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The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) recently hosted an email exchange between Assistant Secretary of State Maura Harty and American Civil Liberties Union attorney Barry Steinhardt to debate the security of the new e-passports.

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The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has an interesting article discussing the elusive "third place" sociological term. Your first place is your home. Your second place is your work. But your third place is harder to define. It’s usually where you feel comfortable outside home or work, some place where you hang out with acquaintances and friends and catch up on the latest news. But now virtual communities seem to be rapidly replacing what once was usually found in a good bar or favorite diner.

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The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports on the highly anticipated release of movie download services from Apple and Amazon. Check out the chart below for a comparision of the two services:

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YouTube has hired Yahoo’s Treasurer Gideon Yu (pictured to the left) to join the company as its first chief financial officer (CFO), a much needed role, as bystanders wonder how the hugely popular site will become profitable. Though some have already speculated as to the potential worth of YouTube, bringing in a veteran number cruncher possibly means preparations are in the works for either deal-making or an initial public offering.

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