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...gaming world, the typical micropayment system allows consumers to transfer money (usually via credit or debit cards) into electronic accounts, or e-wallets, where hard cash is converted into digital currency for online purchases. There are already several companies providing micropayment services to gaming websites; Santa Clara, Calif. - based PlaySpan offers its service in 80 countries. Micropayments are also migrating to mobile phones. In Japan, cell phones are regularly used to pay parking-meter and vending-machine charges, while Apple's iPhone 3.0 operating system includes a purchasing platform that will allow developers of mobile-phone games to sell virtual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Drip at a Time | 6/22/2009 | See Source »

With his round face and sad eyes, Oracio Sandoval, 33, sits at a Los Angeles County welfare office in Carson, Calif., armed with a thick pile of job-application forms. Out of work since January, Sandoval is struggling to stay afloat financially. Married with two children, he and his wife used to make $3,000 a month. Now they rely on her $800 from Starbucks and their CalWORKs payment of $250. "It's not much, but it helps. We just barely make ends meet for rent and the bills. I am not sure how much longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the U.S. Afford to Let California Fail? | 6/19/2009 | See Source »

...Born March 25, 1958, in Roseville, Calif. Grew up in Nevada. With no help from her ex-husband, Ensign's mother once supported him and two siblings while working at a Reno, Nev., casino. His family moved to Las Vegas when Ensign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senator John Ensign: 'I Had an Affair' | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

...earth can the woman represented in your article be the same person who worshipped in a church under the auspices of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? It still pains me that she could bring her children into such a negative, anti-American environment. Bette Hirsh Levy TARZANA, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...Andrew Molera State Park. You can stay nearby at Big Sur River Inn, where residents lounge in the shallows of the Big Sur River in comfy wicker chairs. Trail rides start at $40; room rates start at $125. Highway 1 at Pheneger Creek, Big Sur, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cowboy Up! Rugged Western Trips for Office Drones | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

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