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Democrat Pushes Internet Sales Tax
Democrats Push
Internet Sales Tax
Jul 3, 2010 9:40 AM CDT

Democrats Push Internet Sales Tax

Bill is reintroduced in Congress

(Newser) - Massachusetts congressman Bill Delahunt has reintroduced legislation imposing state sales tax on Internet purchases. Currently, such transactions are tax-free unless the vendor has physical presence in the buyer's state. Proponents of the bill, who include large "brick and mortar" retailers such as Wall-Mart, define the push as a fairness...

China to Google: Stop Sending Users to Hong Kong

Google will give users a choice in hopes to appease Beijing

(Newser) - Google will stop automatically rerouting users of its China search site to its Hong Kong site, the company said today, after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its Internet license. Instead of automatically being switched to Hong Kong, visitors to Google.cn now see a tab that says...

Chatroulette's Big Problem: Genitalia

New software could scan the site for penisrs

(Newser) - You only get to make one first impression, and Chatroulette has made a pretty dirty one. The site gets up to 1 million visitors a day, but Michael Arrington notes that it may die a slow death unless it gets rid of its "parade of penises"—and unless...

Let's Stamp Out Hyperlinks
 Let's Stamp Out Hyperlinks 
opinion
Jun 1, 2010 4:31 PM CDT

Let's Stamp Out Hyperlinks

They're a little too distracting

(Newser) - Tech writer Nicholas Carr is rethinking the usefulness (or at least the placement) of one of the Internet's classic tools: the hyperlink. They're too distracting, the author of the Shallows writes on his blog . You might start out reading about the Israeli ship mess but a few clicks later find...

URLs Gone Hilariously Wrong
 URLs Gone Hilariously Wrong 
www.penisland.net
May 31, 2010 1:15 PM CDT

URLs Gone Hilariously Wrong

The funniest web addresses

(Newser) - Choosing a web address can be a perilous task—especially if your company is named Pen Island. Before choosing a URL, think carefully about where other people might mentally insert spaces in a multiple-word name written without any, the Daily Telegraph reports. Here's a sampling of the funniest double entendres...

Young Are Much Lonelier Than the Old
 Young Are 
 Much Lonelier 
 Than the Old 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
May 30, 2010 4:02 PM CDT

Young Are Much Lonelier Than the Old

Study: 'epidemic of loneliness' among 18-34

(Newser) - Loneliness plagues the young more than the old, a new study suggests. In a survey of 2,256 Brits, about 60% of people 18 to 34 said they often or sometimes felt lonely, compared to only 35% of those over 55, reports the BBC . The findings, a psychiatrist tells the...

Websites Start Cracking Down on Nasty Comments

Editors seek to create less open but more welcoming environment

(Newser) - Should people who comment on blogs and news websites be allowed to say whatever they want? For a growing number of editors, the answer is no. Many sites—realizing that discussion on almost any subject can all too often degenerate into personal attacks—are ditching the anything-goes attitude and trying...

'Suicide Predator' Banned From Internet

Minn. man accused of surfing Internet for victims to coax into suicide

(Newser) - A Minnesota man accused of seeking out suicidal people online and persuading them to kill themselves has been banned from using the Internet until his next court hearing. William Melchert-Dinkel—who allegedly posed as a female nurse in suicide-related chat rooms—has been charged with two counts of aiding suicides,...

Web Tool Erases Justin Bieber

Tired of this kid? A new add-on might help

(Newser) - If you didn't want to open yet another Justin Bieber file but just couldn't help yourself, a new web application might help. Called Shaved Bieber , it scans web pages you're looking at and blocks out all mentions of the teen heartthrob's name with a thick black bar. It also censors...

Google Unveils 'GoogleTV'
 Google Unveils 'GoogleTV' 
May 20, 2010 2:34 PM CDT

Google Unveils 'GoogleTV'

It partners with Sony, Intel

(Newser) - Google is hoping to succeed where Apple and so many others have failed with GoogleTV, its attempt to bring the Internet to your television set. Google unveiled the software today, at what the Wall Street Journal called a “glitch-plagued demonstration” in San Francisco. The software will allow you to...

