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Entries Tagged as 'internet history'

Court rubs out Maine law regulating Internet tobacco sales

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

 
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out Maine’s law taxing the Internet sales of tobacco products, a statute intended to keep cigarettes out of minors’ hands by regulating transportation companies. “Despite the importance of the public health objective, we cannot agree with Maine,” said Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the majority. Federal law says […]

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Tags: Crime & Punishment · internet history

10 Years After

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Has it really been 10 years since the blog was invented? Well, back on December 17, 1997, Jorn Barger created a website he called a weblog with links to log his travels on the web. Heres the Wired article about the anniversary. In the article Jorn gives 10 tips for new bloggers. Jorn used it […]

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Tags: internet history