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Security related lawsuit involving online banking... links to laws

"A plan proposed by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called the "Main Street Fairness Act," would create a national law that forces online retailers to start collecting sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet. Amounts will be based on each state's already existing sales tax rates."

Here is an article on how the "Internet Sales Tax Could Go National."

"business-to-consumer and business-to-business commerce conducted by way of the Internet or other electronic networks. E-commerce originated in a standard for the exchange of documents during the 1948 - 49 Berlin blockade and airlift. Various industries elaborated upon the system until the first general standard was published in 1975. The electronic data interchange (EDI) standard is unambiguous, independent of any particular machine, and flexible enough to handle most simple electronic transactions. In addition to standard forms for business-to-business transactions, e-commerce encompasses much wider activity - for example, the deployment of secure private networks (intranets) for sharing information within a company, as well as selective extensions of a company's intranet to collaborating business networks (extranets). A new form of cooperation known as a virtual company, actually a network of firms, each performing some of the processes needed to manufacture a product or deliver a service, has flourished"

Here is Answer.com information on E-commerce.

This article from the Illinois Statehouse News talks about how Govener Pat Quinn signed the new "Sexting" law. It states that under this law minors under the age of 18 who have been caught "sexting" have to go before a judge and could face community service, supervision, and counseling.

Palm Beach County students take advantage of cyberspace education

Good advice on how to keep your computer free of malware

Good summary of online education as a disruptive technology.

Is it the governments plan for broadband? Or are the ISP's in the drivers seat?

A look at how broadband has spread over the years - relates to our week four discussion

Libraries are used more when the economy declines

Interesting article about how the 'net can be used to harass others - cybercrime.

Good site to help you keep up with new threats.

"The Postal Service predicted that first-class mail volume will drop 37 percent by 2020"

Internet and racial relations

Cushing Academy adds a digital library for students.

Don't know if this is good or bad. Sign of the times though.

Aaron Finder sent me the link to this source

Citation from paper