against sellers of counterfeit...
[October 31, 2006, 8:20]
Tech chief quits eBay
News The head of technology at eBay has stepped down in the midst of a major technology upgrade of the online auction site, an eBay spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. The online auction site has been plagued with site problems, most recently seeing...
[February 27, 2003, 9:09]
US experiences record breaking e-Christmas sales
News Online shoppers are spending in record numbers this Christmas, and auction sites may have the most to gain, a pair of research reports indicate. Meanwhile, traffic to online auction sites is up more than 60 percent over last year, and the number of...
[December 14, 2000, 8:19]
eBay: Can it keep customers loyal?
News eBay doesn't call it advertising, but the online auction giant is steadily building up a group of marketing partnerships to provide services for its massive customer base. Like America Online (AOL) and its numerous exclusive, multi-million dollar...
[March 14, 2000, 13:34]
