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- HI passes on GPS measure for sex offenders
- Just about every state is advancing bills aimed at throwing the book at sex offenders. In Hawaii, three such bills were offered but only one passed the Houses Judiciary Committee yesterday, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. The one bill that passed would put sex offenders on lifetime parole. One...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- AZ wants sex offenders to reveal emails
- Joining a chorus of states around the country, the Arizona Legislature is considering a bill to require sex offenders to submit their online identities to county sheriffs departments. Rep. Bob Robsons proposal would require registered sex offenders to divulge their social networking site profiles, e-mail addresses and instant-messaging...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, offender, sex offender, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- OK bill would create email registry for sex offenders
- The Oklahoma State Legislature is cracking down on registered sex offenders by offering up a measure that would ban registered sex offenders from communicating with children over an Internet Web site, reports the Ardmoreite. The measure, which has been passed by the Criminal Justice and Corrections Subcommittee, authorizes...
- Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, Privacy, offender, sex offender
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- SD considers satellite tracking of parolees
- In South Dakota, officials are considering expanding a pilot program that monitors sex offenders with satellites, Argus Leader reports. But the technology is rife with controversy, as its use across the country has had serious problems. In some cases, offenders have been released from prison and put...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, offender
- Blog posts 2006-12-28
- Wide disparity in NJ sex offender registries
- In northern New Jersey, The Record reports, not all sex offenders registries - so-called Megans Law registries - are created equal. There are wide disparities between the North Jersey counties, the paper finds. Only one in nine sex offenders living in four of North Jerseys counties ever wind...
- Tags: Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt, Government technology, Megans Law, sex offender, offender
- Blog posts 2006-12-27
- VA proposal to add emails to sex offender registries
- Virginia attorney general Bob McDonnell wants to require sex offenders to provide email addresses and IM identities to the states online registry, The Roanoke Times reports. Offenders are already required to publicize name, age, height, weight, the color of their eyes and hair, and their home and work addresses. ...
- Tags: sex offender, offender, Bob McDonnell, e-mail address, e-mail
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- 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
Additional Resources
- Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?
- I suggested that prosecutors and the Meiers think about a deal with Drew in which she waives her right to appeal. Many people wrote in to say no, along these lines: Drew bullied and by the end of the day a 13 year old girl...
- Tags: Law, Statute, Government, Internet, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Hacking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Telltale signs of SOA governance deficit
- Are there any "telltale signs" that an organization is missing the governance boat when it comes to efforts to effectively deploy SOA methodologies? Todd Biske, enterprise architect extraordinaire and author of the recently published work on SOA Governance, observes that many organizations may have conflicting priorities that emerge when it...
- Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas
- Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event coming in February. But the reality is, many people have no intention...
- Tags: Cabinet, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Security Lessons and Your Personal Firewall
- There's an interesting dynamic I've been noticing and discussing a lot recently - people and companies are grappling with how to project some facets of their lives and information online while keeping other areas secret. As i suggested in my previous post, it...
- Tags: Facebook, Firewall, Personal Firewall, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Don't call me a 'mommyblogger' - the Motrin brouhaha
- * Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Joanne Bamberger Things got a little heated in the blogosphere last week over a Motrin ad suggesting that babies were the new mommy accessory. I don't know what was going on the...
- Tags: Mother, Advertisement, Network, Blog, Insult, Joanne Bamberger, Blogging, Networking, Internet, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- The verdict: Lori Drew is guilty.
- Lori Drew has been convicted of three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud in the MySpace suicide of young Megan Meiers, 13 when she hung herself. A jury deadlocked on a fourth count of conspiracy but reduced the charges from felony to misdemeanors. Said Tina Meiers, Megan's mother:...
- Tags: Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Computer, Attorney, Lori Drew, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- The uncertainties of social media for traditional brands
- Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a vice president of Technology and New Media Markets for The Hartford, and author of the upcoming book, Unseen Liability. In today's 24/7 business world, companies and their customers are consuming, sharing and storing data at an unprecedented rate. This data has...
- Tags: Web, Brand, Network, Social Media, Tiffany, Web 2.0, Intellectual Property, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Is Apple pricing itself out of education?
- Fellow blogger, Robin Harris, wrote an interesting piece on the costly touches to the new MacBooks (design process, LED backlighting, etc.). Steve's history of putting form before function - or price - comes at a particularly bad time. The worldwide economic crunch - heckuva job, Greenspan! -...
- Tags: Education, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Steve, Netbooks, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer
- Major news sources are reporting that Facebook has won a $873 million dollar judgement against a Canadian spammer. What this means for spam on social networks is not clear, however. Adam Guerbuez of Montreal, CA, had a judgement of $873 million dropped on him by a...
- Tags: Facebook, Judgement, Spammer, E-mail World, E-mail, Spam, Social Networking, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Apple's new Macbooks: flop or fiasco?
- The news that Apple has cut Macbook production by 20-30% may not be surprising given the world economy. But when HP reports that their Q3 notebook revenue grew 26% and Mac resellers are offering rebates on the new 'books things have gone very wrong in Cupertino. Looking,...
- Tags: Revenue, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., NeXTCube, iMac G4, Steve, Netbooks, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Going back to Windows Media Center
- I'd been using Media Center as my primary DVR since shortly after the release of Windows Vista several years ago. At the time, my intention was to learn more about the other TV-oriented technology at Microsoft, which was of particular interest to me as I worked, at the time, in...
- Tags: Channel, Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Digital Video Recorder, CableCard, Media Center PCs, DVR, Digital Video, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- On a personal note
- I passed the California Bar Exam. ;-) I'll be combining writing this blog with building a law practice in cyberlaw, small business and consumer protection. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Richard Koman, Consumer Protection, Blogging, Internet
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Facebook scores SEC exemption
- Facebook has been granted an exemption by the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows the company to not comply with the same law that pushed Google into becoming a public company. The exemption, reported by Business Week today, was granted on October 14 and allows the company to continue to...
- Tags: Facebook, Exemption, SEC, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
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