http://www.goldsteinreport.com/ General RSS feed for Goldstein Report en-au Sun, 19 May 2013 00:04:28 +1000 Copyright: Goldstein Report 2005-2006 http://www.goldsteinreport.com/page?id=rss 120 http://www.goldsteinreport.com/images/site/rsslogo2.jpg http://www.goldsteinreport.com/ http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20312 Twenty-one Republicans voted with 46 Democrats (and 2 Independents) recently to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act, a long-overdue bill allowing states to require online retailers to collect sales taxes and remit them to the state where the customer lives. Will the House be so rational? It's a long shot. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20312 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:29 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20311 Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will meet David Cameron next week, just days after the internet giant was mauled by a Commons committee over its tax affairs, it has emerged. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20311 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:51 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20310 In part one of our three-part series, we discussed America's attempts to regulate the Internet -- and many Americans are concerned about the Internet moving away from its current governance model, for good reason. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20310 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:25:55 +1000 Governance http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20309 There are calls for greater oversight and transparency after the corporate regulator accidentally blocked more than 1,000 websites. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20309 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:23:51 +1000 Child Protection&Online Safety http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20308 A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc. hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect the European Union's examination of the company http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20308 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:21:55 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20307 Google was branded "devious, calculating and unethical" by MPs who accused the internet giant of deliberately subverting its motto, "don't be evil", in order to pay less tax. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20307 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:48:43 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20306 Corporations and governments are turning the internet into a colossal, always-on surveillance tool. Once passive objects are able to report what's happening, where is the power balance? http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20306 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:50:54 +1000 Legal, Privacy & Security http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20305 Google and Amazon came under fierce attack from MPs and tax campaigners after fresh whistleblower allegations put further strain on claims by the internet giants that their multibillion-pound UK-facing businesses should not be taxed by Revenue & Customs. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20305 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:28:36 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20304 Amazon is facing mounting questions over the extent of the business activities conducted out of Patriot Court, its headquarters in Slough, threatening to throw the group's controversial UK tax structure into disarray. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20304 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:27:38 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20303 A group of Congress members has sent a letter to Google seeking answers to a range of questions about the privacy implications raised by its Google Glass project. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20303 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:03 +1000 Legal, Privacy & Security