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The problem with dreams is that things never work the way you think they should.

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Limbo is quiet, subtle genius… coming to XBLA

Identity theft prevention service LifeLock is not as pristine as its reputation claims after all. The company agreed to pay out $12 million to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission and 35 states, which had said that LifeLock’s identity-theft-prevention claims were false and that the company actually made its own customer data available and unsecured from theft. As it turns out, there is no way to fully guarantee that identity theft won’t happen, no matter what someone puts on the side of a truck

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LifeLock fined $12 million over lack of life-locking ability

Though the 3G-equipped version of the iPad will only be able to get data services from AT&T, Verizon apparently sees the introduction of Apple’s tablet device as “an opportunity” for the company to sell data services. A supposed? internal sales memo published by Engadget reveals Verizon’s plan to push its MiFi mobile hotspot for the WiFi-only version of the iPad, which will be available April 3 . The memo points out that the WiFi + 3G iPad won’t go on sale for at least a few weeks after the WiFi model, costs $130 more, and can only get service through AT&T, which the memo describes as “an overloaded network with limited coverage.” Ouch.

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Cellcos hoping to cash in on iPad with 3G/4G mobile hotspots

A paper published in Nature Materials this week details a new method for using nanotubes to generate significant amounts of power, at least for their size. When multi-walled carbon nanotubes are covered with a material that produces an exothermic reaction, the nanotubes help conduct the heat in one focused direction. To the apparent surprise of the researchers, this created an electrical pulse, a quick surge of power, that could be put to a number of uses

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Nanotubes help create thermopower waves

At the Campfire One event last night, Google launched the Google Apps Marketplace and demonstrated how external Web applications from other vendors can be integrated into Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and other services that are part of the search giant’s Web-based productivity suite. In the quest for data liberation , Google’s hosted Web services have long offered a wide range of APIs for third-party developers

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Google Apps becomes a platform, gets its own app store

The CodePlex Foundation has announced the arrival of several new board members, including Jim Jagielski, the Chief Open Source Officer of SpringSource. Jagielski, who was one of the original cofounders of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), brings a lot of credibility and leadership experience to the CodePlex Foundation.

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CodePlex refresh, FOSS projects more compatible with Windows

One of the most striking images from The Terminator was the weapon he carried and used in his first attempt on Sarah Connor’s life: the .45 Longslide, with laser sighting. Who can forget the scene in the gun shop? The gun was likewise such a striking presence on screen it was used on the film’s poster.

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feature: True story: the making of the Terminator’s laser-sighted .45 pistol

Apple COO Tim Cook’s warning from early 2009 wasn’t the only one that handset makers received before Apple sicced the lawyers on HTC last week. According to a research note from Oppenheimer analyst Yal Reiner, Apple began warning top executives at companies such as HTC and Motorola in January that it wasn’t too happy about seeing allegedly iPhone-related IP showing up in proposed new products.

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HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers