IRS Proposal Could Change Ecommerce

The U.S. Treasury Department wants to crack down on Internet businesses like eBay and Amazon.com and require them to share their customer's personal data with the Internal Revenue Service.

Google May Employ Simply Hired

This week has seen one eBusiness rumor after another come to light, and the latest nugget indicates that Google may be interested in buying Simply Hired.  If an acquisition occurs, this job search engine would fill in an obvious blank in Google’s arsenal.

IBM Mashup Summit

I'm at the IBM Mashup Summit in San Francisco today.  As we are within the bowels of a large enterprise, there is a process to follow to get wifi access, so I'm offline. 

Briefly: Clash Puns, George Lucas, AdWords

Yahoo has a shortcut to its lyrics search, while Ask has a Smart Answer for the master Jedi among other May birthday celebs. Google puts everyone back to work with an updated AdWords Editor.