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DNA evidence frees man falsely convicted of brutal child murders

In November 1985, Bryan Halsey was convicted of murdering two children. It was a horrible crime involving sexual assault and mutilation. Today, thanks to DNA testing, Halsey is a free man.The Star Ledger reports that a Superior Court judge tossed out Halsey's conviction and ordered a new trial after advanced...

Tags: Law enforcement

Blog posts 2007-05-16

DNA evidence breaking tough cases open but there are problems

The role of DNA in criminal trials is getting a lot of attention in North Dakota, where DNA is crucial to two high-profile murder prosecutions. The Fargo Forum reports: Last month, a jury found Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. guilty of kidnapping and murdering Dru Sjodin in part because...

Tags: DNA

Blog posts 2006-10-03

Inmates can present DNA evidence

DNA evidence cannot only be used to prove guilt, it can also be used to exonerate those convicted long ago, the Supreme Court held today PDF. The 5-3 decision expanded inmates' ability to challenge convictions in federal court based on DNA evidence, the Washington Post reports. The decision comes from...

Tags: DNA Evidence, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, DNA, House

Blog posts 2006-06-12

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SharePoint 2010 Vegas First Impressions

Kirk J Koenigsbauer • Microsoft Trying to write a blogpost about the SharePoint 2010 announcements today here in Las Vegas is like trying to summarize Microsoft in a few paragraphs. SharePoint, the fastest growing product in the company's history, is also arguably the...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

McKinsey's 'Business and Web 2.0' Report and the new Consulting Landscape

McKinsey, the venerable management consulting company, has produced their second piece of 'Web 2.0 in business' research this year. This is arguably a sign of the rapid maturation of the 2.0 technology and associated (and I'd argue more important) change management sector: the pricey consulting company...

Tags: Web, McKinsey & Co., Consulting, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Comet carries a building block of life

"Life came from outer space".It made me smile to read that.He is called God. He created life. And yes, in a way you could say He is from 'outer space'.It's funny how more and more knowledge becomes available including the major faults in the evolution religion, and people still staunchly...

Tags: Gunther, dinosaur, major fault, COMET

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Money, at the root of all roots

Money, at the root of all rootsIf, Maybe, What If?Does Mr Fuller [i]ever[/i] have a story with facts, instead of "If's, Maybe's and What if's?"I hereby volunteer you to lead by exampleif the world has too many people to feed, off yourself. After all, Dear Leader has said that we...

Tags: mankind, greenhouse gas

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

The cause of swine flu

The cause of swine fluas I said beforeThe origin of this virus and many others is in the promiscuos way of life of the homosexuals.Church leaders and conservative bloggers saw it comming.Unfortunately Obama does nothing to eradicate the root cause of this disease that is homosexuality, and panders to these...

Tags: antibiotics, H1N1 flu, virus

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

The emerging case for open business methods

The Internet has been the genesis of countless useful business innovations over the last several decades. These include a globally unified e-mail network, the advent of search engines, the rise of rich user experiences and SaaS, and most recently cloud computing to name but a few. But perhaps...

Tags: Business, Business Method, Business Strategy, Dave Bort, Dion Hinchcliffe, Internet, Management, Network, Open Source, Reasons Organization, Strategy

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Microsoft, this is how you can deal with Google

Microsoft, this is how you can deal with GoogleScotty! I need that Powerset engine onlinen now!I figure that is what Ballmer is saying to MS' Live Search group - Star Trek style. From what I've read, Bill Gates himself is playing close attention to the matter. Once Powerset is at...

Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-20

Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads

Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal DownloadsBlackmailThis is blackmail by the richest companies in the world.RICH STEALING AGAIN FROM THE POOR.No doubt they won't use it against Third world countries where people can't afford to eat, or WILL THEY?Personally I like to listen to tracks for week or two before...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, One-Click Payment, software

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Creation in science classes? Maybe...

Creation in science classes? Maybe...The Last QuestionIf you really want to confuse people about this issue, have them read Asmiov's "The Last Question". Then see if they think about this issue the same way.Take care............WayneWhy is there necessarily a conflict?As a former science teacher, I handled the topic of...

Tags: creationism, science class, theory

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

A new method to study origin of life

A new method to study origin of lifeStart from the other endStart with a conclusion, then only accept/invent things that support that conclusion. The kool-aid is so much smoother that way. ;)Phylogenetic algorhythmsAn evaluation of the worth of the methodology should start with examining how the analysis is accomplished.You may...

Tags: Biotechnology, kool-Aid, Darwin

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic

Countering an Apple-favoring .NET criticFantastic post JohnI'd give you two thumbs up if I could. :)[i]This is what one might consider a thesis statement, to be followed by details as to why .NET is "bad" and / or "simplistic and inflexible." At least, that is what one would expect if...

Tags: .NET, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., environment

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Yo-yo'ing on Millennials

Larry Dignan's post earlier in the week asking whether Millennials will re-invent IT struck a chord with a few of my Irregular friends. First up, Larry's conclusion: I remember this generational stereotyping with the Generation X crowd. Job market stunk. Generation X was differentâ€"they were pissed. They were wearing...

Tags: Information Technology, Generation, Millennials, Hindsight, Ross Mayfield, Susan Scrupski, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-20

The color of disease

Sickle cell anemia. Lactose intolerance. Melanoma. There are many conditions which affect one race more than others. They are not entirely race-specific, but the differences are real. Partly against this backdrop the folks at MIT will host a conference this weekend titled "What's the Use...

Tags: Race, Federal Government, Biotechnology, Healthcare, Government, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art

Microsoft has been quietly building a platform to help its own product teams -- and ultimately, those from other companies -- turn product planning more of a science and less of a black art. Microsoft calls the test bed the Microsoft Experimentation Platform ExP. Here is how...

Tags: Software, Team, Experiment, Platform, Experimentation, Microsoft Corp., ExP, EXP Team, MJF, Human Intuition, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-16

The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media

Over the last few months I've been listening with growing alarm at the claims made for enterprise 2.0 and social media. Or rather the lack of claims coupled to an incredible amount of posturing. What concerns me greatly is that in the mad rush to all things X2.0, we seem...

Tags: DNA, Network, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, CXO, Social Networking, Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Websense: Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA hacked in 6 seconds

Websense: Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA hacked in 6 secondsYahoo is implementing CAPTCHA at the send...level. So every mail you send requires you enter a capycha response. Totally not acceptable.This is why large networks like Google, MS Live, etc. will simply not serve the enterprise like all the bloggers think.It is...

Tags: web computing, CAPTCHA, Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA, Websense Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-14