Facebook reassures users in wake of service terms change (AFP)

February 16, 2009

AFP - Facebook on Monday said it is not usurping users' content despite changing service terms to claim "perpetual worldwide license" to anything posted at the social-networking website.


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NY governor proposes Internet tax on downloads (AFP)

February 16, 2009

New York Gov. David A. Paterson speaks during a press conference after a lunch meeting with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in January in New York City. Paterson has proposed a tax on Internet downloads in a move that has raised eyebrows because it could apply to everything from software to pornography.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Hiroko Masuike)AFP - New York Governor David Paterson has proposed a tax on Internet downloads, a spokesman said Monday, in a move that has raised eyebrows because it could apply to everything from software to pornography.


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iPhone application helps Blackjack cheaters (AFP)

February 16, 2009

Las Vegas casino operators are on the lookout for blackjack cheaters using a card-counting iPhone application designed to help players win.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - Las Vegas casino operators are on the lookout for blackjack cheaters using a card-counting iPhone application designed to help players win.


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