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Shopping Site Buy.com Files for 2nd IPO
A lack of profits didn't stop Buy.com from going public in 2000, and it's sure not going to stop it from trying again.
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Business
Bids Sought For 'Net Sales Tax Systems
State governments working on a national Internet sales tax system are moving ahead with plans to create the data infrastructure that they and retailers will need to manage the collection of taxes on most e-commerce transactions.
Security
Man Sentenced for Releasing Computer Worm
A Minnesota man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and 10 months of community service after pleading guilty to crippling nearly 50,000 computers by unleashing a variant of the "Blaster" Internet worm in the summer of 2003.
Government & Law
Norway Court Upholds Napster Conviction
Norway's supreme court ruled Thursday that a student whose Napster.no homepage was linked to free Internet music files must compensate the music industry.
Business
Microsoft Dividend Boosts Personal Income
The $32 billion special dividend Microsoft Corp. paid to shareholders last month boosted U.S. personal income in the fourth quarter, but had no effect on gross domestic product data released on Friday, the Commerce Department said.
Government & Law
EU Raises Possibility of New Fines for Microsoft
The European Commission held out the possibility on Friday that Microsoft Corp. may be fined up to 5 percent of its average daily turnover unless it complies soon with a European Union antitrust decision.
Business
AOL to Drop Direct Usenet Access
America Online will stop providing direct access to Usenet newsgroups, one of the earliest forums on the Internet for people to discuss a large variety of topics from television shows to software to sex.
Search Engines
Amazon.com Adds Photographs to Directory
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. is trying to become a bigger player in the Internet's crowded search engine market with a local business directory that supplements address and phone number listings with a photographic tour covering 10 major U.S. cities.
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