Video | A Tour of the SpaceX Launchpad August 11, 2011
UConn Pulling Plug on HuskyMail, Contracting Instead With Google
by Jaimi Welch | August 11, 2011 1:14pm
The University of Connecticut will soon be rid of its outdated HuskyMail system and is contracting instead with Google as the new host for student email.
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July 21, 2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis Arrives Home for the Last Time (updated w/video)
by Lon Seidman | July 21, 2011 7:27am
Space Shuttle Atlantis landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday morning, wrapping up a nearly two-week mission and the 30-year Space Shuttle program.
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June 20, 2011
Texas Now Among States Looking To Internet Taxes To Close Budget Gaps | The AP
by Associated Press | June 20, 2011 7:25pm
Connecticut took a lot of criticism in recent weeks after Amazon.com decided to announced it was suspending its affiliate sales program here because of the state legislature’s support for charging sales tax on Internet purchases. But now Texas — super business friendly Texas — has followed suit.
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Tags: amazon, sales tax, online retail, government 2.0, Amazon
June 11, 2011
CTTechJunkie Podcast #2: Getting to the Bottom of the Amazon Tax
by Lon Seidman and Doug Hardy | June 11, 2011 10:30pm
Hartford tax attorney Daniel L. Gottfried, a tax partner at Rogin Nassau LLC, joins Lon and Doug to discuss the “Amazon Tax” and what it means for future Internet taxation.
Listen by clicking the play button on the audio player below, and below that is the chatroom conversation that took place during the live broadcast.
Click here to download the 45 minute interview.
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June 10, 2011
ANALYSIS | Taxed States Seek to Tax Amazon Sales
by Lon Seidman | June 10, 2011 9:27pm
The debate over the “Amazon Tax” continued this week with the company announcing, as many expected, the cancellation of Connecticut-based affiliate marketing contracts. The changes impact website operators who are linking to Amazon and receiving a commission based on the sales those links generate.
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Amazon Terminates Connecticut Affiliates
by Lon Seidman | June 10, 2011 7:48am
Online retailer Amazon.com today informed its Connecticut affiliates that it is terminating their relationship, effective immediately. The contract terminations are the result of a new law that requires online retailers to collect tax from sales referred by Connecticut websites.
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