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Holiday Inn to test smartphone as hotel-room key (Android)

Holiday Inn is ready to begin testing new technology that will allow guests to use their smartphone as a room key. A spokesman for parent InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), confirmed guests using the technology would be able to skip the front desk, and head right to their guestrooms. "You would hold your cell phone up to the door lock and a code would unlock it," the spokesman explained.

Taco Bell to debut $2 combo meal (WoW)

The price war at fast food chains will get kicked up another notch soon. USA Today reports today that Taco Bell is on the verge of announcing plans to launch a $2 combo meal that include a taco or burrito, a medium soft drink, and a bag of Doritos chip.

Confirmed: Apple and AT&T signed five-year iPhone exclusivity deal -- but is it still valid?

The term of Apple and AT&T's iPhone exclusivity deal has long been a mystery -- although USA Today reported a five-year arrangement when the original iPhone came out in 2007, that number has never been independently confirmed, and it's been looking suspect in recent weeks as Verizon iPhone chatter has gotten louder.

NFL Star Tries to Get Gun Thru Airport Security

Cleveland Browns DT Shaun Rogers was arrested after officials found him with a gun at the Hopkins International Airport on Thursday

 Police told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer that the gun was loaded. WOIO-TV in Cleveland reported officials found the gun as Rogers was set to board an aircraft.

NFL Changes Overtime Rules In Playoff Games

The NFL passed a form of modified sudden death overtime Tuesday at the league meetings in Orlando. Owners passed the vote by a count of 28-4. The changes will apply only to the postseason, though the league may reconsider adapting them for the 2010 regular season in May.