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If you like your iPhone, iPad, or iTouch, you’re going to love Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion ($TBA). The sequel to last year’s Lion ups the iOS feel with excessive Twitter and iCloud integration. It doesn’t stop there.

Notes, previously in Mail, have become a separate app, iChat has been replaced with Messages allowing users to Facetime and send iMessages to another iMessage device, such as an iPhone, iPad, or iTouch. Game Center has also been added for you to compete in games with those users.

That’s not all. The system also shows a Notification Center, Share Sheets, and AirPlay Mirroring. Don’t ask. I already have your answer. Share Sheets allows you to easily share photos, videos, and links across your apps. As previously stated, Apple has expanded it’s relationship with Twitter to allow sharing, but it doesn’t end there. 

I know, you have a lot of apps, right? Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, and so forth….But you don’t want to bother with more settings. Well, Apple has you covered. These apps require you to sign in to them through System Preferences, however Mountain Lion based apps will be able to offer options that make the most sense. For instance, Flickr sharing will be an option in PhotoBooth and iPhoto, but not in Notes.

The downfall is that the update doesn’t bring Siri to your mac, but everything else will be roaring onto your Mac this Summer. Sorry, I had to say it.

The Department of Homeland Security has approved collecting of public personal information from television anchors, news reporters, bloggers, and anyone else who uses social media. DHS spokesman Matt Chandler claims the agency uses social media monitoring “for situational awareness purposes only, within the clearly defined parameters articulated in our Privacy Impact Assessment to ensure that critical information reaches appropriate decision makers.”

A government official explained in an example: after the earthquake in Haiti, monitoring of social media allegedly allowed DHS folks to guide rescue crews to someone who was tweeting while trapped under rubble. The program would apparently be used only in times of crisis, and is required by Congress. ”Situational awareness” basically means knowing what’s going on so you can make quick decisions.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a lawsuit against the DHS. The issue? The DHS’ plans to create fake accounts on social networking sites, against those sites’ terms of service, to monitor the networks for certain key words - such as “drill,” “infection,” “strain,” “virus,” “trojan,” and others.

The government, in the past, has created a bill to team up with ISPs to internet stalk everything citizens do for an entire year without any court oversight. Here’s that story.

An update on Luke Bryan’s Twitter rant. While the country superstar went to eat on his anniversary last night, he was told to remove his hat mid-meal, as it’s against the restaurant’s posted dress code. Luke decided to take it to Twitter where he posted a series of tweets. “Fuck em. They will never get a dollar from me again. So pissed….they can suck on my ball sack….Treat us this way. Hell no.” were some of his comments.

When fans turned on him, he hit them back. One fan tried to calm him down saying, “Nice. Really? Please have some class.” Luke responded “kiss my ass pussy.” Luke, after realizing the extent of his rude behavior, claimed that he was drunk, suddenly using improper grammar: “I’m is drunk. Love y’all. See y’all in the morning.”

Today the tweets containing swear words were removed from his Twitter. Luke stated, “I feel great. About to eat a lovely all american breakfast….in the wake of my drunk tweets. I do wanna apologize to virago [the restaurant]. The food was really great and the service was great to. Also sorry about the choice words. Also caroline and i had a great night together. i never really was that mad. I truly was being silly and got carried away. Sorry again.”