The New York Senate passed a bill to repeal a new policy that forces online merchants like Amazon.com to collect sales tax on shipments to state residents, but the measure faces an uncertain future.
July 2008
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Thu 31 Jul 2008
Bits: New York Senate Teases Amazon Customers With Sales Tax Repeal
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Thu 31 Jul 2008
A new Blu-ray player from LG can also be used to view movies over the Internet from Netflix. The cost of adding this feature is almost nothing, an LG executive said.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Motorola’s revenue beat Wall St estimates on phone sales that were slightly higher than analysts had expected.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Hynix Semiconductor reported a second-quarter net loss from the same period last year on costs to close a U.S. factory, and said that sales also fell.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Cablevision said profits fell 69 percent, but earnings in the year-ago period were boosted by the sale of the company’s stake in a regional sports network.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Photography company Eastman Kodak said net income fell and sees its 2008 earnings at the lower end of its previous forecast.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
The brothers behind the popular Facebook application Scrabulous have returned with a new word puzzle game, only two days after they took down their Scrabble-like game in the wake of a lawsuit filed against them by board-game maker Hasbro.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
An anonymous reader writes “Citizens of the world are striking back at 24/7 state surveillance by pulling out their cameraphones and filming inept officials, deadly healthcare lapses and thuggish cops. So-called Sous-veillance is seeing more and more people posting damning footage of official misdemenours to sites such as YouTube to shame them into action.” I wonder what happens if you inform a cop that you are recording him when he pulls you over.
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Thu 31 Jul 2008
MattSparkes writes “Cuil may only have launched this week, but it seems that they’re already enjoying late-90s boom-style comforts. “Lunch is ordered in every single day. Huge fridges burst with snacks and drinks. Bowls of strawberries and muffins lie around the rest area. The company pays for a personal trainer and gym membership for everyone. A doctor calls round each Friday, after the weekly barbeque, to see if everyone’s in good health. Employees drift in an out at times that suit themselves.” Seems like an awesome place to work, but how long will their $25 million VC funding last at this rate?”
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Thu 31 Jul 2008
Opinion: Code swapping and taking time writing software
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Failing to consider the longer-term ramifications of design decisions can lead to substantial lost productivity both in trying to diagnose and patch problems, and then rewriting the code where necessary.