Apple in deals to connect iPod in new car models
Thu Aug 3, 2006 11:30 AM ET By Michele Gershberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday said it has teamed up with three major automakers to link its popular iPod music player with car stereos, laying down a new challenge to a fragmented radio industry.
Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. will offer an easy iPod connection in the majority of their brands, allowing drivers to charge the digital music player and store it in a glove compartment as they listen to its songs.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/08/irs_privacy.html
New IRS Online Payment System Raises Privacy Fears
By Martin H. Bosworth ConsumerAffairs.Com August 3, 2006
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is creating a new system for delinquent taxpayers to set up payment agreements via the Web, rather than by phone or mail.
The Online Payment Agreement Application will enable tax preparation organizations to help their clients set up payment plans through back taxes, whether through automatic monthly debit or payroll deduction.
... In March, the IRS announced plans to enable tax preparers to sell taxpayers' personal information(http://www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2006/03/irs_data_sales.html) to unrelated third-party groups. The change to IRS privacy regulations would enable tax preparers to sell financial information to data brokers and other interested groups if they obtained the taxpayer's written consent.
The announced IRS changes led to severe criticism by consumer advocates and letters of objection from attorneys general(http://www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2006/04/ags_irs_data.html) in 46 states and the District of Columbia. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said that the proposed rules would "erode consumer privacy and the security of sensitive personal information."
During hearings held before the Senate Finance Committee on changes to the tax code, a report(http://www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2006/04/gao_tax.html ) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicated widespread errors and failures on the part of many tax preparation organizations when it came to filing tax returns, including taxpayer overpayments and failure to note deductions.
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/012028.html
August 03, 2006
Justice Ginsburg Orders Release of FBI NSL Gag Records
Following up on the controversy of the FBI case involving demands for Connecticut library patron records, last night AP reported that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ordered the release of all records related to the FBI NSL gag order and Connecticut librarians.
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/012035.html
August 03, 2006
WiFi TV Offers Viewers Access to Hundreds of Channels From 50 Countries
"You can watch Wi-Fi TV in most places around the world (including the USA) for free on any Internet enabled device."
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