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1) Prospect of body scans bares privacy worries

It has come to this. Already shoeless, beltless and waterless, more beleaguered air passengers will be holding their legs apart, raising their arms and effectively baring it all as they pass through U.S. airport security checkpoints. Add the "full-body scan" to the list of indignities that some t...

2) NSFW: Hey! Look behind you! It's the tablet of the future!

There are several reasons why I would never describe myself as a "futurologist".

3) Public interest groups call for antitrust probe of TV Everywhere

Public interest groups on Monday will call for federal antitrust watchdogs to investigate an industry-wide strategy by television service providers that they say will strap users to unnecessarily high monthly subscription fees and stifle competition.

4) Questions stall Pentagon computer defenses

The Pentagon's plan to set up a command to defend its global network of computer systems has been slowed by congressional questions about its mission and possible privacy concerns, according to officials familiar with the plan.

5) Portable Hard Drives: A Terabyte in Your Pocket

Good things come in small packages--and when it comes to storage, the saying couldn't be more true. No matter what size your data set is, you can find a stylish, pocketable wonder of modern miniaturization to store it and transport it.

6) Twitter Kicks Off 2010 Hiring People Away From Google, Bebo, Ning And More

Good catch by Louis Gray , who keeps on monitoring the Twitter-made list of Twitter team members with hawk eyes. Starting today at the new Twitter offices in San Francisco are no less than 10 new staff members in a variety of roles.

7) Ten Technologies That Will Rock 2010

Now that the aughts are behind us, we can start the new decade with a bang. So many new technologies are ready to make a big impact this year. Some of them will be brand new, but many have been gestating and are now ready to hatch. If there is any theme here it is the mobile Web. As I think through...

8) Hotel WiFi Should Be a Right, Not a Luxury

I'm in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee for Christmas and on a drive between Memphis and Nashville I noticed that every $30/night hotel offered free wireless Internet access. Further, when we got to Nashville and checked into the relatively low-frills Holiday Inn Express we had better wireless...

9) Google And Spotify Dance Over U.S. Launch

Spotify . The elusive European streaming music startup that you just can't get access to in the U.S., unless you know someone or jump through a few hoops.

10) TechCrunch, The Google Chrome Extension

I've enjoyed using Google's Chrome browser ever since it was introduced back in September 2008, albeit using other browsers alongside for different purposes. With the launch of Extensions for Chrome , the need to occasionally fire up Firefox or Opera has diminished, and I doubt I'll be using any...

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