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Senator Patrick Leahy questions the constitutionality of the NSA's phone tapping procedures. He urges the Obama administration to cease these acts and heads congress to vote to end the program. Judges have found the program legal, but Attorney General Eric Holder questions,"just because we can do something, should we do it?

For many people, it's terrifying to go a day - heck, a few hours - without their smartphones. Is this unprecedented access to technology improving human intelligence, or fueling a mindless dependency? Hosted by Carlos Watson with guests Daniel Levitin, Emily Dreyfuss, Jeff Glasse, and Kathryn Finney.

Software developers will LOL.

Wikipedia article on computing pioneer Bill Joy, author of TCP/IP

Myriam Gumuchian is the fourth generation of her family to make jewelry. But she told CNBC the visual aspect of social media is working in reaching her customers. "Women can relate when they see a picture of a ring on a finger, or a necklace or an earring," Myriam said, adding that "we like to show how it's worn in real time.

International Business Machines Corp. is revamping its social-networking programs for mobile devices, including Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry

Using this program you can connect to other computers in your network and share files.

forensic analysis of Snapchat claims of privacy & file deletion

Kansas State University Salina's unmanned aircraft systems program flies a small quadcopter with a multispectral camera over a cornfield in northeast Kansas. | Download this photo. SALINA - Kansas State University Salina has reached a national milestone in the unmanned aircraft systems industry, becoming the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for statewide access during flight operations.

I came across this, thought it is pretty interesting. Basically TOR which is a free program, allows someone's location to be hidden when surfing the net. TOR's developer Torproject.Inc claims that they are out there to help defend traffic analysis which is a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom,privacy and so on. You can go to their website if you want to know more about them. Otherwise, the above is a simple guide to how TOR works. (https://www.torproject.org/)