BigBrother

A new Russian ATM will make customers pay for lying: A voice-measured polygraph to be installed in the electronic tellers of Russia's state-run Sberbank can tell if patrons are talking truth or hogwash in applying for a credit card or loan -- an anti-fraud weapon with roots in the old Soviet Union.

So you pop over to Google to find a flight to Albuquerque or an aquarium for your kid, and suddenly you're being hit with come-ons from luxury companies inducing you to forget the recession that's raging and drop some of your hard-earned bucks on their baubles.What's going on here? The search giant...

Imagine answering a knock on the door, only to find three burly health officers standing there with clipboards. The first officer says; The department has received a tip that you have been frying chicken for human consumption. The second officer says; That practice is a violation of the...

I consider myself a moderately effective text messager. While my training as an editor and former English teacher means that I have a hard time using alpha-numerical shortcuts like "gr8!" or "U no what I mean," I can still express myself fairly effectively and quickly. That having been said, I must...

A few years ago, I saw a movie in which a guy was strapped into a booth and shown a few commercials. eye-tracking tools recorded where his gaze wandered during the film and, afterward, a female scientist showed him the results. He was embarrassed when the scientist showed him how often his eyes...