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This week Blair brings you the latest on an experimental anti-missile defense involving flying lasers, a new military surveillance device that looks like an airborne keg, Apple's trouble with malware, a naughty judge caught disabling internet filters, and the real-life Lancer.

Here now, is the Tech News Countdown.

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