The close of Osama stumbled in History

The neighbors, as well as relatives, if one does not choose them. But all he could imagine Sohaib Athar, a Pakistani computer programmer of 33 years, except that 250 meters from his house was hiding Osama Bin Laden, Prince of terror on his head hung a bounty of $ 27 million. "A helicopter has risen to Abbottabad to one: it is a rare event" the first message he entrusted to Twitter on the night of May 1.

Iran, protest runs on the Web

"The wind of democracy is blowing on the Arab countries that Bush has not invaded." It 's like to live "the collapse of communism in 1989" because "Mubarak and Khamenei have the same fate." The messages on Twitter as a result of the demonstrations erupted in Iran yesterday (day called "25 Bahman" in the local calendar, ed) show the domino effect against oppressive regimes that, after having swept Tunisia and Egypt, is expanding beyond the boundaries of Maghreb.

In Cairo, the ski lift

Even revolutions today seem machinations of unreality. This is one of the many things that came to mind watching the pictures from Cairo bouncing on TV these days, the garrison of Tahrir square, open doors of the prisons of Abu Zaabal and Tora, smashed the windows of the Egyptian Museum, the camps and tents in the shadow of the tanks, the fields of road set up by the ordinary people of Egypt, some people just 'hungry for more freedom than they have so many other oppressed peoples on Earth.

Google and Facebook accounts, privacy breached if there are suspicions of criminal activity

NEW YORK - What do you do if someone checks your account, Google and Facebook, for an investigation was opened against you? And if you're not even notified of this "electronic searches? The dilemma hangs on Internet users in the United States, which could be - without even knowing it - the notorious National Security Letters, the letters in defense of national security requesting information on people suspected of any crime.