Amazon Prepares for Battle over CA Internet Tax

Amazon.com Inc has taken the first step toward asking California voters to repeal a new law requiring websites that forward shoppers to it to collect sales tax, a spokeswoman for the state’s attorney general said on Monday. The attorney general’s office received the petition on Friday and will prepare a title and summary for the [...]

Japan Admits 3 Nuclear Meltdowns, New Contamination

Almost three months after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster in Japan, new radiation “hot spots” may require the evacuation of more areas further from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility. Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency recently admitted for the first time that full nuclear meltdowns occurred at three of [...]

Steve Jobs Using ICloud to Decimate PC Industry

Apple’s Steve Jobs, by introducing a service that shares files across different Internet-linked devices called iCloud, takes another step toward decimating the personal-computer industry he pioneered

Boy Sells Kidney To Buy iPad2

A cash-strapped Chinese teenager in Huaishan, Anhui Province has sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad2 tablet computer, reports SZTV.

CA Moves Closer to Enforcing Internet Sales Tax

The state of California could collect more than $1 billion a year by taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill approved by the Assembly becomes law. Assemblyman Charles Calderon, a Democrat from Whittier, says his legislation doesn’t impose a new sales tax, but extends one that California should already have been enforcing. AB155 [...]

Call of Duty Videogame to Charge Monthly User Fee

Activision’s move would compel gamers to play online for a fee that is in addition to the monthly/annual Xbox Live charges or the undetermined fee Sony Online Entertainment plans to implement in the future.

PBS Website Hacked to Plant Tupac Shakur Story

PBS officials say hackers have cracked the network’s website, posting a phony story claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand, and a group that claimed responsibility for the hacking complained about a recent “Frontline” investigative news program on WikiLeaks.

US to Respond to Cyber Attacks with Military Force

The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.

AT&T Sued for Defrauding Smartphone Users

Coming on the heels of Apple’s announcement that AT&T rival Verizon has been added to the short-list of wireless carriers selling iPhones, AT&T Mobility now faces a class action lawsuit for systematically overcharging iPhone and iPad customers for data transactions.

Verizon Users Angered by Move to Clip Data Access

Verizon’s new measure is at sharp odds with its heavily promoted “Rule the Air” campaign and its “unlimited-data” plan which it touts as a big advantage over that of AT&T, its number one rival.

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