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The Internet has exploded with activity this morning, after dual articles were released by the Guardian and The Washington Post about a secret government project called PRISM.

Apple is officially releasing some details about the information requested as part of the program. However, they still deny any knowledge of the PRISM program itself.

According to leaked document, it is anticipated that T-Mobile will launch its two new smartphones, the Huawei Prism and the HTC Ville in April 2012. According to the sources, T-Mobile has scheduled to ship two new devices in the United States on two year contact in April

While there has been a lot of speculation about just how much technology companies were contributing to government surveillance as part of PRISM, Microsoft has denied any real violations for customers. For awhile they even denied having knowledge that the program existed. But now details have emerged thanks to secret files that paint a very different picture.

A month ago TheGuardian released a story that claimed the US Postal Service had been part of a program similar to PRISM. But the claims were never officially confirmed, and so it remained a fairly obscure accusation. That is until today, when the New York Times confirmed the rumors and the existence of the program.

There has been a great deal of news lately involving the rights to citizen privacy. It is a hot button issue that is becoming all the more intense as details of government surveillance programs in the US, UK and France continue to be unveiled. But Google is under fire for more than PRISM, with European watchdogs demanding they change their privacy policy, or risk legal action.

Edward Snowden has once again released crucial documents showing the United States efforts to spy on citizens from around the world. This time it shows the astonishing $52.6 billion dollar price tag for PRISM and other connected programs.

If you weren't already paranoid enough, new information has been released from the Edward Snowden leaks. This time about a tool called XKeyscore, a program that by the National Security Agency's own admission gives them access to "nearly everything a user does on the internet".

As is so often the case these days, yet more details have been leaked by Edward Snowden about the National Security Agency's surveillance efforts.

Eight major technology companies have banded together to ask President Barack Obama to reform the current US intelligence operations that have led to massive data collection with next to no legal oversight.