As the world becomes more connected, languages are getting left behind. A newly launched partnership between academic institutions and Google aims to preserve those endangered languages that aren’t being passed on to later generations. As we learn, tracking down the necessary data to preserve a language is not easy. Plus, we talk about Bill Murray’s fake Twitter with Bill Murray…sort of.

Flame is a malicious computer program that was recently found to be spying on computers in Iran. Ellen Nakashima has been following the trail of Flame for the Washington Post and in a recent article says signs point to Washington and Israel to map out the computer networks of Iran, in preparation for a broader series of potential attacks. Plus, the online equivalent to the Olympics: Wiki Wars.

It’s getting harder to be anonymous online. And Facebook’s about to make it more difficult, having announced a deal to acquire Face.com, a facial recognition software company, for between $55 million and $60 million. On a site like Facebook, facial recognition could be used to help spot your friends in pictures, which can be fun. But there could also be a more troubling side to it.

A forthcoming tablet from the makers of Windows and Xbox, Microsoft, offers a built-in keyboard and a lot of things that might remind you of the iPad. The company has announced Surface, a tablet PC meant to challenge the iPad, Apple’s tablet computer, which currently enjoys dominance among tablets. Surface has a 10.6 inch screen, a little bigger than an iPad. Also has a kickstand so you can prop it up while using it. No word yet on release date — or a price.

Breaking up is hard to do. And in this world of Facebook and Twitter, separating can be even harder. Even if you don’t want to be on Facebook or on Twitter or on Instagram, or any of these things, now anyone who is using social media might see the daughter or son who doesn’t talk to you, or the sibling you no longer talk to — see what they post online. But there can be value in the social media/social life too. Plus, the empty, forgotten, digital spaces in virtual reality site Second Life.

Coming soon to your Internet browsing experience: .beer, .love and .app. Companies have submitted applications for more than 1,400 new top-level domain names. Those are the suffixes that come at the end of a web address, where we have .com and .org now. How will that change your Internet browsing experience? Plus, impressing your friends by buying tastemaker stock.

Anonymous has risen from an obscure collection of pranksters to arguably the most powerful and mysterious computer hacking group operating today. A new book examines the hacking collective, where it came from and where it’s going. Turns out there’s a lot of e-drama and infighting in the group, and the culture is akin to outlaw cowboys in the Wild Wild West. Still, the decentralization gives them a lot of power. Plus, debating pros and cons of owning an original Apple computer.

If you have an unlimited data plan for your phone through Verizon, you should know that Verizon is trying to put a stop to that. The company announced a plan aimed at families who have multiple phones and tablets connected to data networks. All the calls and text messages you want for up to 10 devices, but limited use of the data network. And as of June 28th, customers who want new phones will have to either go to a limited plan or pay the subsidy that Verizon normally pays, meaning a new iPhone could start at $649.

Facebook has grown just 5 percent in the last year in terms of unique visitors, according to new research. That’s way down from previous years. To make up for the revenue and profit, expect the social giant to become more commercial — more ads, better ads, and perhaps a way for users to make money as well. Plus, the Robot Roundup: Robots for jogging/chasing, robots imitating cockroaches, and robots following you on Twitter.