Cellphone wiretapping, even when turned off!

A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese crime family revealed that the FBI has the ability from a remote location to activate a cell phone and turn its microphone into a listening device that transmits to an FBI listening post, a method known as a "roving bug." Experts say the only way to defeat it is to remove the cell phone battery.

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iPhone web simulator application for Mac OS X debuts

Marketcircle has released a Mac OS X application that simulates the size of the iPhone’s screen, offering a built-in WebKit-based browser. Dubbed “iPhoney,” the application can simulate the iPhone user agent, rotate to display pages vertically or horizontally, and show or hide the location bar.

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CNN: Even the Weather is Biased Against Israel

Search the CNN Weather page for “Jerusalem,” and here are the results: Clicking “Jerusalem, null” brings you to the page for Israel, of course. Could be an innocent mistake, you say? But that’s not all—not by a long shot. Their “Weather Location...

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Facebook to use Profile Info for Targeted Ads

Currently, Facebooks advertisers are only allowed to target ads based on age, gender and location. The new system will consider things like favorite activities and preferred music, without exposing the data to advertisers.

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Track your Stolen Mac via the Internet

In case of theft, Undercover not only reveals the internet location of your Mac, it also transmits screenshots, enabling you to closely monitor your stolen Mac.

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