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ROBOTS   |  Comment

This Week In Bots: Sorry, Goose, But It's Time To Buzz A Tower

Healthy humans are generally better than robots at fancy flying maneuvers, walking, running, and rolling, too. But for how long? READ»

FAST FEED   |  Comment

Facebook's $1.6 Billion Revenues, Bartz Out at Yahoo, Hong Kong Apple Store Near Opening Day

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. READ»

Apple: We Are "Not Tracking The Location Of Your iPhone" [Updated]

Apple's just spoken up publicly on the matter of iPhones storing location data. "Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so."READ»

IFIVE   |  Comment

iFive: Apple TV Rumors, UAE Quashing BlackBerry Email, Samsung Selling Drive Biz, Google Music Stumbles, RIM Eyes Nortel Patents

"For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?" Similarly, here's i5 to brighten up your insight into the day's early news:READ»

Leaked Documents Uncover Energy Companies Spying on Activists

Environmental activist groups are constantly trying to get their hands on documents revealing the evil deeds of large companies; apparently, corporations are doing a little espionage of their own. READ»

IFIVE   |  Comment

iFive: Chinese Web Spying, Twitter on Sale at $10 Billion?, iPad 3 Rumors, Nokia-Microsoft Phones, Designer Dolls-Up "Square"

This is iFive, today's early, fast tech and innovation news, decoded just so: READ»

CHINA   |  Comment

Oops! Sensitive U.S. Govt Websites Rerouted Via China

18 minutes of "sensitive" Internet traffic rerouted via China last April. A flaw of the system, or a data hijack?READ»

ESPIONAGE   |  Comment

Webcam-Spying Pennsylvania High School Avoids Federal Charges

Remember that Lower Merion, PA high school's webcam spying scandal? Well, federal prosecutors have decided not to file any criminal charges against the school. That's not to say they'll escape scot-free, though.READ»

IFIVE   |  Comment

iFive: BP Caps Leak, Global Recession, Iran's Nuclear Scientist Defects, Sarkozy Scandal, Hef's Private Playboy

While you were sleeping, innovation was pulling on its flares and platform shoes and practicing its disco moves in front of the mirror. The reason? What with oil, dissident scientists, spies, Castro and recession, we're so back to the ...READ»

GOOGLE   |  Comment

Google Hands Over "Rogue Data" to Euro Authorities, Apologizes Again

Google said yesterday that it will comply with European rulings and hand over the data it snagged from private, unsecured wireless networks. READ»

JAPAN   |  Comment

Cell-Phone Tech Uses Accelerometer to Spy on Employees

Just occasionally, a bit of gear comes out that makes you wonder just whose side technology is on. And none more than this cell-phone idea from the R&D geeks at KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's biggest cell-phone makers. Spyware ...READ»

Spy vs. Sly: Bronx Principal Proves Not Every Teacher Is a Webcam Privacy Violator

There's a new online brouhaha over alleged laptop-spying by a teacher, following the recent horrid remote-spying case in Pennsylvania. But it's really a fuss over nothing--just normal teaching methods aided by 21st Century tech.The ...READ»

ESPIONAGE   |  Comment

Pennsylvania High School Spying Update: Draconian Policies, Suspicious Software

Two computer security experts, Aaron Rhodes and a man known by his pseudonym Stryde Hax, put together an eye-opening and well-researched attack on both the Lower Merion High School that's been accused of spying on students and the ...READ»

Superintendent of Pennsylvania School Accused of Spying on Students via Webcam Responds to Allegations

Dr. Christopher McGinley, superintendent of the Lower Merion, Pennslvania school district that is currently embroiled in a national scandal over alleged spying via webcams in school-provided laptops, replied to the allegations in an ...READ»

Forget China: Is Google's Toolbar Spying on You?

In the debacle over China's Web attacks against Google, it's easy to forget that Google itself does some questionable things. Now there's a suggestion that its toolbar monitors your Web activity, even when you disable it. The news ...READ»

IRAN   |  Comment

Iranians Revolting Against Nokia for Alleged Spying Complicity

The tech-savviness of the Iranian people served them well during the protests against corruption in the recent election, and now it's making them turn against cellphone giant Nokia--a government colluder in their eyes.READ»

Duplicity Director Tony Gilroy on How Spying Can Trump Innovation

Tony Gilroy, whose new film, Duplicity, stars Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, discusses why he makes movies about business's dark side and how spying can trump innovation.READ»