www.nytimes.com - nytimes.com — Amazon.comhas filed a lawsuit challenging New York State’s new law forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on shipmentsto state residents. The lawsuit raises questions over whether vendorswho are not physically present in New ... (Read More)

freepress.net - The government-ordered switch to digital television broadcasting next year promises razor-sharp picture and orchestra-like sound -- that is, if the signal actually comes in. Jennifer Jackson, a 26-year-old medical student who lives in Arlington, is ... (Read More)

freepress.net - The nation's biggest electronics retailer has told the Federal Communications Commission that the agency lacks the authority to punish Best Buy for screwing up its digital transition TV selling rules. "The Commission never before has claimed, asserte... (Read More)

freepress.net - They rigged bidding auctions for contracts to sell computers to school libraries. They created bogus companies and billed the government for hundreds of thousands of dollars. They got school administrators to buy equipment on the false premise that f... (Read More)

free.convio.net - Media consolidation has allowed bankers and Wall Street into the journalism tent, creating an environment where it's a real risk to take the high road and give the public what it needs, and not necessarily what it wants. Huffington Post ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - A new study reports that VoIP usage in the United States reached 16.3 million subscribers in Q1 2008 -- 13.8 percent of all U.S. households and 27 percent of all broadband customers. David Chartier, Ars Technica ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - It's the stuff of a science fiction thriller: A big company shadowing your every move on the Internet and compiling a detailed profile of every web site you visit. But this nightmarish scenario is all too real. Bob Williams, HearUsNow.org ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez offered some support for cable operators' controversial Web traffic management policies, which include the blocking of certain online applications. Yinka Adegoke, Reuters ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - The United States is continuing its slide in broadband penetration -- down to 15th at the end of 2007 -- from 12th place in 2006 and fourth place in 2001. Now is the time for solutions, not excuses. Free Press ... (Read More)

freepress.net - Roughly one-fifth of all U.S. heads-of-household have never used e-mail, according to National Technology Scan, a forthcoming study from Parks Associates. This annual phone survey of U.S. households found 20 million households are without Internet ac... (Read More)