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Mothers life or health are at risk. roger clemens is accused of lying to congress about alleged steroid use. his attorneys are trying to get the case thrown out. theyre claiming that lawmakers are -- it is lawmakers? yeah. were refusing to turn over internal documents from their investigation. this iphone story has got our interest. it is tracking your every move. it records your whereabouts. then that information is there. it has got to do with location-based applications. but so far theres...

An unusual closing bell at the new york stock exchange. but look at that. up 186 points. >> what were they shaking? >> those little things you turn around and whistle. >> cow bells. they always have a lot of cow bells on the floridas stock exchange. >> there it is again. the dow up, nasdaq up, s&p up. we had a rough week when the s&p downgraded or said they might downgrade u.s. debt. the market sold off on that. it seems to all be back. >> thats good news, certainly. meantime, this is probably n...

A normal person, shopping on the busy kings road with one bodyguard if you can image kin. she bought three -- imagine. she bought three flowered dress and a blouse. possibly thinking of a tropical honeymoon? im heading to london for special coverage, a week from today. and dont forget, download our free royal wedding app for your iphone, ipad, or android. and remember arnold schwarzeneggers famous line -- >> ill be back. >> if youre a fan of his films, you already know its judgment day, thursd...

Wedding and is bummed she didnt score an invite to theirs. reese may not have gottenen invitation, but she can get the official royal stamp along with the rest of our commoners, it officially goes on sale today, its lovely. and if you cant makeç it to london, watch the nuptials online on the royals official youtube channel. of course, wed rather you watched it right here on msnbc. weve got special coverage on "jansing and co." live from london one week from tomorrow. and dont forget, nbc has a...

Data you want to share and how its being used so you can make the appropriate decisions for yourself. >> reporter: his company designed an app for android devices that gives users full transparency of what private information the application is taking. for example, seven apps on this smartphone all considered reputable track location. but the question users should ask themselves is why. >> for example, a mapping application needs to know your location to display your most -- display maps where y...

Well-intentioned reasons why they want your private information, the developer should clearly state things in the terms of service, but few customers, of course, actually take the time to read it. >> if you downloaded a legitimate app as a user, you are trusting that developer to treat your data with respect. >> dan, tell us more ways that users can actually protect themselves? >> well, heres the bottom line. you should really think of your iphone or your android device or whatever youre using a...

Time, you could actually see your face moving in 3-d in real time, maybe use it to control your video game character. that would be very cool. >> you can only take this picture, you have to go into a dark room. >> yes. yours and the quality is differ in a lighter room? >> yes, yours was taken in a dark room. and lets get back to you, because there is you. >> that is exaggerated and i dont have cheekbones like that, but i wish i did, but -- >> it is like a fun house mirror. >> and it is available...

>> several senators and attorneys general in maryland and delaware have requested google and android ban these apps, scott. >> hmm. yeah, and a number of them are still available. ripple, the folk who is make the blackberry smartphone have been kind enough to pull some at the behest of the providers. google says they dont violate any laws, specifically. thats the big question at the heart of this debate, is whether or not theres actually anything illegal about them. certainly impracticalical, be...

>> what do we do about it? specifically. >> there are a few things can you do. first and foremost, easiest thing can you do, set a pass code on your phone. virtually every phone these days comes with some way to do that. you see here on the iphone, set in a four-digit number basically. easy to do. of course, you want to do one you can remember. you can see it here. this is, if you try to type in the wrong one, then its not going to unlock the phone. in fact, you can stet to, it erases the data o...

Pandora gathering through the i phone apps and android apps when you download pandora. you have to remember when you go on to pandora radio and register, youre handing over your information, your e-mail, gender, your name. so the question is, how is pandora gathering this information and possibly sharing it, possibly illegally? that is really the big question here. but you have to remember, with the point of pandora radio is, it wants to track you, know what kind of music you like to listen to, ...