Creepily sibilant, with a wiry frame, wispy hair and a haunted look, Gollum turned to yoga after being indicted for insider trading in 2006.

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Rooms 501 and 502 are kept as they were in 1957 when they were used as models for the studio set in which Scotty creepily gets Judy to change her hair and clothes for him.

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The company's yet to take any orders, but thanks to investors and government grants, the snoopy little bots could be getting up into your business one day soon -- as creepily shown in the video after the break.

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We've grown accustomed to the creepily context-aware ads in our Gmail inboxes and we've seen targeted ads come to game consoles and printers, so naturally, it's no surprise Verizon's bringing such advertising to its mobile customers.

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Two days after that, Google announced its intention to build a "Do Not Track" option into the Chrome browser, giving users some shielding from a different type of rampant surveillance -- the type that creepily delivers knowingly targeted ads.

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