Conatel may call off an auction for acquiring radio spectrum monitoring equipment due to rumors that the project will be awarded to a contestant that offered US$1mn more than the lowest offer, news service ABC quoted Conatel head Jorge Pavetti as saying.
Conatel was due to take a decision on Thursday. By the time of publication […]

According to a new survey commissioned by eBay, nearly 60 percent of Americans receive unwanted gifts during the holidays, and more than half admit to re-gifting, says an article on MSNBC.com. In fact, the auction giant even promoted the reselling of unwanted gifts on its site by running a one-day promotion, where it cut the […]

An historic Washington state home bought by Courtney Love nearly eight years ago is up on the public auction block to satisfy debts in a foreclosure case. The 41-year-old rocker, who was once married to Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain owes nearly $400,000 on the property. Cobain bought the bungalow for the family and now […]

A hacker who was charged with using approximately 20,000 virus-infected computers to attack online auction firm eBay in 2003 has pleaded guilty, the United States Attorney’s office said on Wednesday.
The hacker, Anthony Scott Clark, 21, of U.S. state Oregon, helped to launch distributed Denial of Service attacks on the Internet against eBay, according to prosecutors.
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During the upcoming Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale, a 1960 Lincoln Mark Five belonging to Elvis Presley will be available.
Barrett-Jackson says the car only has 33-thousand actual miles and is fully loaded including rear air conditioning.
Along with the car comes the paperwork including a copy of the bill of sale and power of attorney signed […]

Since the launch of I-BID in 2003, the state has earned about $700,000 from the sale of more than 3,000 items, ranging from an old Department of Transportation helicopter to Swiss Army knives confiscated from travelers at the state’s airports.”There are people interested in everything we might sell,” said Brian Chapman, chief operating officer for […]

For the first time, the online auction site eBay has publicly responded to complaints of fraudulent auctions by user Alisher71, possibly a Naples resident. In the last 30 days, Alisher Mardonov and Shahnoza Khakimova allegedly listed over 1000 items on eBay, accepted payment, but never delivered the merchandise.
The auctions began in mid November listing everything […]