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Court decision suggests that American internet operators are not forced to maintain net neutrality. The sentence implies that FCC has no authority to demand from internet providers a neutral treatment of the traffic that they manage on their networks

Concerns arise again regarding Facebook's privacy invasion as founder Mark Zuckerberg's Instant Messenger correspondence dated back in his College years is exposed. Offering his friend access to users' private details, the entrepreneur-to-be called them a foul name. In this commentary, the author notes the company's attitude toward privacy is reflected in Zuckerberg's early aggressive treatment of users' information.

An interesting article about virtual reality games being used in health care. It's good to see that interactivity in games helps patients in their recovery process.

This article discusses the online safety aspects of patients who share their experiences of disorders with others on websites like CureTogether.com and PatientsLikeMe.com, though the privacy does warn not to disclose too much personal detail to ensure online safety. The notion of crowd-sourcing is introduce in regards to shared expereiences can potentitally provide better control of the disorder, as details of the conditions, successes or failures of drug treatments are shared amongst the members. These websites offer early warning signs of drug and health safety problems, the user data is gathered from the member profiles and sold to scientific or marketing research organizations. Much like Facebook, users of any social networking site should enter with caution.