Google just invested $1 million in a monorail system powered by human pedalers. This could be the future of urban transportation, according to some New Zealanders.

The new documentary Catfish, which follows a New York 20-something's strange relationship with online strangers, might seem to be about the cloak of anonymity provided by the Internet. It's not. It's about the new impossibility of being anonymous online.

For days, Gmail has been displaying scary red banners above certain users' inboxes, warning "Your account was recently accessed from China." So, now you at least know if Chinese hackers are spying on your Gmail.

Tonight, Stephen Colbert welcomed Google CEO Eric Schmidt to the the Report. While overall pleasant, things did get awkward when the topics of Google's data-mining, as well as Schmidt's "Want privacy? Change your name," remarks, were brought up. Watch inside.

A lot of Germans are not happy that Google is about to start mapping their streets for Google Street View. More than 100,000 have taken up Google's offer to obscure their homes on Street View maps.

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak previously asked us not to be tardy for the party. Now, she declares: "Research me, you'll find me, click them keys in Google," in her new song, "Google Me." Hilarious preview clip, inside.

When searching for something online, are you disturbed by some of the trash that Google dredges up from the depths of the internet? Rest easy, because there are religious search engines to keep your mind pure. Let's take a look!

Google says it learned important lessons from David Barksdale, the engineer who spied on underage teenagers via company servers. And apparently one of those lessons is, "don't talk about engineers who spy on underage teenagers."

Teen-stalking Google engineer David Barksdale could face up to five years in prison if he were to be convicted of violating the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which prohibits the intentional interception of electronic communication.

Google issued a short statement yesterday confirming our report about David Barksdale, the ex-Google engineer fired for violating users' privacy and spying on minors. But the statement did little to answer some big questions about Barksdale's conduct and Google's policies.

David Barksadale, whose online teen-stalking exploits we detailed yesterday, was actually the second engineer fired by Google for snooping on users. He was, however, the first to target kids.

Google released a statement confirming it fired teen-stalking engineer David Barksdale for "breaking Google's strict internal privacy policies," as Gawker first reported earlier today. Our original exclusive, about Barksdale spying on minors' Google Voice and Talk accounts, has been updated.

We entrust Google with our most private communications because we assume the company takes every precaution to safeguard our data. It doesn't. A Google engineer spied on four underage teens for months before the company was notified of the abuses.

Mark Zuckerberg lured a talented chef from Google by offering him the respect he'd been denied. Yet look at the frat-house fare the Facebook CEO has him cooking.

Google Instant is kinda freaky. But it can be really fun, too! Yesterday, Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" got Google Instant-ized. Today, something even better: Billy Joel's classic, "We Didn't Start the Fire," courtesy of the folks at Urlesque. Watch inside.

When you type the letters "j-e-s" into Google, the first suggestion to come up as part of its new "instant search" feature is 11-year-old viral video star and internet punching bag Jessi Slaughter. The second name on the list: "Jesus."

Google is paying some people around half a million dollars not to go to Facebook, a senior Facebook engineer has confirmed. Googlers, prepare to get spoiled and entitled again, recession be damned.

The viral video producers Whirled Creative sprang on Google instant and created a music video for the very geeky Tom Lehrer song "The Elements". The video displays both rapid-fire typing skills and the speed of Google's newest feature.

The new Google Instant guesses what you're searching for while you're typing, and retrieves results before you finish. It's the T-9 of search engines. And it means buying an "erector set" will make everyone think you have "erectile dysfunction."

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.