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Slate technology columnist Farhad Manjoo discusses recent advances in facial recognition technology and the implications for security and society.

Farhad Manjoo, technology columnist for Slate, discusses the potential and the perils of The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's new iPad-only news service and whether it can survive in a closed medium in which articles can't be easily relinked, retweeted, or aggregated.

Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist, discusses how black people use Twitter differently than other groups. Read his article, How Black People Use Twitter.

Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society, explains the hacked iPad emails and what it means for cyber security.

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As we've brought more phones, laptops and assorted gadgetry into our lives, we've gotten used to bringing along all the cords, chargers and batteries necessary to keep them powered up. Today we're looking at new technologies to provide power to our electronics without the wires. Eric Giler, CEO of WiTricity, and The Takeaway's tech contributor Farhad Manjoo, who also covers technnology for Slate.com, say wireless power may still be a few years away from mainstream usage...but it's on the way.  

If you've ever sat down to do work on a computer, you know that "productivity" and "access to the internet" frequently fight each other tooth and nail. When you're supposed to be writing a proposal, you're tempted by YouTube highlights of Tom Brady’s game winner against the Buffalo Bills. Or maybe it's new pictures of your friend’s baby shower on Flickr, or your Twitter feed. A number of new software applications try to act as traffic cops, shielding you from distractions. New York Times and Slate writer Farhad Manjoo tells us about some of these productivity tools. We also speak to Tony Wright, who founded a productivity and analytics company that created an application called RescueTime.

Read Farhad Manjoo's article in The New York Times

Find out more about the other applications mentioned on air:

• Firefox plugin, LeechBlock
• A Windows-only program, Freedom

Amazon's Kindle is going to change everything about the book industry, from how big publishing houses work all the way down to how we read-- unless it doesn't. We'll talk about the pros and cons of the Kindle and other portable e-readers with Slate.com technology writer Farhad Manjoo. We’ll also ...

Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it. What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society, talks about the best Web sites to help you scrimp through the recession.

Robert Kennedy, president of the Waterkeeper Alliance and contributor to Rolling Stone, and Farhad Manjoo, writer for Salon.com
- debate claim that Republicans blocked Democratic votes in Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.

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