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Jan 12 2009 5:21pm EDT

Last Bytes: Streaming TV's Hits & Misses

Shakeup in streaming video at Sling.com where the founders step down, little more than a year after getting bought by EchoStar for $380 million. [PaidContent]

Enter Boxee, which is meant to aggregate the Hulu's and Sling.com's of the world. [AllThingsD]

Taxpayer advocacy group is urging the IRS to tax businesses that set up shop in virtual worlds like Second Life. [Ars Technica]

The Department of Homeland Security is asking that Western European visitors to the U.S. register online before they get here. [Cnet]
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