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Google privacy issues galore: Glass concerns reappear

Google wants its users to think it's looking out for their privacy: Tuesday, it petitioned the special FISA court to allow it to disclose NSA requests for user information separately from routine law-enforcement requests. But as the Internet Read More →

Quoted: on Latin ‘nerds’ and the pope’s Twitter feed

"The surprise is that [Latin] nerds are in all walks of life — cab drivers from South Africa, homemakers, journalists." — Monsignor Daniel Gallagher, one of six language experts in the Vatican's Latin Office, on the unexpected popularity of Read More →

Off topic: Magic rocks? Plus feathers, ends of the road, last telegram, geek vs. nerd

Can rocks move themselves? On Death Valley's "sailing stones." A short video lesson on the evolution of feathers. An In Focus look at ends of the road from all over the place. Speaking of Read More →

HP shuffle: Todd Bradley moved from printer, PC group

Hewlett-Packard has made a huge move: Todd Bradley, head of the Palo Alto tech giant's Printing and Personal Systems group, is being reassigned to a strategic role that includes "enhancing" HP's business in China and keeping an eye Read More →

NSA spying update: Yahoo disclosure, Obama interview, NSA chief testimony

Another day, another U.S. government surveillance roundup: • Yahoo became the latest tech company to disclose the number of law-enforcement requests it has received in the past several months. Its magic numbers: 12,000 to 13,000 between December and May. Read More →

Quoted: ‘world’s youngest VC’ on youthful entrepreneurs

"I really only want to meet with entrepreneurs under 25. I mean, if you're 30, what are you doing at South by [Southwest]?" — Alex Banayan, 20, the subject of a profile in the July issue of Fortune that Read More →
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