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Sony Ericsson unveiled its slimmest Walkman phone ever on Tuesday. It’s only 0.38 inches thick and has several new music features. The matchbook thin device, called the “W880,” packs music features into its ultra-thin design with a handset preloaded with Walkman Player 2.0, Disc2Phone music management and TrackID music recognition applications, the company said.

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Chip and PIN is a UK government-backed security measure that requires customers to present both a four-digit PIN and a bank card containing a smart chip in order to complete a purchase. Backers argued that the system offers a much higher level of security than previous schemes. Two researchers, however, demonstrated last month how to hack into a card reader and hijack it into playing the video game Tetris.

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