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Super Stealthy Spy Backpack
Ever wonder how your moms and high school teachers always seemed to know what was happening even when their backs were turned to you? Well, they had eyes in the back of their heads, which comes with their professional territory. The next best thing is a pair of eyes strapped to your back – camera eyes …
Is that your shoe ringing?!
Yes it is! The shoe phone – a long running gadget joke in comedy spy TV show Get Smart and the movie that followed – is a joke no more.
Although shoe-shaped phones have been available for some time, never before have gadget geeks been able to lay their hands on a real, wearable shoe that …
Tracking Hezbollah’s Every Mo...
In the espionage trade, half the battle is figuring out how to operate in stealth mode and the other half, figuring out how to closely track everyone else (even though they too are aiming to be completely undetectable). Recent discoveries show that Hezbollah hasn’t been faring too well on the first half of that battle for …
UK Unveils New Robot Spy Plane
Some military experts believe that weaponized robots are the future of warfare, but the stealth element is never far behind. Enter: Robotic Spies.
The BBC reported yesterday on the unveiling of the UK’s new stealth surveillance aircraft. The plane, built by BAE Systems, is a UAV – an unmanned aerial vehicle – and goes by the …
One Truth Prevails for Wii in 2009
Following in the wake of the wildly popular anime TV series that came to the US from Japan in 2004 is Case Closed: One Truth Prevails for Nintendo Wii.
The premise of the TV Series ‘Case Closed’ (or ‘Detective Conan’ as it’s known in Japan) is as follows: Young detective Shichi (Jimmy) Kudo is administered a …
Spying on your Colleagues a Cinch
With corporate espionage rearing its head in the news of late (think Microsoft and Morningstar), it’s decidedly apt that new spy gadgets are being designed to blend in with your typical professional office trappings.
The spy pen is an old standby, but check out this new and improved model: it’s a five-in-one extravaganza, hiding:
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Spy Sunglasses: Undercover Photos M...
Let’s face it, taking shots with your cell phone isn’t exactly subtle.
Gathering photographic proof can be tricky, but it doesn’t have to mean ducking behind cars or hiding beside bushes. Hidden in one of the hinges of these stylish sunglasses is a sneaky, 1.3 megapixel cam that allows you to snap away with a compact …
NATO Constant Victim of Cyber Espio...
Computer Science specialists are almost a dime a dozen these days – the halls of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo pulsate with the creative energy of these modern-day architects, many of whom are self-taught. But being a computer wiz has other, less than legal and decidedly more sinister, applications.
Computer crime is on the rise and agencies …
Software Giant MSFT the Victim of E...
Spying isn’t limited to the world of secret agents, international intrigue and government intelligence agencies. Case in point: Microsoft’s recent lawsuit against former employee Miki Mullor. What’s he been accused of? You guessed it, espionage.
According to software giant Microsoft, Mullor downloaded and pilfered confidential files that had no relevance to his role at the company, …
Spying in the Tech Age: iPhones and...
Gone are the days of incriminating paper trails. People’s entire lives – from daily schedules to flight information to offshore bank account numbers to top secret passwords – are stored on their remarkably hack-able mobile devices.
While some people are developing tools to trace and spy on the technology trails people create every day, others are …