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SidAndFinancy: So many stoners getting the munchies for corn on the cob. #google more »
zee: Nothing comes up if you start a search with "I hate" #google more »
Anrkist: "I like to" came with this... i like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur #google more »
heartbreakturnip: In order: "Help me Howard" "Help me God" "Help me grow" "Help me Rhonda" #google more »
heartbreakturnip: Many of these sound like the questions of lazy term paper writers. #google more »
wundersmack: Too good not to share: "Why can't I own a Canadian?" "Why can't I see my reflection in the mirror on television?" #google more »
TheCaliDude: Try "Will she" and "Will he" for sad results. #google more »
kneetoe: Try "can a woman" and see what the ladies are thinking about. All about getting/not getting pregnant except the last: ". . . be a pastor." I'm sure ... more »
t0ph: On the "Is it wrong" query, I thought the first one said "...to sleep with a Canadian". LOL. Sorry my Canadian friends.. #google more »
BullyTerrier: Oddly enough Gawker only has two: Gawker is down Gawker is destroying journalism Well, the 2nd one is definitly true #google more »
Claire Buoyant: I wonder if this is of any semantic significance: alter the "is it wrong/ethical" qeustion to "is it OK/okay", then Google reveals a bunch of suggesti... more »
lostarchitect: The worst thing about this might be the Sesame Street characters tacitly approving these searches. #google more »
krudd: If you try to influence this by typing in the same ridiculous search phrase over and over again Google locks you out for a few minutes. #google more »
Steverino Begins: In the future we'll not only be able to see who wrote these, but we'll then be able to click to watch a video of what happened to those people after t... more »
Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Bing does this too. #google more »

#thewaywelivenow

Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
There are things you don't tell your husband. There are things you don't tell your therapist. But virtually everything can go into Google's search box — for Google to re-broadcast to the world, via its "suggestion" feature. More »
#wtf

People Begging Google to Be Their Stalker
Google said it can now keep a detailed list of everywhere you go, play your trips back like movies and generate "alerts" for unusual movements. Who wants this? The CIA? Nope: ordinary modern humans are asking to be tracked. Insane. More »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

Big Google Is Watching: Meet Your Creepy Google Dossier (and Mine)

Today Google rolled out the "Google Dashboard," which is supposed to "protect your privacy" by offering control panels for the company's many products. But, really, it just scares the crap out of you. Google knows all. More »
#google

Any Data You Give to Google Can and Will Be Used Against You
The uber-geeks who run Google don't seem like to think about the messy world of law and politics. But it can't be avoided. The latest example: A Bear Stearns manager done in by a GMail account he thought was closed. More »
#hackers

FBI Director Chastised by Wife for Being Common Internet Sucker
Robert Mueller promises to keep vigilantly fighting internet scammers. The FBI chief also promises not to be so gullible himself, online, which should be easy, since his wife just banned him from internet banking, for being a huge idiot. More »
#modernandawkward

Right to Trash Boss on Facebook Defended by Aussie Heroes
Sure, Americans preen about their commitment to freedom, but who's out there standing up for our God-given right to curse the boss on internet social networks? Australian prison guards, that's who. More »
#citizenpaparazzi

Welcome to Paparazzi University
Cameraphone-toting fans are apparently ruining the lives of college football stars. Campus jocks can hardly booze it up at a parties or enjoy young women spontaneously removing their shirts for them without the moment ending up on Facebook. So awful. More »
#conspiracytheories

Government 'Mind-Mapping' Scheme Inspired by Google Buddies
Here's the stuff of conservative nightmares: The Obama administration wants to "mind map" America using computers, inspired by the Big Brother of Silicon Valley More »
#googlemaps

Google Cameras Probing You More Deeply, Thanks to Adorable Tricycles
Google has deployed its much-anticipated spy-cycles to the streets in Europe, complete with nine cameras and freaking laser beams. This is helping the company get even closer to your windows. More »
#lunchtimegossip

Is Twitter Handing Over Private Data to the Feds?
The Twitterati are only too happy to take their private moments public. But Silicon Valley's technical wizards are whispering to one another over lunch that the the federal intelligence apparatus wants more, and is taking it. (Update: Twitter denies) More »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

Rosie O'Donnell's 'Screaming Match' Tattled on by Julia Allison
Julia Allison caught some flack for tweeting yesterday about Rosie O'Donnell's "knock-down drag out" fight with her wife Kelli, but O'Donnell probably didn't expect to keep the incident secret. She's neighbors with Allison, after all. More »
#twitterati

The Twitterati Get Run Over by a Google Street View Car
No one can escape Google's roving eyes — not even the Twitterati! Pierre Omidyar, Ryan Block, John Byrne, and others used Twitter to rid themselves of whatever scraps of private dignity remained: More »
#thewaywewere

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in Prep School
Where did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg learn his imperious ways? Before he dropped out of Harvard, our social overlord was schooled in ruling others at Phillips Exeter Academy. Via a fellow Exonian, a leaked pic: More »
#privacy

Your MySpace Rant Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record
If you write something on the Internet, you can't later claim it was private. That's the surprisingly commonsensical ruling in the case of Cynthia Moreno, a California college student who sued her hometown newspaper. More »
#geeksgonewild

Steve Jobs's Flack Backstage with the Boss
When Steve Jobs is away, his PR mice will play! A tipster sent us this photo of Apple flack Katie Cotton snuggling up to Bruce Springsteen — apparently at a recent concert in San Jose.
#googlemaps

Angry Mob Too Rich For Google Street View
It's not just philandering husbands who fear Google Street View's roving cameras; the residents of a wealthy British village have taken to the streets as well. Literally. More »
#leaks

Mark Zuckerberg's Status Update: Paranoid as Hell
Is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hunting leakers? His internal memo about CFO Gideon Yu's departure got forwarded to bloggers. Perhaps he was hoping that would happen, and not just so his spin would get out. More »
#googlemaps

Cheating Husband Said Caught Via Google Street View
A woman, checking out a female friend's house on Google Maps, was surprised to see her husband's Range Rover parked out front, complete with blingy hubcaps, reports The Sun. A divorce is underway. More »
#crime

Prison Official Sacked Over Facebook Friends Behind Bars
Nathan Singh, a 27-year-old U.K. prison warden, has been fired for making friends with 13 criminals on Facebook. Singh was suspected of smuggling cell phones to his Facebook pals. More »
#realestate

Google's Larry Page Goes on Eco-Friendly Construction Rampage
To build the new, Google must tear down the old. As must its billionaire cofounder Larry Page, whose neighbors believe he's illegally tearing down houses in Palo Alto to make room for a gargantuan eco-mansion. More »

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