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  Can new editor for crowdsourced OpenStreetMap project help it beat Google Maps?

  By Carl Franzen on May 7, 2013 10:36 am + 51 comments

  The online map wars have taken an interesting turn lately, with Google and its rivals Nokia and A Continue reading…

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  New York's all-new driver's license is 'solid, monolithic' and almost impossible to forge

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 18, 2013 10:04 am + 89 comments

  New York is stepping up its fight against counterfeit IDs with a new driver's license that has some Continue reading…

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  Google to open Wallet app to third-party passes, loyalty cards, and IDs

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 28, 2012 08:31 am + 57 comments

  Google is planning to let businesses integrate their services into its Wallet mobile payments app. Continue reading…

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  BioSole shoe sensors can ID you after just three steps

  By Andrew Webster on July 22, 2012 11:19 pm + 13 comments

  Sci-fi films have taught us that one day we'll be identified through quick eye scans, but Continue reading…

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  Researchers build tiny random number generator for NFC chips

  By Louis Goddard on July 13, 2012 10:21 am + 9 comments

  Researchers at Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University have built a true random number generator Continue reading…

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  'Doom 3' in virtual reality: we check out John Carmack's prototype head mounted display

  By Ross Miller on May 30, 2012 10:02 am + 104 comments

  Id Software has just announced Doom 3 BFG Edition, a "director's cut" of the 2004 first-person Continue reading…

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  Samsung scrapping ID cards in favor of NFC-equipped handsets

  By Jamie Keene on April 23, 2012 01:15 pm + 9 comments

  Samsung workers at its Suwon, South Korea offices could soon be using their mobile phones to check Continue reading…

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  In Japan, you'll soon be able to access ATMs with just your palm and a PIN

  By Vlad Savov on April 12, 2012 06:47 am + 23 comments

  First coins were too heavy so we moved to notes. Then notes were too numerous and we streamlined to Continue reading…

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  Telefónica and RIM begin BlackBerry NFC trial in Spain

  By Jeff Blagdon on November 27, 2011 05:55 am + 5 comments

  Spanish readers are one step closer to leaving their Bronze Age wallet technology at home this week. Continue reading…

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  Doom 3 GPL source code now available

  By Ross Miller on November 22, 2011 06:37 pm + 16 comments

  As promised and as per tradition, id Software has released the Doom 3 source code under a general Continue reading…