[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: GigaLaw.com Daily News, January 13, 2009

[Marianne Granoff]

 From another list.

FYI.


>More States Seek to Collect Internet Sales Taxes
>      With the recession pummeling states' budgets, their 
> governments increasingly want to fill the gaps by collecting taxes 
> on Internet sales, which are growing even as the economy shudders. 
> And that is sparking conflict with companies that do business 
> online only and have enjoyed being able to offer sales-tax free shopping.
>      Read more: 
> http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2009-01-12-online-sales-taxes_N.htm
>
>
>Security, Privacy Among Reasons Against Obama's BlackBerry
>      Why can't President-elect Barack Obama keep his BlackBerry? 
> Obama would be an extraordinarily juicy target for hackers, spies 
> and other snoops who could try to exploit any kind of error made in 
> configuring the device or the White House BlackBerry server to read 
> Obama's e-mail.
>      Read more: 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/technology/internet/12blackberry.html?_r=1