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Apple Building PayPal Killer, Sources Babble

According to Silicon Alley, the latest rumor in Wall Street is Apple’s plan to turn the iTunes Store into a payment system like Paypal. In other words, they want you to give them money so you can buy things elsewhere. iPhone and iPod touch users can already buy third-party products within applications using iTunes accounts.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

SpaceX’s Falcon 1, Dreams of Space Conquest Begin in 10, 9, 8…

Like watching rocket launches? Then check out the live webcast of SpaceX’s Falcon 1 launch from the Marshall Islands at 7pm EST. The Falcon 1 measures 90 feet, weighs roughly 103,000 pounds and uses a two stage, liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene vehicle to blast off. SpaceX, started up by Elon Musk of PayPal…

Space & Spaceflight Elaine Chow

Hacker Pulls an Office Space, Steals $50,000 Worth of Pennies from Google, Paypal

In a move reminiscent of schemes seen in Office Space and Superman III, a hacker has exploited a loophole to weasel himself over $50,000 from services such as Google Checkout and Paypal by taking pennies at a time. Unfortunately, he was caught, and is in all likelihood heading to pound-me-in-the-ass prison. The loophole involved the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Silicon Valley Nerds Plan Sea-Based Utopian Country to Call Their Own

A group of super-rich Silicon Valley nerds are sick of the man keeping them down. That’s why they’re planning to create their own sea-based country made up of floating structures that will be similar to oil rigs, but with houses and offices rather than, you know, oil rig stuff on board. And this isn’t some…

Tech News Adam Frucci

First Look at the PayPal Security Key

For those who are the least bit curious about the PayPal Security Key, take a look at Popken’s video on the thing. Between throwing out racial slurs and making AIDs jokes, he shows you how the thing’s supposed to work. Does it actually protect you against phishers? Watch and find out. https://gizmodo.com/paypal-security-key-available-now-235398 ORIGINAL VIDEO: PayPal…

Gadgets Jason Chen

PayPal Security Key Available Now

Remember that PayPal security key we told you about last month? The one that generates a random key every 30 seconds you’re supposed to type in with your login in order to prevent fraud? Yeah, that’s available now. https://gizmodo.com/paypals-security-key-protects-you-from-phishers-228824 Just login, click order, and you’ll get your $5 Security Key in a couple days. We…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Dealzmodo: $15 off PayPal Purchases

This deal is simple. Just make a purchase of $30 or more at any store that accepts PayPal as payment between February 8 and March 31 and you’ll get a $15 cash rebate. Not a bad deal for just using your PP account. Promotion Page [PayPal – Thanks Dave!]

Tech News Jason Chen

Paypal’s Security Key Protects You From Phishers

Paypal’s security and phishing troubles have gotten so bad, they’ve decided to provide a hardware solution to the problem. This upcoming Security Key from Paypal generates a unique one-time-use password every 30 seconds, which you use along with your username and regular password to log into your account. This way, even if phishers get your…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Send Paypal Via Skype Soon

The upcoming Skype version 2.5, seen at the eBay Developer’s Conference, apparently will let you send or request money to other users directly from the client software. Since eBay, Paypal, and Skype are all one big happy family, you’ll be able to Paypal money easily while chatting with the person you’re talking to. Camwhores: Paypal…

Tech News Jason Chen

Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

This week at Lifehacker: Build yourself a solar-powered wifi booster for the backyard. Your mousing wrist feeling a little achy? Train yourself to mouse lefty (or righty, lefties.) PayPal your buddy your share of the dinner bill with your cell phone. Add encryption to Gmail and sync your Google calendar with your mobile phone or…

Tech News Gina Trapani

PayPal Mobile Launched

As we mentioned before, PayPal has created a mobile payment system allowing you to send and receive money via SMS. https://gizmodo.com/paypal-plans-phone-payments-163482 The site is up now and you can activate your phone by clicking a button and entering your number. I’m trying to figure out some use cases, right now, and strangely enough I could…

Tech News Johnb

PayPal Plans Phone Payments

This is older news but important—apparently the U.S. entering the 21st Century! Whereas everyone and their Mom already has cellphone-enabled payments, this new Paypal system will allow you to send and receive money via SMS. Like the inimitable CueCat and other devices that came before it, the system will also allow you to purchase items…

Tech News Johnb

Apple Building PayPal Killer, Sources Babble

SpaceX’s Falcon 1, Dreams of Space Conquest Begin in 10, 9, 8…

Hacker Pulls an Office Space, Steals $50,000 Worth of Pennies from Google, Paypal

Silicon Valley Nerds Plan Sea-Based Utopian Country to Call Their Own

First Look at the PayPal Security Key

PayPal Security Key Available Now

Dealzmodo: $15 off PayPal Purchases

Paypal’s Security Key Protects You From Phishers

Send Paypal Via Skype Soon

Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

PayPal Mobile Launched

PayPal Plans Phone Payments

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