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The Google Wallet Hack Is Not The End Of The World (Or Even NFC) As We Know It [Update: Google Reacts]

In fact wireless payments are, in many ways, more secure than your current plastic card. Here's why.READ»

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Judge Undercuts Online Copyright Law, Here's What That Looks Like

David Kravets, a writer for Wired's Threat Level blog, reports on the ruling handed down by a federal judge that, simply put, allowed for the reposting of an entire article without permission. To show how asinine that is, we've reposted Wired's entire article. You should actually go to Wired and read it. Don't read it here. In fact, the whole first sentence below is a link over to Wired.READ»

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iFive: Sony PS Store Back, Creative Commons On YouTube, Tenn. Law Against Sharing, Apple Malware Issue, Shaq Retires On Twitter

Did you know that Thursday's officially the fourth day of the week and there's an ISO 8601 international standard to prove it? No? Well, you'll be equally intrigued to learn what's been going on in the early news with our handy summary:READ»

Renaming Digital Piracy: A Smokescreen to Hide Movie's True Worth?

"Oh ar, oi'm a movie pirate, I am. Oh arrrr!"...does that sound sexy to you? Does it bring visions of a be-hatted Johnny Depp to mind? According to some content providers it might, and they want to rename online piracy. Losers.This ...READ»

"Steal It" and Other Internal YouTube Emails from Viacom's Copyright Suit

The U.S. District Court has just made public the documentation in the controversial Viacom vs. YouTube case. It's a goldmine of data, most of which is really dirty mud-slinging by Viacom, based on internal emails from YouTube's ...READ»

Geotagging's Seasonal Danger: Burglary

I love the geotag concept--marking photos/Tweets and such with their Earth coordinates--and I think we'll all be doing it more in the future, for many reasons. I'm just worried we shouldn't be doing it this month. Thanks to bad ...READ»

News Manipulator Rupert Murdoch Gripes About Google's News Manipulation

Rupert Murdoch is so concerned about the future of traditional (i.e. his) news publishing at the hands of Google, he's launched paid Web newspapers via an online club. But if Google's so evil, why doesn't he block its ...READ»

Three Unexpected Dangers of Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality is a hot, hot topic at the moment (which means we've written about it twice today), and promises to revolutionize how you seek local information from your smartphone. But in the years ahead, once it's gone ...READ»