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it's Wednesday August 8 2012 I'm Nathan Ingram and if we're being technical this is 90 thousand milliseconds on the verge Starbucks and square partner to become the largest mobile payment network in the US under the new agreement customers will now be able to make debit and credit card payments directly using the Starbucks app without having to reup their virtual gift cards the system will be rolling out to all seven thousand plus Starbucks locations in the US by the holiday season that should expert at the time between walking into your local Starbucks and walking out with that tall nonfat caramel macchiato with extra whipped cream starting next month valve will begin selling non-gaming software over steam the company's new bikal dis gaming platform will soon be home to applications range from creativity to productivity developers will be able to take advantage of steams cloud services for cross-platform access across multiple computers the first software titles will be released on September 5th and although there is no indication may God help us all if the accounting apps come with achievements the hobbits controversial high frame rate version will only say very limited theatrical release director Peter Jackson has been a huge advocate of the 48 frames per second version but initial test footage presented in April is met with mixed reactions according to Variety the limited release may not even make it to all major US cities The Hobbit will be converted down to the traditional 24 frames per second format for the majority of theaters part 1 of The Hobbit trilogy entitled an unexpected journey will be released on December 14 and that's it for today's top stories tomorrow find out why some people are actually removing their bio hacks to stay competitive in the job market