The company plans to let end users kick the tires on IE’s next release, prompting Web developers to get busy revamping their sites.

Dell shares had gained 17% this month ahead of its first-quarter earnings report, and the results showed that the confidence was well placed.

The Nano processor is competitive with low-end offerings from the big names and draws much less power.

Balance tilts as another heavyweight signs on to the Google-backed set of social networking developer tools.

Affiliate law sends e-commerce companies running for the hills.

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New York residents already feel the pain of high taxes. But now the state has basically shut down many of its resident’s businesses that rely on affiliate revenue, including domain name owners.

In an effort to collect more tax revenue, the state decided that companies (namely Amazon.com) that have affiliates in the state technically “have a place of business” in the state. Thus, they are required to collect and remit sales tax on purchases shipped to New York.