If you are an NCR customer, you can now deposit checks just by taking pictures of them with your mobile phone. It sounds ridiculous, but it’s true.

I can’t wait until this goes mainstream.

In the same way gamers can earn achievement points for completing tasks in video games, Mint.com users will now earn points for achieving certain money saving goals.

I would love to try this out but Mint is still US only.

If you need more ways to stay up to date on the spread of the Swine Flu, check out this cool google maps mashup that is tracking confirmed and suspected cases across the world:

You can also follow the commotion on twitter, or just check out today’s xkcd comic which will give you a good summary of what you’ll see on twitter.

After years of holding it’s (ok, your) content closed off from external sites, Facebook will announce tomorrow that it will begin allowing 3rd party sites access to data. This could be HUGE.

Ten bucks says most facebook users hate this idea (like every other change to the service).

FBI arrested @CitizenQuasar after he repeatedly made threats towards police and the government on his twitter page, including gems like “Send the cops around. I will cut their heads off the heads and throw the on the State Capitol steps.”

This is an interesting development, and one that just goes to show how important it is to be careful what you say online.

RC stands for Release Candidate, so it won’t be in stores on May 5th, but it will be finished pending any fatal bugs.

You no longer need to type out the full wordpress.com to reach wordpress, wp.com does the trick. Those seconds saved are going to really add up.

Owen Van Natta, a former Facebook exec, is now CEO of MySpace.

74.4% of voters chose the new “Facebook Principles and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities” over the old Terms of Use that were put in place a few months ago.

According to the Facebook Blog, 600,000 people voted. Presuming there are 200 million Facebook users, this equals a voter turnout of 0.3%.

I don’t think anyone is surprised by this, but Geocities is no longer accepting new clients. Your existing Geocities page will be shut down later this year.