Dangerous Graffiti Vandal Apprehended Age: 6 - Medium: Chalk - Punishment: $300 fine

Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Some suspect the insectlike drones are high-tech surveillance tools, perhaps deployed by the Department of Homeland Security...No agency admits to having deployed insect-size spy drones. But a number of U.S. government and private entities acknowledge they are trying. Some federally funded teams are even growing live insects with computer chips in them, with the goal of mounting spyware on their bodies and controlling their flight muscles remotely.

Do you know the way to San Jose? I found this googling for map images for an animation I am going to do in after effects. Wow. Maps of every age, location and description.

"There could be some benefit to millions of years without sex after all" Comforting news from the world of microfauna.

GI Jonny, a series of videos on the BBC with accompanying website, is intended to raise awareness of HIV. The first, for example, sees action-figure G.I. Jonny using his 'protector shield' to deflect the foam from Captain Bareback's crotch cannon, laying his foe low with his powerful fisting action, and spying the Commando Bandits through his magic brass eye. This has raised a furore - perhaps not altogether unintentionally?

99 Rooms is a collaborative effort among four artists of different types - painter Kim Köster, Richard Schumann and Stephan Shulz on photography and animation, and sound designer Johannes Buenemann - that is more interactive artwork than game. Köoster painted murals on the walls of abandoned buildings in East Berlin's industrial sector. The murals were then photographed, animated, and given soundtracks. In each room, you find what allows you to advance to the next scene. It can be a simple click anywhere on the screen, pulling levers or throwing switches, or a number of other triggers. If you get impatient, the space bar will advance you to the next room. The presentation is morbidly beautiful. more inside

Curious George: I Hate Norton Anti-Virus. It's time for the annual shakedown and I don't wanna. What do you use for AV? Anything good? more inside