Amazon Has Severed Ties - It's a Sad Day for Lots of Small Businesses

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Hello,

Unfortunately, Governor Brown has signed into law the bill that we emailed you about earlier today. As a result of this, contracts with all California residents participating in the Amazon Associates Program are terminated effective today, June 29, 2011. Those California residents will no longer receive advertising fees for sales referred to Amazon.com, Endless.com, MYHABIT.COM or SmallParts.com. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned before today will be processed and paid in full in accordance with the regular payment schedule.

You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you are a resident of California. If you are not currently a resident of California, or if you are relocating to another state in the near future, you can manage the details of your Associates account here. And if you relocate to another state in the near future please contact us for reinstatement into the Amazon Associates Program.

To avoid confusion, we would like to clarify that this development will only impact our ability to offer the Associates Program to California residents and will not affect your ability to purchase from Amazon.com, Endless.com, MYHABIT.COM orSmallParts.com.

We have enjoyed working with you and other California-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program and, if this situation is rectified, would very much welcome the opportunity to re-open our Associates Program to California residents. As mentioned before, we are continuing to work on alternative ways to help California residents monetize their websites and we will be sure to contact you when these become available.

Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

Which Android Tablet to Get? True iPad2 Competition Here.

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Wow, I lost count of how many Android based tablets I saw at Computex in Taipei this year.  Literally hundreds of models that are out, available, or coming out.  There are still only a few that you shouldseriously consider if you want the best Android experience though, and I will go over these here.

Hardware differences:

The latest tablets (running 3.x HoneyComb) from the top manufacturers all have very similar specs CPU hardware side and so will have very similar performance.  The differences you will see will be in screen size and quality, physical casing dimensions and materials, ports, built-in camera(s), and accessories.

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Newegg Hard Drive Gone Bad, They Want $9 To Ship it Back 5 Miles

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OK, the drive itself was cheap!  I posted about the 2TB deal a short while ago.  Now that it's DOA, I'm going to have to ship it back for a replacement at my cost bringing the total price a bit higher than a special local Fry's deal.

Newegg says their deeply discounted UPS partner will give me a discounted rate - but its $9.  That's not the rate I was expecting for a RMA address that's just over 5 miles from here.

Newegg really should take a close look at the online leader Amazon who would immediately send a replacement overnight shipping at my cost as well as provide a return shipping label, shipping / handling pre-paid right back to them.