Web sites did not exist yet this was 1987 but computer networks and telecom systems were sufficiently linked to form a hidden electronic landscape that teen-agers with the requisite technical savvy could traverse.

NEWYORKER: No Secrets

Better health costs your insurer money and that spending on you is a hidden form of income.

FORBES: Removing "Dismal" From Dismal Median Household Income Statistics

But the life-form has a hidden weakness, and only two junior-college science teachers (David Duchovny and Orlando Jones) can stop it.

NEWYORKER: Evolution

The competition authorities are taking a hard look at Vivendi's new tax treatment to determine whether it is a hidden form of illegal state aid.

ECONOMIST: French business

But it turns out that, behind the scenes, Sony may also be installing invisible services in the form of a hidden directory containing cloaked files, which run when you use that media player.

ENGADGET: Sony DRM hacks your PC

That means, Grossman says, that if a user can be tricked into typing just a single letter and tab, all of his or her details can be stolen by a hidden form on the site.

FORBES: Apple Leaves Another 'Autocomplete' Privacy Bug In Safari Unfixed

Access to the truth is limited to those in the executive suite and only becomes public when the hidden agendas finally become reflected in the form of poor quarterly reports, stock price collapses, lack of innovation, and when new competitors take the market by storm.

FORBES: Afraid to Reveal the Truth, Corporations Have Become Their Own Reality Shows

Sceptics were always trying to show how it was done, saying that the Ash was a pellet crushed between His fingers, or that the gold and silver ellipsoidal lingams (the Form of the Formless) that He coughed up at certain festivals were in fact hidden in His handkerchief.

ECONOMIST: Sai Baba

Mario, now a plumber, and joined by a lanky brother named Luigi, bounced through the Mushroom Kingdom, dodging or bopping enemies in the form of turtles, beetles, and squid, while seeking out magic mushrooms, coins, and hidden stars.

NEWYORKER: Master of Play