Weekly News Roundup

• Yahoo business ethics sorely lacking [InfoWorld]
  “The latest news [is] that Yahoo turned over private emails to the Chinese government which led to the conviction and ten-year sentence of Shi Tao, an editorial department head at the Contemporary Business News in China’s Hunan province”
• E-sales tax debate to resume this fall [CNET]
  “Thirteen states soon will begin simplifying administration of their sales taxes. But will out-of-state retailers ever collect them?”
• Microsoft to release fixes for Windows flaws [CNET]
  “On upcoming “Patch Tuesday,” expect to see one security alert for serious flaws in the operating system.”
• Smoke Breaks Boost Memory [Wired]
  “Cigarette smokers have known for centuries that lighting up can help them concentrate. Now pharmaceutical companies are trying to create cleaner, safer ways to improve upon that effect.”
• Google and GEICO settle AdWords dispute [The Register]
  “Google and car insurance firm GEICO have settled a trade mark dispute over the search engine’s sale of sponsored search terms “Geico” and “Geico Direct”. GEICO had claimed that this use was in breach of its trade mark rights.”

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