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Hostway Ecommerce: eBay preparing for 'super Sunday'HostwayEcommerce retailer eBay has predicted a surge in online activity among individuals carrying out their Christmas shopping on Sunday December 4th. Calling the day 'super Sunday', the online auction company estimated it will be this year's busiest day for …eBay UK Predicts December 4th …

The City of Chicago yesterday started a month-long construction project on the legendary Lake Shore Drive. That’s just not a smart move, but that’s another story. Anyway. More: continued here

AsiaOne PayPal Sets up Global Operations Center in MalaysiaPCWorldThe eBay subsidiary said in January that it was setting up the center to offer service and support to customers across South East Asia as well as provide operational support for PayPal's global payment service. …PayPal opens Southeast Asian operations centreAsiaOnePayPal sets …

Notorious eBay fraudster has jail term cut after judge says he's 'not a very …WalesOnlineA “notorious” eBay fraudster had his jail term for dealing dodgy goods online cut on appeal after a judge said he was “not a very good” confidence trickster “as he keeps getting caught”. “Cheap conman” Phillip …

Auctionbytes eBay Launches New Holiday TV Ad and Holiday Hot ListAuctionbyteseBay launched a new television ad with a Christmas theme that began airing on Tuesday evening and ramped up its holiday promotional efforts, including a gift guide landing page for shoppers and a holiday hot list for sellers. … More: …

Artists File Lawsuits, Seeking RoyaltiesNew York TimesChuck Close is one of the artists to bring suit against Sotheby's, Christie's and eBay. Breaking news about the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia and more. A sortable calendar of noteworthy cultural events in the New York …Artists Sue Auction Houses …

eBay seller checks out check, stops phony saleKFVSSo, when she decided to sell her vintage car on eBay, she took some extra steps to make sure that sale is legit. "It's a 1978 Chevrolet Camaro", Hopkins explained. "So I put it on eBay to sell. There's a good market out …

A mortgage broker selling her vintage car on eBay decided to check out the check sent by a potential buyer and learned it is not legit. More: continued here

eBay Tuesday: USCG Station New London PatchPatch.comToday's pick for the New London item on eBay comes from makayla500, who runs the online store Pamco Military Insignia Sales. The United States Coast Guard has a surprisingly hefty collection, with 256 patches available as of Monday afternoon versus a … More: continued …

Daily Mail Researchers defeat CAPTCHA on popular websitesComputerworldOther interesting results were registered on eBay, whose CAPTCHA implementation failed 43% of the time, and on Wikipedia, where one in four attempts was successful. Lower, but still significant, success rates were found on Digg, CNN and Baidu — 20, …CAPTCHA Security Weak …