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One good thing to come out of the Foley story is that now everyone knows that instant message isn’t as secret as they thought. In Sex Drive Daily.

An anti-terror deal struck between the United States and the European Union gives U.S. law enforcement access to passenger data on U.S.-bound flights. The agreement was deadlocked for months as the EU held out for privacy rights.

What do you get when you pair random Family Circus cartoons with random Nietzsche quotes? I don’t know, but it’s a lot funnier than The Family Circus. In Table of Malcontents.

This music playback app is only available as a “developer’s preview,” but it already offers excellent features for grabbing music from MP3 blogs and other web-based music forms. In Listening Post.

It’s still in the discussion phase, but Google is negotiating with YouTube with an eye to acquiring the popular online video site, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A trend among young people leans toward offline relationships. The young people say old-fashioned face to face is the way to build real friendships, and cancelling profiles on social networking sites is not social suicide.

Epson’s new line features a no-nonsense industrial style. In Gear Factor.

The world’s greatest bartenders use molecular mixology to develop off-the-wall flavor combos and surprising textures. By Jason Daley for Wired magazine.

Can you trust your chat buddies not to post your sexual conversations online or send your transcripts to the media? Are you sure? Commentary by Regina Lynn.

Supplying troops with potable water is a logistical nightmare in the parched Iraqi desert. But a new technology that creates water literally from air might solve the problem, and save billions of dollars in the process. By Audrey Hudson.