News tagged with web purchases
Cash-hungry states eye online retail for tax revenue
Web-savvy shoppers can often save big buying online instead of at the local mall. But a chunk of the savings comes at the expense of state and local governments, in the form of sales taxes that are never paid on many Web ...
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Google, Samsung unveil new version of Chromebook (Update)
(AP) — Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 29, 2012 |
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TV maker Vizio turns to computers, takes on Apple, Dell and HP
Vizio is no stranger to defying the odds. The once little-known company came from practically nowhere to become one of the USA's biggest TV makers, wresting the title from the top electronics companies, including Sony. Its ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Asia helps drive Facebook's 1-billion goal
As Facebook nears saturation levels in some Western countries, Asian users are helping drive the social-networking leader's march on the 1-billion-user milestone and beyond.
May 16, 2012 |
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How public should public records be? Increased availability sparks privacy concerns
Online technology has vastly increased citizens' access to public records such as political campaign contributions and real estate transactions. But that explosion of information availability also sparks privacy concerns ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 16, 2012 |
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Technology accessibility is improving, but big challenges lie ahead
When the iPad debuted two years ago, there was lots of talk about whether people beyond the iPhone and Mac faithful would use such a thing.
May 16, 2012 |
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'Game-powered machine learning' opens door to Google for music
Can a computer be taught to automatically label every song on the Internet using sets of examples provided by unpaid music fans? University of California, San Diego engineers have found that the answer is ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 03, 2012 |
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YouTube promotes channels, pledges $200 mil in ads
(AP) -- In a flashy presentation to advertisers, YouTube promoted its new channels of original programming, while pledging to spend $200 million to help market them.
May 03, 2012 |
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Virginia Tech announces 2012 football helmet ratings; 2 more added to the 5-star mark
Virginia Tech released today the results of its 2012 rating for adult football helmets that is designed to assess a helmet's ability to reduce the risk of concussion. A total of three helmets achieved a "5 ...
May 01, 2012 |
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Kindle Fire helps Amazon beat 1Q estimates
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. posted first-quarter profits Thursday that blew by analysts' estimates and boosted the company's stock in extended trading. The online commerce giant said its Kindle Fire tablet computer was its best-selling ...
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Facebook, Yahoo! patent battle heats up (Update)
A legal battle between Yahoo! and Facebook heated up Friday with the floundering Internet pioneer accusing the rising social network star of buying patents just to retaliate in court.
Apr 27, 2012 |
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