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Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules
7:08PM CT
NEW YORK (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.
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PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China
7:08AM CT
BEIJING (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.
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Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings
Jul 1 2009 3:14PM CT
NEW YORK (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.
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Sony struggling as Walkman hits 30th anniversary
Jul 1 2009 4:27AM CT
TOKYO (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.
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AP unveils 'treasure trove' of historical footage
12:52PM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press is digitizing and has begun to release a "treasure trove" of historical film footage from the 1960s and '70s that had been sitting in Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's former World War II headquarters in London.
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Alice.com grasps the woes of buying toilet paper
Jul 1 2009 9:18AM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - If shopping for household essentials like toilet paper and soap isn't your favorite activity, a new Web site might eliminate the task — while saving you cash.
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TV stations struggling with viewer loss on DTV
11:40AM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday.
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Joost exits consumer online video business
Jul 1 2009 2:24PM CT
(AP) - Struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare in 2007 by the same people behind Skype and Kazaa, is restructuring its business after discovering that it can't survive on advertising to fund its operations.
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