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Google has announced Android's new attempt to curb piracy, an online "licensing service" that automatically contacts the Android Market when an app is launched. The new mechanism is available to developers now, becoming standard "over the next few months." [Android Developers via Engadget] More »

#data According to a study, Verizon smartphone users use more data than iPhone users. That's right, on average, Verizon smartphones—Android, webOS, and Windows Mobile phones—pull in 421 MB a month of data. iPhone users only use 338MB. More »

#photography It's the quintessential landscape photo: the sunset, nature's own daily-painted masterpiece of texture, color and light. And for this week's Shooting Challenge, I want you to go out and capture the poor, workhorse of a star's soul. More »

#sprint Thanks to the popularity of Evo, Sprint gained 111,000 net subscribers in the second quarter, the first time the company has seen net subscriber growth in three years. More »

#itunes The iPad was supposed to herald a new era in publishing. But the growing rift between Apple and Time Inc. shows that the early troubles clouding digital magazines have only gotten worse. So: is iTunes a mailbox or a newsstand? More »

#dogs This is a very niche product for a.) those who want to move overseas with their dogs, or b.) Mariah Carey. Who knew dogs needed additional oxygen supplies when flying at altitudes above 8,000 feet? More »

#unconfirmed Everyone's trying to fix the iPhone 4's attenuation problem! Best Buy is reportedly giving away free invisibleSHIELDs to any unhappy iPhone 4 owner. Meaning you didn't even have to buy your iPhone 4 from Best Buy to take advantage. More »

#whiteiphone The Street (same people who claimed 1.5 years of free service for the iPhone at launch), now claims that the white iPhone delay is caused by light leaking out the edges, sides and back of the white phone. More »

#lego Think this Instructables DIYer created these headphones just by gluing a few Lego bricks onto an old pair of headphones? O, ye of little faith. Look closer—these illustrate some bona fide crafty skills. [Instructables] More »

#badnews The breast cancer rate is 10% higher on people's left side than right. Why? Some researchers think it's because people tend to sleep on their right side, and their boxsprings are pulling in electromagnetic radiation from FM and TV transmissions. More »

#space Anyone visiting the International Space Station from 2014 won't have any excuses for poor timekeeping, with the cold-atom clock being sent up there as part of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) project. More »

#starcraft While we toil away on an actual Starcraft II review - which I won't be writing - let's pass the time with some quick, dirty singleplayer impressions. Which I will be writing. More »

#kindle People sure are making hay out of Amazon being fresh out of Kindles! And while there's certainly a chance this could herald the imminent arrival of Kindle 3, it seems more likely that Amazon hit an unexpected wave of demand. But who knows? More »

#digitalcameras Samsung's outing two new affordable cameras: the HMX-E10, a 1080p pocket cam with a handy 270-degree swiveling lens and the 14.2MP ST80 point-and-shoot, which packs Wi-Fi for beaming photos and 720p video directly to YouTube, Facebook and the rest. More »

#concepts If only this defibrillator toaster concept were real, I could scream, "I NEED 50 CCs of butter, stat," every morning without looking like a total lunatic. [Shay Carmon via Design Taxi via that's nerdalicious] More »

#badideas Clippers? Trimmers? Forget all that. All you need to keep those hedges under control is a lawnmower and a very long stick, provided you're both very strong and completely insane. Seriously, don't try this ever. [Geekosystem] More »

#imagecache The guns shoot daisies and the bad guys spurt blood-petals. That's just life in Flower Warfare. Stay sharp for the next two and a half minutes, and you might not get plowed. More »

#android In a world of identikit phones, Lumigon's three Android phones announced at CES were like a fresh-faced booth babe amidst a sea of technerds. Holding true to their promise, the T1 will hit October 20th with some nice specs. More »

#cameras We've seen Panasonic's 3D camcorder, but the company is also releasing a standalone lens that will allow otherwise stock still cameras to shoot 3D. More »

#fight Motorola's officially not pulling any punches, with a full-page Droid X ad in the NY Times today making it clear that their phone don't need no stinking bumper. If their last ad was a jab, this one's a full-on haymaker. More »