In a related story, the Postal Service and FedEx are discussing a partnership that would give the post office access to the private company's expertise and air transportation network in return for delivering FedEx's slower ground traffic. UPS has harshly criticized the alliance and questions the judgment of FedEx for trusting the post office to deliver its packages in a professional and timely manner. For information on the USPS, FedEx deal, go to computerworld.com. ...

Trained by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and employed by HM Customs at Stansted airport on FedEx packages, two black Labradors named Lucky and Flo have been sniffing out DVDs in the fight against movie piracy. Trained by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and employed by HM Customs at Stansted airport on FedEx packages, two black Labradors named Lucky and Flo have been sniffing out DVDs in the fight against movie piracy. FedEx was glad to assist in Lucky and Flo’s first live test in a working situation. While all were legitimate shipments on the day, our message to anyone thinking about shipping counterfeit DVDs through the FedEx network is simple : you’re going to get caught."...

In a talk at the Defcon security convention, Robert Graham and David Maynor of Errata Security explained how they could defeat firewalls, intrusion detection systems and even armed security guards by Fedexing a modified iPhone to a fictitious employee. Fedex and UPS generally will deliver numerous boxes in a shipment and then a secretary or internal mailman (in larger companies) will then sort everything to its final destination. He added that many organizations have armed guards that will stop any intruders, yet they let in the Fedex guy at 10 AM every morning....

Some companies are already using proximity cards embedded in jewelry and HID’s Deb Spitter told us one example with where Fedex employees wear a specially built Proximity card that is built into a watch. In the Fedex sorting room, employees aren’t allowed to wear ties or anything that hangs off their body because the conveyor belts can catch things....

Bogost helped develop "The Howard Dean for Iowa" video game, and also a parody that makes fun of FedEx Kinko’s stores....

Both UPS and Fedex stand to gain by DHL’s withdrawal however, with DHL’s 4% market share now up for grabs which had represented $3.4 billion in revenues for the company in 2007....