Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:20 GMT
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Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules (AP)
AP - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:43:36 GMT
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Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking (AP)
AP - Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:08:24 GMT
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PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China (AP)

Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday July 1, 2009. In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software. Just hours before the rule was to have taken effect Wednesday, the government said it would postpone the requirement for the 'Green Dam' software. (AP Photo)AP - Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.


Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:14:15 GMT
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Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings (AP)
AP - Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:27:20 GMT
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Sony struggling as Walkman hits 30th anniversary (AP)

Sony Corp.'s employee Rumi Yamaguchi smiles in front of a special display commemorating the Sony Walkman's 30th anniversary that opens Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Sony Archive building in Tokyo, Japan. The first portable cassette-tape player Walkman, shown second from left on the top shelf, hit the Japanese market on July 1, 1979. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go ? a totally innovative idea back in 1979.


Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:24:06 GMT
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Review: New guide gives Twitterific advice (AP)

In this image provided by O'Reilly Media Inc., the cover of 'The Twitter Book' is shown. (AP Photo/O'Reilly Media Inc.)AP - Sometimes Twitter can make newcomers feel like twits because the online messaging service isn't as simple as it sounds.


Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:36:44 GMT
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Conviction reversed in web hoax that led to suicide (AFP)

An internet user looking at a MySpace page. A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.