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Tokyo's utter lack of WiFi hotspots is a constant thorn in the side of wired warriors, but here's a list of spots you can actually find some signal to mooch.

Mobile phone giant NTT Docomo and Tokyo taxi service Tokyo Musen have teamed up to provide that rarest of things in Tokyo -- free Wi-Fi.

Some 820 Tokyo taxis have been installed with the technology on a trial basis until the end of March 2011 and 100 of the taxis also have PSP Go devices on board so that users can play games while going for a ride.

The trial aims to find out what the demand is for Wi-Fi while on the go, and could see the service expand after March.

The Department of Homeland Stupidity is hard at work as usual:

In addition, no high risk cargo will be allowed on passenger aircraft. Toner and ink cartridges over 16 ounces will be prohibited on passenger aircraft in both carry-on bags and checked bags on domestic and international flights in-bound to the United States.

(Emphasis mine.)

I can’t wait to see what “high risk cargo” they will ban next. Didn’t that guy a while back have explosives hidden in his underwear? Maybe they should ban underwear.

I found this via an NYT interview with security expert Bruce Schneier, in which he says:

It’s not that the terrorist picks an attack and we pick a defense, and we see who wins. It’s that we pick a defense, and then the terrorists look at our defense and pick an attack designed to get around it. Our security measures only work if we happen to guess the plot correctly. If we get it wrong, we’ve wasted our money. This isn’t security; it’s security theater.

Word.

The robot theme park, which the government says is the first of its kind in the world, will feature a number of attractions such as entertainment facilities, exhibition halls, research and development centers, education buildings and industrial support facilities, officials said.

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The Incheon robot theme park will cost 784.5 billion won ($562.3 million), of which 680.5 billion won comes from private investors, 52 billion won from the central government, and the other 52 billion won from the local government, according to ministry officials. The construction will begin in 2010 and be completed by 2013, they said.

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