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Intel's roadmap comes into focus: Can rivals respond?
Intel's roadmap comes into focus: Can rivals respond?Yes! Use tax dollars to slow them down with litigation!Clearly, the creative and now well known way to compete with Intel is to slow them down. The tick tock treadmill combine with their process technology might is arguably insurmountable going toe to toe...
Tags: Government, Taxes, Free trade, Litigation, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Discussion threads 2008-08-20
That veggie oil car could get you into trouble in US
That veggie oil car could get you into trouble in USI still stand by the statementI know it burns cleaner then gasoline, but the refineries do have to follow guidelines.Depending on how or where it's processed, are there any harmful byproducts from the manufacturing of these fuels to be a...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Vegetable OIL, Bio-diesel, Gas Tax, tax, government
Discussion threads 2008-05-19
Amazon.com sues NY over sales tax law
Amazon.com sues NY over sales tax lawDouble taxationCorporations don't pay tax so we don't have to pay it twice.If you tax Ford for the steel they buy, Ford passes the increased cost to you. So you pay the tax for the steel as well as the tax for the completed...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Sales strategy, Wow!, tax, sales tax, Amazon.com Inc., sales tax law, sales
Discussion threads 2008-05-02
California Internet sales tax bill faces long odds
California Internet sales tax bill faces long oddsThere goes the neighborhoodFolks,I realize many techies lean left, but please understand if this type of tax makes it through, internet commerce will suffer immeasurably. I'm reminded of the days of when there was no income tax. The US had unbridled...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, California Internet sales tax, government
Discussion threads 2008-03-16
Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?
Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?Yes, the awards are completely outrageous.That would be like you inventing a 10 dollar switch an Ford comes along and not paying you for the idea and you get an infringing award of $100 on each car instead of the added value of...
Tags: disincentive, inventor, Patent Reform, insanity, patent
Discussion threads 2008-01-14
Giving the nuke option a fair shake
Giving the nuke option a fair shakeEnergy vs weapons??I dont have a position on this, but in light of recent discussions the US government is having regarding Iran, and Irans reply that it wants to secure its nuclear position for energy, what, exactly, is the truth regarding this?Is one inextricably...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Investment, project management, nuke option
Discussion threads 2007-09-28
Wisconsin Fights Failure
The Wisconsin state legislature has created a special group to study IT project cost overruns, called The Speaker's Task Force on Failed Information Technology Projects. So far, they have scheduled monthly meetings running through August. If these meetings stop in August, then little will be accomplished. On the other...
Tags: Project failures, Government projects
Blog posts 2007-07-11
Net taxes could arrive by this fall
Net taxes could arrive by this fallCandy Bar LegislationWow. First they came out with the telegraph, and it got taxed. Then they came out with the telephone, and it is taxed too. So along comes the internet, and WHAM! Guess what?! TAX! I read the link to the candy bar...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Dial-up, Internet, tax, cable
Discussion threads 2007-05-24
Days numbered for tax-free Net sales
Days numbered for tax-free Net salesThat's funny!Especially considering that "Georgie" had actually prevented these "taxes", and now the dems in congress are pushing for them again. It will be "Georgie" who will be able to stop it if anyone.That's what makes it funny, the person that you blame isn't the...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Internet sales tax, tax
Discussion threads 2007-04-17
Critics say antiporn effort could affect wrong sites
Critics say antiporn effort could affect wrong sitesIt's for the children!"A commercial Web operator who subscribes to a no-frills hosting service likely wouldn't have the ability to do such screening and, facing the possibility of criminal penalties, would have no choice but to remove any content that could be deemed...
Tags: INTERNET, child pornography, porn site
Discussion threads 2006-06-20
States push to tax Net shopping
States push to tax Net shoppingOk, but you gotta bring your own ammo.Or order it off the net cheap. ;-)Money grubbing bastages...I say we have a two week open hunting season on all polititions.Missing Revenue?The term "missing revenue" depends on who is talking. Maybe from the states perspective it...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, NY State, NYS
Discussion threads 2006-04-12
China cracking down on cell phone fraud, spam
China cracking down on cell phone fraud, spamYeah Right!As if COMMUNIST China is really doing this because they care about individuals and want to cut down on spam and fraud. Give me a break! It's called GPS tracking of individuals at their fingertips. Remember, with the communists...
Tags: Cyberthreats, GPS, Taxes, cell phone fraud, Yeah Right!, spam, cell phone
Discussion threads 2005-12-28
Internet showdown in Tunis
Internet showdown in TunisSpin turn spin turn pivot turn spin"The stakes are really very high. "Not really, everyone just hyping it."cyberbureaucracy"No spin in that word, no sir-ee."The Bush administration said in no uncertain terms in June that it intended to relinquish the United States' unique influence over dom..."Missed a 'refused...
Tags: Internet, government, CERN
Discussion threads 2005-11-14
New Web copyright tool to exclude non-IE users
New Web copyright tool to exclude non-IE usersGee, it's not like digging up a copy of IE is hard.Put this in the "well duh" catagory.Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happenIf they don't allow for paper submissions, then certainly there will be those who are disenfranchised by the process, who...
Tags: Web browsers, E-mail, tool, Copyright Office
Discussion threads 2005-08-26
HP to slash about 14,500 jobs
HP to slash about 14,500 jobs14,500 jobs "globally"?That means 14,400 jobs "in the US" and maybe 100 jobs "across Asia and Canada"...And Bill Gates says...we need more tech people coming out of universities. He is totally full of rhetoric and has lost touch with the realities of capitalism!In ALL...
Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Hewlett-Packard Co., job, Internet, Internet sales tax
Discussion threads 2005-07-19
Ohio, New York to VoIP users: we wanna tax you, sucker!!
Ohio, New York to VoIP users: we wanna tax you, sucker!!Why does VOIP need a free ride?I know nobody including me wants to pay more taxes. But if VOIP's only saving grace is less taxes then perhaps it is not such a panacea after all. Comcast plans to launch VOIP...
Tags: Taxes, Telephony, Free trade, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, tax
Discussion threads 2005-01-13
States push for piece of online sales
States push for piece of online salesfor the record...."Hardesty said his primary advice to clients is to honestly compute and report their use tax liability. His secondary advice is to leave the line blank rather than enter a zero if you don't want to bother."As a former agent, this is...
Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Sales strategy, Internet, tax, sales, taxation
Discussion threads 2004-04-09
vAudit Group, Inc. Yields High Returns for Corporate Tax Customers
vAudit Group, Inc. is a business tax compliance software and services provider - delivering the services and resources to ensure timely and accurate management of sales and use tax returns and related exemption certificate documentation. vAudit wanted to ensure around-the-clock availability for vital databases to support core business processes and...
Tags: Oracle Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance
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