How Chatroulette Turns Men Into Flashers

'Inadequate' guys seek out 'big' reaction

(Newser) - Anonymity is the critical ingredient that often makes good boys go very naughty and flash strangers wheeling through bedrooms via Chatroulette, say experts. Even men (mostly) who have never flashed anyone in their lives are suddenly finding themselves showing off their genitalia on the latest social network that allows webcam...

Michael Gerson - The 64-gigabyte shape of the future
 The iPad Will Save Print Media 
OPINION
May 7, 2010 1:57 PM CDT

The iPad Will Save Print Media

Finally, a device that makes people want to pay for content

(Newser) - Michael Gerson is a self-proclaimed bibliophile who once loved “everything about used bookstores—the musty smell of decaying paper, the reading copies and remainders, the treasure hunt for a bright volume of an old favorite.” But he hasn’t visited one in years, thanks to his Amazon Kindle,...

Web Can't Keep Up With Whipsawing Market

Financial sites went down, and even tweets were outdated

(Newser) - The stock market whipsawed so quickly this afternoon—a quick plunge to nearly 1,000 in the red, followed by an equally quick rebound of about 500 points—that the Internet just couldn't keep up. "It appears that under the weight of just about everyone checking the web to...

Teens Used Sex Line to Murder Principal: Cops

Three 18-year-olds arrested after apparent robbery gone wrong

(Newser) - Police believe three 18-year-olds used a sex chat line help set up DC-area high school principal Brian Betts for a robbery, which turned into a murder. Police say Betts met someone online, who gave him the phone number. “It's been described as a sex chat line, a social networking...

Annoying Orange Conquers YouTube

Food-taunting animated fruit set for TV deal

(Newser) - The world's most irritating piece of fruit is in the process of making its creator a rich man. The animated "Annoying Orange" series, which features a wisecracking orange that taunts other foodstuffs, was created less than 6 months ago and has already had more than 100 million views on...

YouTube Turns 5; Watch Its First Video
 YouTube Turns 5; 
 Watch Its First Video 
flashback
Apr 23, 2010 12:10 PM CDT

YouTube Turns 5; Watch Its First Video

First one was posted five years ago today

(Newser) - They grow up so fast. YouTube celebrates a birthday of sorts today; its first video was uploaded exactly 5 years ago, Mashable recalls. Since then it's grown into a big, strong corporate subsidiary, but we still can't resist pinching its cheek and reminding it how cute it was when it...

Obama Rips Wall Street in Cyber Stealth Ad

Google search leads to prez call for reform

(Newser) - The White House has launched a stealth attack on Wall Street in a controversial but deft Internet ad. A link to "Help Change Wall Street" pops up when users search "Goldman Sachs SEC" on Google. The link takes users to mybarackobama.com and features a photo of Obama...

Google Chrome Says Goodbye to http://
Google Chrome Says Goodbye to http://
Apr 19, 2010 10:54 AM CDT

Google Chrome Says Goodbye to http://

Prefix no longer necessary, developers decide

(Newser) - Do you really need that http:// at the front of a web address? Google doesn't think so. The developer version of its Chrome browser now just hides the ubiquitous prefix, Mashable reports. It's an aesthetic improvement, but not necessarily a functional one—some users have already reported the feature...

John McCain Is Congress's Twitter King

Arizona senator's following 46 times greater than nearest rival

(Newser) - John McCain is leading the charge of tweeting lawmakers, with 46 times more Twitter followers—a cool 1.7 million —than his nearest competitor, Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill. McCain’s popularity also illustrates Republicans’ quick embrace of the social network; twice as many of them tweet, compared to...

WikiLeaks Founder Loves the Intrigue

Former hacker disdained in many quarters for rampant leaking

(Newser) - With WikiLeaks back in the news with the release of a video purporting to show an American helicopter killing civilians and journalists in Iraq, Mother Jones offers a not-very-flattering profile of site founder Julian Assange. He’ll admit he’s Australian, in his 30s, and a former computer hacker and...

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