Fella accused of faking Cisco, Microsoft gear death to flog replaced kit on eBay for millions – The Register

Online auction leader EBay Inc gave a disappointing forecast and said it was suffering from a consumer spending slowdown that would drag on into 2009, sending its shares down more than 5 percent. More: continued here

Fueled by its PayPal division, eBay reported first quarter results today that exceeded expectations. Revenues jumped 16 percent to $2.5 billion, compared to the same period a year ago, and profits totaled $475.9 million, or 36 cents a share. More: continued here

Computerworld – When online auction site eBay had problems meeting the I/O storage demands of business units starved for more virtual machine (VM) deployments, its quality assurance division had an idea: swap out hard disk drive-based arrays with solid-state drive (SSD) storage. More: continued here

Ticketmaster Buys No. 2 Reseller, Takes on StubhubRed Herring, CA –4 hours agoIn March, just weeks after eBay bought StubHub for $310 million, Ticketsnow closed on a $34 million financing round from Chicago-area venture capital firms …Ticketmaster Branches Out, Claims Huge Stake of Secondary-Ticket …Rolling StoneTicketmaster gobbles up the competition to enter reselling marketplaceBloggingStocksTicketmaster Purchases TicketsNowAHNTrading Markets…

How to spot fake products onlineWLS-TVOnline fakes are a big business thanks to the popularity of sites like Amazon and eBay. Scammers take advantage of the convenient marketplace to trick customers into spending their hard-earned money for counterfeits. Online fakes are a billion-dollar … More: continued here

New York Daily News 'Jurassic Park' velociraptor crate for sale on eBayNew York Daily NewsA velociraptor dinosaur crate from the 1993 blockbuster movie was recently put up for auction on eBay. Theme Park Connection, a company in Orlando, Fla., that resells movie props and Disney souvenirs, listed the unique prop on the auction website last …'Jurassic…