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Square Payment System Beset With Delays

2:30AM June 20, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Square, the super-cool payment system that lets you collect peoples’ credit card dollars on your smart phone, is delayed indefinitely while the company tightens various infrastructural screws. CEO Jack Dorsey admits they rolled features out “before they were fully baked.” More »


Online

YouTube Caption Service Turns Shirtless Man’s Razor Tips Into Rambling Manifesto

3:00AM March 29, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Unfortunately, the razor-saving video tip I wanted to show you today was “old news” from February. But! As I sat there this morning, dejected, I decided to click Google’s very experimental “Transcribe Audio” feature…and nearly crapped my pants in fear. More »


Entertainment

Charles Manson Cuts Killer Creative Commons Digital Album From Prison

10:59AM April 6, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Convicted murderer and future American Idol contestant Charles Manson has used the liberal Creative Commons license to release a new 16-track album from prison. The album, called, ironically, One Mind, is free to download at LimeWire. As an added bonus, the CC licence allows listeners to copy the tracks as much as they want and distribute them, so long as they don’t use them for commercial purposes-like starting a cult or something. Hear the man himself croon a killer tune after the jump at about the 1:15 mark.

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