New N.Y. Internet tax takes effect Sunday (Courier-Post)
New N.Y. Internet tax takes effect Sunday (Courier-Post)
ALBANY - Starting Sunday, New Yorkers who make purchases over the Internet from Amazon.com and some other retailers will see an addition to their bills: a charge for state and local sales taxes.
FCC ponders free high-speed Internet network plan (USA Today)
Federal regulators may require the winner of airwaves being auctioned off by the government to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service across a large swath of the country.
Prepare to Pay Internet Sales Tax (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
Beginning Sunday, New Yorkers who make purchases over the Internet from Amazon.com and some other retailers will see an addition to their bills: a charge for state and local sales…
Bell defends ’shaping’ Internet traffic (Toronto Star)
Bell Canada Inc. has submitted detailed information to regulators in support of its controversial practice of "throttling" certain types of Internet traffic, a move the phone company argues is necessary to relieve congestion on its network.
Overstock.com sues New York over Internet tax law (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Overstock.com said on Friday it filed a lawsuit to challenge a New York law requiring Internet retailers to collect and pay New York state taxes on sales to New York consumers even if the retailer does not have a physical presence in New York.
Comcast Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds (Wired News)
Wanna tap e-mail, voice and Web traffic for the government? Here’s your chance. Comcast, the country’s second-largest Internet provider, is looking for an engineer to handle "reconnaissance" and "analysis" of "subscriber intelligence" for the company’s "National Security Operations."
Plymouth police alert about national Internet scam (South Bend Tribune)
PLYMOUTH — Plymouth police are warning Michiana residents about what appears to be a national Internet scam.
Lancement aujourd hui du site Internet de l A roport d Alger (El Moudjahid)
C est aujourd hui que sera lanc le site internet de l A roport International d Alger, apprend t-on de la part du PDG de la Soci t de Gestion de
Time Warner Cable Readies Internet TV Device (MultiChannel News)
Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt said that customers of the cable operator would be able to access Internet video on their television sets soon, but provided little additional detail.