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Awkward! During a Senate hearing prompted by outrage that Apple has been storing information on the locations of its mobile customers, deputy assistant attorney, Jason Weinstein, for the Department of Justice revealed his arm of the government wants something called a "mandatory data retention" law. Such a law would require wireless carriers to track and store user information of its customers - just in case the Feds need it someday.

The more you talk on your cell phone, the faster your battery runs down - right? Imagine talking into your mobile device with the opposite effect - charging the battery! An engineer in South Korea, Dr. Sang-Woo Kim of Sungkyunkwon University, has developed new technology that converts the noise into electricity.

It's perhaps the most convincing clue yet that Apple may be coming out with an iPhone 5 "Lite": Older iPhone 3GSs and iPad 1s are outselling individual competing units from Android handset makers.

The electrical energy from the vibrations caused by a human voice can be harvested--and one day could be used to charge your cell phone. The catch

Will Apple pull the old chip switcheroo again, and embrace ARM CPUs on its Macs instead of Intel silicon? You bet it might, say new rumors , because it could mean your MacBook lasts pretty much all day on a charge. Only a handful of years ago, Apple abandoned its long relationship with IBM and the PowerPC line of processors for shiny new Intel silicon.

Protesters have developed a novel way of smuggling information to the outside world: trading in their mobile camera phones for small, discreet pen cameras. While Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria has not been engaging in violence on a Qadaffi-like scale, snipers have reportedly fired on peaceful protesters and civilian casualties were reported in several cities recently.

Sandra Gal birdied five of the final eight holes Friday for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Amy Yang in the Avnet LPGA Classic, the tour's only event in a six-week stretch.

Google's mobile ads let consumers click a phone number and immediately call an advertiser. You'd be surprised who's using it. A year ago, the Google ads team launched a new feature for mobile phones called Click-to-Call, which, as its name would suggest, lets advertisers include a phone number in their ad that users can click to place a call.

Grace Park and Song-Hee Kim shot 5-under 67s in windy conditions Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Avnet LPGA Classic, the tour's only event in a six-week stretch.

1. Hot rumors are circulating this morning that Apple has bought the domain name iCloud.com from network cloud storage firm Xcerion in Sweden. Inside sources say Xcerion sold the name to Apple for about $4.5 million--and it's rebranded its system to CloudMe.

Se Ri Pak has reason to feel comfortable going into this week's Avnet LPGA Classic at Magnolia Grove's Crossings Course.

As the Sony PlayStation hack aftermath continues, it seems the Network won't be back in full for up to a week. Sony, in its advisory note (shown as a wordcloud above), cautions the 77 million victims to watch their bank accounts and check for phishing.

The BlackBerry PlayBook is a new 7-inch business tablet that shows promise.

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. "Google Rumored Preparing $10/Month Chrome OS Laptop Rentals " As soon as this Summer, Google might rent out Chrome OS laptops for a small monthly fee. [Update: 10:30 PM PST] Android Tracking Location Data, Too Those with Android -based smartphones who thought they were safe from Apple's recently discovered location-tracking program should think again

Visa is trying out a low-tech location-based offers system with Gap that doesn't require check-ins or even a smartphone. It's clever, but basically is a testing ground for the coming wave of NFC purchases.