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  US Copyright Office considers stopgap scanning solution for card catalog due to 'rudimentary budget'

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 2, 2012 11:47 pm + 5 comments

  Struggling to convert the tens of millions of pre-1978 copyrights in its massive card catalog into a Continue reading…

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  Robot pebbles cooperate to copy and build 3D models

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 2, 2012 11:18 pm + 7 comments

  Some researchers at MIT have created a system that allows a pile of "smart pebbles" — tiny, Continue reading…

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  iOS hacker Chronic corrects XRY passcode cracking claims for iPhone and iPad

  By Bryan Bishop on April 2, 2012 10:59 pm + 10 comments

  Last week Forbes reported on the Swedish company Micro Systemation, whose software XRY is used by Continue reading…

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  ACLU finds US police departments regularly track phone location, usually without a warrant

  By Dieter Bohn on April 2, 2012 10:32 pm + 21 comments

  The American Civil Liberties Union has conducted a study in which it requested information from over Continue reading…

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  Path 2.1.1 released, 'hashes' contact information for enhanced privacy

  By Sam Byford on April 2, 2012 09:15 pm + 3 comments

  The promised 2.1.1 update for Path that "hashes" and anonymizes uploaded contact data is now Continue reading…

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  Google buys payment-processing company TxVia to 'accelerate' Google Wallet innovation

  By Bryan Bishop on April 2, 2012 09:02 pm + 27 comments

  Google Wallet may have lost one of its founders to rival Square, but that's not stopping forward Continue reading…

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  Nokia Maps WebGL Beta gets stereoscopic 3D option

  By Dieter Bohn on April 2, 2012 08:14 pm + 4 comments

  Last year, Nokia introduced a version of Nokia Maps that uses WebGL to render advanced graphics Continue reading…

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  Co-founding engineer of Google Wallet joins Square, just the latest in a series of departures

  By Bryan Bishop on April 2, 2012 07:46 pm + 49 comments

  Google Wallet has had a tough go of it lately, facing security problems, rejection by cellphone Continue reading…

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  Sony to announce new PlayStation 3 video service, but what is it?

  By Chris Welch on April 2, 2012 07:27 pm + 47 comments

  As part of his usual rundown of the coming week's PSN content during the latest PlayStation Blogcast, Continue reading…

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  Smithsonian tours its meteorite storage facility: over 15,000 samples in 'tight security'

  By Andrew Webster on April 2, 2012 06:55 pm + 6 comments

  In Suitland, Maryland the Smithsonian stores thousands of Antarctic meteorites so well that the Continue reading…