Daily Dispatch: Two-step Google authentication; Intel charges extra to unlock CPU capabilities

In today's Digital Dispatch:

Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can already do (engadget)

...Intel websites confirm -- that lets you download software to unlock extra threads and cache on the new Pentium G6951 processor.

Facebook Expands Instant Personalization with Rotten Tomatoes (ReadWriteWeb)

...The feature brings users' social graph and likes on Facebook to other sites, such as Pandora and Yelp. Beginning today, those same features will come to movie rating and review site, Rotten Tomatoes.

Google Brings Two-Step Authentication to Google Apps (Mashable)

...The system works in the following way: the user types in their login name and password, and then s/he has to type in an additional code generated by a mobile application (similar to generating code with a token, often seen in Internet banking applications).

Google To Distribute Mobile Devices To Businesses For Checkins, Ratings And More (TechCrunch)

...These devices will allow customers to check-in and rate the businesses and perhaps even purchase items via Google Checkout. Eight million of the devices will be distributed, says the source.

Search Gmail & Docs with Google Mobile App on BlackBerry (Google Mobile Blog)

...Today we're pleased to announce it can also search the cloud to find items in your Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Docs.

What to do when body parts fall off (CNN)

...Emergency room physicians say people often don't know what to do with a body part that's become derailed, whether it's a toe, finger, tooth or an eye that's popped out of its socket. Here's some advice...

Flying pigeon beats broadband to deliver movie file (BBC)

A carrier pigeon has flown a computer memory card between two counties quicker than a rural computer could upload a five minute video to the web.

It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's 13,000 Satellites Hovering Above Our Planet (urlesque)

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