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NEW YORK (AP) — The online marketplace eBay is eliminating some upfront fees to attract more sellers who occasionally auction items. More: continued here

AP Technology NewsBrief at 5:25 pm EDTTMCnetEBay wins court fight against L'Oreal in UKLONDON (AP) _ A British court on Friday ruled that Internet marketplace eBay is not liable for bogus beauty products sold on its Web site, dealing a blow to cosmetics company L'Oreal's campaign against the …AP Technology newsbrief at 7:18 pm EDTTMCnetall…

CrunchGear Google working on picture-based captcha to save us from ourselvesCrunchGear, NYby Nicholas Deleon on May 24, 2009 You'll recall that, about a year ago, we decided to make captchas—those things you find on Web sites at login that require you to decipher and type words or numbers—our raison d'etre. Two days later we stopped caring…

Fort for sale on eBayNews 10 Now, NYFORT MONTGOMERY, NY — They say you can find anything for auction on eBay, and now you can add a 19th Century stone fort to that list. Fort Montgomery in the Northern Adirondacks was once an essential border post, a contemporary of Fort Ontario in … More: continued here

Whitman's IPO stock deals have critics raising ethics issuesThe Sacramento Bee’s Capital Alert, CABy Andrew McIntosh Along with considerable acclaim for her business acumen, former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman attracted controversy and criticism for accepting exclusive opportunities to invest in initial public stock offerings during the … More: continued here

Observations of selling trading cards (or not) on eBayShelbyville Times-Gazette, TNSeveral years ago, during our eBay infancy, we sold a fair amount of trading cards and were pleased with the results. I am sure that we "gave away" some great deals because we were not well versed, so when I decided to sell some more recently,…

“This is an important judgment because it ensures that consumers can continue to buy genuine products at competitive prices on eBay. As such, it is a victory for consumers and the thousands of entrepreneurs who sell legitimate goods on eBay every day. More: continued here

Editor’s note : This is a guest post by Keith Rabois , vice president of strategy and business development for Slide , the social entertainment company. On Monday afternoon, I was speaking on a panel at the Social Graph Symposium when the moderator asked me what eBay could do to revitalize its marketplace by leveraging…

Times Online How Philip Mould found a Gainsborough on ebayTimes Online, UKThe dealer first saw the painting two years ago while idly browsing on ebay. It was described as “American school, 19th-century”. Although it was clearly overpainted, Mould became convinced, in one of the nervous, thrilling moments that have punctuated … More: continued here

How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBayBusinessWeekOn Monday afternoon, I was speaking on a panel at the Social Graph Symposium when the moderator asked me what eBay could do to revitalize its marketplace by leveraging the social graph. Dave McClure, like many pundits, presumes the social graph could … More: continued here