What's more surprising: The fact robbers in New Hampshire used Facebook Places to learn when homeowners were out of the house, or the fact we're surprised by this after Pleaserobme.com so effectively demonstrated the criminal possibilities of location-based social networking?

The company behind Mafia Wars and Farmville doesn't like to talk about the sad addicts who fuel its profits. But it does quietly run a special store for them, where imaginary credits are bought with very real bank transfers.

Google sure knows how to push Steve Jobs' buttons. This advertisement for Google's new instant search system is bound to get under the Apple CEO's skin — and intensify one of the most heated rivalries in tech.

Have you ever wanted to extract all human interaction from your drinking sessions? Me too. Luckily, spirited engineers are locked in an arms race to create the world's best mechanical booze-jockey. Choose your new robotic enabler inside.

It's only been about 100 years since effective neurosurgery could be practiced on patients. The ABC special Secrets of the Mind showed the strange alchemy between blunt force and what seems like magic in today's procedures.

Last night Google rolled out a bug that would be comical if it weren't so astounding and grating: Open your Gmail inbox, and old school ragtime music starts playing, and can't be stopped. The solution: Use less Google.

In today's harsh economy, people are cutting back on vacations and sightseeing. Luckily, with the internet, you can see all of your favorite TV sights using Google Street View. Here are some favorites from classic sitcoms to animated shows.

Advertising about enlisting in the military is tricky business; a balance between agitprop and national pride. America's approach is standard, but what about the rest of the world? The international community uses robots, explosions, crazy camera angles and battleships!

In this clip from tonight's Pitchmen, the dangers of using contact-less credit cards were laid bare. The ease with which your info can be stolen is jarring, and the effectiveness of the inventor's protective sleeve is still unproven.

If you're planning on setting up any kind of online community for your business — and who isn't these days? — know that Facebook has begun suing to protect "the distinctive BOOK portion" of its trademark, starting with Teachbook.com.

Attack of the Show's sit-down chats are usually populated with C-level celebrities and the semi-stars of genre television, but Kevin Pereira shocked the world on Monday by delivering an in-depth interview with directorial superstar James Cameron.

It's supposed to stop his cheating, but he found a way around it. This singer will never be as famous as her sister, and there's something about a lesbian facialist. Yes, there really is a blind item about a beautician.

It's amazing that Phillip Shoemaker still works at Apple. The app store director obsessed with porn and escorts, as we reported yesterday, has also used Twitter to attack execs at rival companies and media critics, we've learned.

The Coca-Cola Village, an Israeli theme park for teens, recently introduced RFID bracelets that store every guest's Facebook login/password, allowing them to "Like" physical attractions and tag themselves in photos with nothing but a swipe of the wrist. Video inside.

As the director of Apple's app store, Phillip Shoemaker is responsible for enforcing Apple's controversially draconian policies on iPhone code and content. So you'd think he'd have done a better job cleaning the online skeletons out of his closet.

Google's deal with Verizon to end net neutrality has clearly become on of the most pressing issues of the day. How do we know? Because it's gotten the Taiwanese Animation treatment, of course. Check out Eric Schmidt's devil horns inside.

On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart addressed the Google-Verizon deal that may end net neutrality. After addressing the details, including a Google slam or two, Stewart got to the real heart of things: how will this affect surfing for porn?

This is David Ellison. He'd like to be in the movie business. Unfortunately, he's not very good at picking projects. But his dad is the sixth-richest person in the world. So now David Ellison is co-funding movies with Paramount Pictures.

Although best watched with 3D glasses, one can still get a feel for what director Keiichi Matsuda is trying to convey. He's implying that our future is filled with constant connection to information, which has both positive and negative consequences.

Eric Schmidt's apparently trying to become tech's creepiest executive. The Google CEO outlined his dystopian vision of the future, in which children change their names at adulthood to escape damning online dossiers — dossiers of the sort stored by Google.