http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/tech?feed=rss garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "tech" on Netvouz http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052500720.html?nav=rss_print/business The Treasury Department, conceding that it has no right to continue collecting a 108-year-old tax on long-distance telephone calls,will drop its legal battle for the tax and instead refund about $13 billion to callers who have paid the tax in the past three years. The 3 percent tax, enacted in 1898 to help pay for the Spanish-American War and revised in 1965, was declared illegal by five federal courts of appeal.May 26, 2006 garoldstone Fri, 26 May 2006 17:15:02 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/19/AR2006021900820.html In a one-hour brainstorming session in late 1969, Boyle and Smith drew up the basic design for a memory chip they called a "charge-coupled device," more familiarly known as a "CCD." Washignto Post FFeb 20, 2006 garoldstone Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:17:08 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022401991_pf.html garoldstone Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:03:16 GMT http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-03-12-cia-net_x.htm?csp=34 The identities of 2,600 CIA employees and the locations of two dozen of the agency`s covert workplaces in the United States can be found easily through Internet searches, according to an investigation by the Chicago Tribune. March 12, 2006 garoldstone Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:29:27 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022001374.html garoldstone Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:03:22 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022001374_pf.html garoldstone Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:17:27 GMT http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-03-12-dui-machines_x.htm?csp=34 Timothy Muldowny`s lawyers decided on an unconventional approach to fight his drunken driving case: They sought computer programming information for the Intoxilyzer alcohol breath analysis machine to see whether his test was accurate. March 12,2006 garoldstone Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:30:58 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030902115.html?nav=rss_print/asection garoldstone Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:07:30 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/08/AR2006040800157.html The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control maintains its "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List" to be easily accessible on its public Web site. garoldstone Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:28:51 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020901324.html garoldstone Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:14:06 GMT