Microsoft + Skype + GOV = no privacy

Microsoft recently made changes to Skype and the way it transmits voice calls and wont disclose what changes they were.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/tech/web/skype-surveillance/
(CNN) -- The video calling service Skype recently made a change to how it routes calls.

Yawn, right? But here's where it get a little juicier: Hackers and bloggers are saying the changes, which push some of the video calling process onto Skype's own computers instead of onto random machines on the Internet, could help the app spy on users' calls, presumably at the request of a court or government.

"Reportedly, Microsoft is re-engineering these supernodes to ma...

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Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died today 7/23/2012

(CNN) -- Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said on its website. She was 61.

"Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, commitment, and love. Her integrity was absolute; her spirit was immeasurable; her approach to life was fearless," read a statement on the Sally Ride Science website.

Ride rode to orbit aboard the space shuttle Challenger almost 30 years ago to become America's first woman in space.

She is survived by her partner of 27 years, Tam O'Shaughnessy, her mother, her sister, and other family members.

"Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism -- ...

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