Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
- Not that anyone really needs a reason to loiter around Mickey D's, but the fast food chain is reportedly partnering with AT&T to provide customers with free Wi-Fi. Great, now people can surf the Web in lethargy while they let that Big Mac gut bomb sluggishly digest. [From: Engadget]
- Many agencies have been cracking down on child predators and child pornography on the Web recently, but Microsoft has developed software that may revolutionize child protective services. The Microsoft PhotoDNA technology, which it donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, analyzes pornographic images and then scans the Web for matches, so pictures featuring children can more easily be located and removed. [From: USA Today]
- Capitol Records is currently suing video-sharing site Vimeo for copyright infringement. The suit pertains to a viral video that featured Vimeo employees lip-syncing to a song by Capitol band Harvey Danger. What's next? An orchestrated assault on karaoke bars? [From: New TeeVee]
- It hasn't even been a month yet since Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced the development of the Square iPod-compatible credit card reader. But, like long-lost relatives showing up to a will-reading, people are already trying to get a piece of the action. College professor Bob Morley is suing Square because he claims that he built the tech first. [From: Mobile Beat]
- According to a recent tweet, the Microsoft Zune Twitter app is officially going live. Still no word about the Facebook app, but the site is probably too busy figuring out how to further monetize its blissfully ignorant members. [From: Engadget]
- The satirical Web site FakeSteve is attempting to organize a Friday AT&T protest event, and AT&T recently responded by calling the stunt a "pointless scheme to draw attention to a blog." Umm, good job not attracting any more attention to the protest, AT&T. [From: Cult of Mac]
- New York City is sponsoring a contest to determine which apps create a "more transparent, accessible, and accountable" NYC. How about an iPhone app that prevents dropped calls? [From: Wired]
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