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Brian Wheeler, the Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, joins Coy Barefoot each and every Tuesday at 5:00 PM to talk about the latest in growth and development in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. This week on the show:

Brian and Michael Bisceglia praise the take-away buffet at Peking Chinese Restaurant on 4th Street NE
Charlottesville Tomorrow has announced their presence on Facebook
Brian comments on Gerald Baliles’ speech to the Virginia Press Association about the decline of newsgathering in Virginia
Judge Jay Swett denies an injunction that would have stopped construction of the Meadowcreek Parkway. A further hearing is set for mid-May
Only one more vote is needed for the City Council to change its mind on the Parkway
The Albemarle County Service Authority has announced rate increases for next fiscal year
The RWSA and residents of the Greenbrier, St. Charles and Locust Grove neighborhoods have been in negotiations for the easement for the Meadowcreek Interceptor. There was an information meeting about the project on St. Patrick’s Day, as covered by Charlottesville Tomorrow
A new roundabout is planned for the Village of Rivanna, as unveiled at an Albemarle County Planning Commission work session

In todayvDj(tm)s show, adapted from an article published this month on the Oscar Web site written by Andrea Arco, marketing director for the School of Engineering and Applied Science we observe at the research of Adrienne Felt, a fourth-year computer science major in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, concerning privacy issues surrounding social networking platforms.

Facebook, the social networking platform that has redefined communications, has millions of users. According to University of Virginia computer science major Adrienne Felt, all of these users should be concerned about security.

Felt, a fourth-year student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UVa, leads a research project on privacy issues surrounding social networking platforms and is investigating the information sharing that occurs when users download a Facebook application vDj” a program that allows the user to interact with other users in interesting ways, from sharing music to playing games…

For more information about the show or to see the full text, visit the Oscar ShowvDj(tm)s blog.

Tag: Facebook

Brian Wheeler on Facebook, Gerald Baliles’ Fourth Estate speech, and Meadowcreek Parkway news