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And hermann is the tech editor and the reason we have you in, john, is because you unearthed fascinating stuff of this guy. to me, needy, quite weird geek. am i over stating things? >> hes definitely a geek. one of the big things here is that since this information has come out, there have been two responses, there have been people who -- who see him as an increasingly weird and strange gamer, animation fan, you know, hackest type and people that spend time on forums and the online community rec...

Our tech editor discover whats different about fab.com. dont go to that website yet. >> why not? >> because then they wont watch the show. >> oh, smart. first, a major setback for president obama this morning. >> bowing to extreme pressure, u.n. ambassador susan rice made a surprise announcement, withdrawing her name from consideration as the next secretary of state. so that leaves the door open for the man considered the presidents second choice to take over the job from hillary clinton. our ...

>> i will stay in the cold house here. stay with the nice -- nice tree. >> the window. thank you, appreciate you being here again. this is joanna stern, abc news tech editor. we will be right back on "world news now."

>> this one were going to get lower. this is the big one here. this is more comparable to an ipad. the big thing with this, it is a tablet. if i can pull it out. like an ipad. >> ipad with the keyboard. >> yeah. >> the tablet is $499. and it comes with the keyboard, $599. the difference this doesnt run a full-fledged version of windows. this is a -- >> somebody just said good-bye, the computers? >> yeah, theyre not happy. theyre like why is he getting attention? >> this doesnt run a full -- >> n...

Uncomfortably hot to hold for long periods of time. but abc news tech editor joanna stern says its not burning anyone. >> i havent felt like i had to set it aside. it didnt get that warm or that uncomfortable for me. >> reporter: "consumer reports" which likes the new ipad overall tested the third generation apple game-changer and found those who have complained of a hotter to hold device are right. after all, it is designed to be held in your hand. and after 45 minutes of nonstop game-playing, ...

Formed, and at this particular point in time as i say a lot of your activity is being monitored, and while it is being aggregated to a certain level you cannot be -- you cant be assured that youre being protected when youre on the web. >> reporter: if you want to learn more about how to manage your settings our tech editor at fox says go to dnt.mozilla.org. it has features you might want to check out. jon: happy birthday to the presidents $787 billion sometime less. it is three years old today. ...

The biggest online advertising firms. bill: what can people do to avoid being tracked anything? >> there is not much you can do to avoid it. if youre on a computer you switch to a different web browser and get off safari. if you are concerned dont surf internet on your iphone. there are other online companies including vibrant media using the work around code. it is not just a google thing. tech experts point out apple was quick to install the do not track features in iphones and devices and is ...

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That allowed us to obtain useful information from detainees subjected to them. the cause and effect relationship between the use of eits and useful information subsequently provided by the detainee is, in my view, unknowable. >> unknowable. if thats hard to follow, it may be on purpose. critics say that speech by brennan ducks the purpose because the information from detainees came before they were tortured. for years the cia misled congress and the press in order to justify the program. the sen...

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