Pre-caffeine tech: Privacy wars, Baturday!

6 hrs.

Helen A.S. Popkin

Our?pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

Facebook wants the Obama administration to make "Like" exempt from child privacy laws -- you know, that button that helps deliver targeted advertisements.?

And the Obama administration is all set to defend warrantless cellphone tracking.?

Get?this!?A computer glitch might have led to the?supercomputer Deep Blue's famous upset?victory over chess grand master Garry Kasparov in 1997, according this one IBM employee.

Music pirates in Japan could now face up to two years in jail -- for downloading music illegally.

Rumor has it Apple will announce the mini iPad on Oct. 17.?

Got a problem with the new iPhone 5 camera? Then you're probably holding it wrong, says Apple.?

Nobody cares about ultrabooks -- those thin, light Apple knockoffs for Windows users.?

Speaking of cellphones knowing a whole lot about you, your phone may soon be your doctor.?

Meanwhile, in Browser War news, Internet Explorer is still number one, and Firefox is number two by a very huge?margin.?

In closing, ERMAHGERD! BERTS!

Compiled?by?Helen A.S. Popkin,?who invites you to?join her on?Twitter?and/or?Facebook. Also,?Google+.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/pre-caffeine-tech-privacy-wars-baturday-6225922

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