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Republican lawmakers say Google "gamed" the FCC auction by bidding juuuust enough to make it open access. Google says they would have paid up if they had won, but their main concern was always making sure there was an open standard for devices.

Money for nothing... are the chicks free? The British version of the RIAA wants to add an extra tax to MP3 players. They say since people love music enough to transfer their CDs to their MP3 players, that makes it more valuable... and music execs think they should get paid for it.

If you find yourself in hot water, just twitter. A journalism student that was arrested by the Egyptian Police for photographing a demonstration twittered "arrested" to his network. They came to his aid and he was released the next day. His friend was not so lucky.

True? Or too good to be true? The company Psystar says they've got a computer with the exact specs of a Mac Mini -for half of the price. Apple will sue them... if they can find the right address... Right now it's a mystery.

Phishing scams are trying to land bigger prey - namely, Whales. They're emailing fake subpoenas to top executives all over the country. If you click on the link they send, you download malicious spyware that tracks every keystroke - and captures usernames and passwords.

How big is your backyard? Big enough for the "Pacific Wheel Ferris Wheel" in Santa Monica, California? It's for sale on E-bay, with a $50k reserve price and half the proceeds from the sale go to the Special Olympics of Southern California.