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- Whosarat.com reveals informants' IDs - and prosecutors want it shut down
- Hey, all you convicted felons out there! Want to find out who snitched on you? Check out whosarat.com, the website that exposes the identities of witnesses and informants cooperating with the government. But you better hurry, federal prosecutors are getting wind of the site and they are mad.Prosecutors are trying...
- Tags: Courts, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Court OKs warrantless tracking with GPS
- The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that police can place a GPS tracking unit on a suspects car without obtaining a search warrant. In US v Garcia (2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 2272), decided Feb. 2, Judge Richard Posner found that such a device was a mere "augmentation"...
- Tags: Government technology, Courts, Law enforcement, GPS
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- In Iowa, camera tickets deemed illegal
- In Iowa, the city of Davenport may wind up refunding traffic fines to some 14,000 drivers who were issued civil rather than criminal citations when cameras captured them speeding or running red lights, The Quad-City Times reports. District Court Judge Gary McKenric ruled that the citys policy that violations...
- Tags: camera, Iowa, Law enforcement, Courts, State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-03
- Detection bracelet may stop alcohol-related crime
- In Texas several areas are experimenting with a novel way to handle alcohol-related crimes: an electronic bracelet that detects alcohol use, reports the Houston Chronicle. Sherman L. Harris knows alcohol has caused problems in his life. After struggling with the bottle for five years, he was arrested for assaulting...
- Tags: bracelet, alcohol, offender, Scram
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
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- Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe
- A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...
- Tags: Germany, Green Technology, Echelon, Grid, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The power of standard protocols
- The power of standard protocolsWhile I'm not an expert in IM protocols......I do agree with the basic philosophy (but you'd be surprised if I didn't). On the whole, compatibility is a good thing, even in the computer industry (where incompatibility has been seen as a competitive advantage for as...
- Tags: Instant messaging, IM, standard protocol, software
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Family entertainment act
- Family entertainment actGnR"...from aperformance of such work in a motion picture exhibition facility,shall–..."My understanding was that the works in question were not aquired from a "peroformance"Am I wrong?I Didn't say that he wasn't guiltyHey Rich,While I'm glad one of my comments is sufficient to become a blog entry itself, apparently...
- Tags: Sales strategy, marketing, sales, Family Entertainment, lawsuit, entertainment
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Family entertainment act
- There was an assertionin the comments on the story Guns 'n' Roses that the prosecution would have to prove some economic damages. How do they plan on proving financial impact in court? Piracy rates are calculated by comparing ESTIMATED demand for a product...
- Tags: Entertainment, Title, Piracy Rate, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell repair adventure, day 5
- Dell repair adventure, day 5No Backup!I find it hard to believe that a IT consultant, one that finds it necessary to attend conferences does not have a backup options in place. A) Is the writer a independent contractor? I guess that I need more information about the writers...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'
- Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'Very strong words...RE: Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'how did this music get to the web? everything that gets to the web should be free! go after the persons who do the uploading not the down loaders. it got there some how. how...
- Tags: Piracy, album poster, Rot, RIAA, Cogill
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'
- You might question why illegally posting an unreleased album on your website should put you in federal penitentiary for three years, but Guns 'n' Roses guitarist Slash doesn't. "I hope he rots in jail," said Slash, the former Guns N' Roses...
- Tags: Resource, Attorney, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopper
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperHave you ever read MS EULA? In short...We can go into your machine and do what ever we want.If this is the case with the browser....how are they using your data in their cloud?Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperI looked...
- Tags: Web browsers, EULA, Google Inc., Chrome EULA, TOS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- XenCare SoftLock (msi)
- If you are using your computer system in a harmful way which could be as simple as clicking on an e-mail attachment from a stranger or visiting unknown Web sites, XenCare SoftLock can lock your system and protect from ever evolving threats not identified by conventional popular brand like Symantec,...
- Tags: Guard, XenCare Software, Productivity, E-mail, Web Site Development, Viruses And Worms, Security, Branding, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UK
- Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UKI would guess......that in exchange, the US would want assurances that McKinnon wouldn't be pardoned by the UK, or paroled before he would have been eligible under US law.RE: Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UKWhat he's really got is ass-burger syndrome....
- Tags: Hacking, Food & Beverage, hacker
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones
- New device from Paraben works like a USB stick and could be used by law enforcement, thieves, or parents to snoop on the cell phone activities of anyone who leaves their phone unattended.
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, News, elinor mills, csistick, cell phones, data, fbi, hacking, security
- Videos 2008-09-02
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?Brute force indexing?I have an inkling Cuil might not be everything it's touted to be. The only reason for brute force indexing is to fill in the gaps where you've come up short in your harvesting/indexing algorithms.RE: Is Cuil killing the Internet?I used Cuil to...
- Tags: Cuil, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Code is law
- Code is lawCopyrighted state codes?Any chance you could provide a list of states that do that? This is definitely something voters should know.RE: Code is lawReceived this from Carl and I tried to edit the post to get it right:***Usually, the states don't claim copyright but the people who...
- Tags: Government, State Laws
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Code is law
- Carl Malamud has posted a whole bunch of state codes on PublicResource.org. Need the Alaska Fire Code? The Denver Mechanical Code? How about the Michigan Plumbing Code? If we are so interested in open source computer code, what about open source law? Public...
- Tags: Code, Standards, Carl Malamud, Quality, Open Source, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Some tips for the mobile phone buyer traveling abroad
- Some tips for the mobile phone buyer traveling abroadcheaters in sim limif i was still working in singapore, i would've been your tour guide :) during my early months in singapore last year i thought i would've bought all my gadgets in sim lim, but after encountering some unruly dealers...
- Tags: Taxes, Cellular phones, Free trade, lim, sim lim, Funan IT Mall, Sim Lim Square, mobile phone buyer, mobile phone, mobile, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-08-31
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