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    Windows Phone And Blackberry Head For Extinction

    Had a Windows phone. Zero support from app makers or Microsoft itself. Good riddance.
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    U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Apple e-Books Price-Fixing Appeal

    The hero of the encryption case fights tooth and nail to price gouge the consumer.
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    Cord-Cutting Is Accelerating

    I would love to know which high-value programs on cable you'd like to have all by itself?
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    Cable Company Posted Names Of Overdue Customers On Facebook

    I love it. Should be done more often. I'd post names of uninsured drivers if it was also possible.
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    Google Announces The ASUS OnHub

    It may look good enough to be in the open, but not cable modems.
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    Amazon Denies Accusations Of 'Brutal' Worker Treatment

    States were groveling to bring those jobs and give them sales tax benefits.
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    The First Ubuntu Phone Arrives Next Week

    Windows phone is a failure.
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    Google Waze Draws Ire Of U.S. Sheriffs

    That's what we need. More people messing with their phones while driving.
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    Senators Propose a Tax Holiday Tech Companies Would Love

    Please address my other points about tolls being better than gas taxes. Teslas pay no gas taxes, yet drive the roads all the same. Higher MPG cars pay less and less tax at the pump, but are still wearing down roads. Taxing at the pump is not an effective method for taxing usage.
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    Senators Propose a Tax Holiday Tech Companies Would Love

    The Houston/Pittsburgh example was just a hypothetical. Pittsburgh was on 60 Minutes recently as an example for why we need to raise the federal gas tax. I don't want them to pay for my roads any more than I want to pay for their's. Eliminate the gas taxes and let the market find a way to repair...
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    Senators Propose a Tax Holiday Tech Companies Would Love

    The answer is toll roads. Things wrong with gas taxes: 1) MPG is constantly getting better. Revenue from gas tax will fall over time and you'll have to tax elsewhere. 2) Drivers of electric cars are allowed to drive on the roads but essentially pay next to nothing for their upkeep. 3)...
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    HBO's Streaming Service May Cost Almost 2X as Much as Netflix

    GoT isn't even that good. The Wire, Deadwood, Veep, Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire, True Detective, Real Sports, etc. There is a glut of great content in their catalog that's not available even in the new Amazon deal.
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