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Big storage is watching you

Kudos to Larry Dignan for an informative post on the system that caught NY governor Eliot Spitzer canoodling with a prostitute. Modern information technology enables 24 hour surveillance of every citizen. Should we care? Of course not. Every citizen is a potential terrorist. You want to...

Tags: database, president, surveillance, information technology, storage, personal responsibility, gps, government, handhelds, telecom & utilities, consumer electronics, personal technology, hardware, robin harris

Blog posts 2008-03-12

ReconServer (exe)

ReconServer can monitor your PC for activity. When alarms or suspicious activity is found, you will be notified by audio or e-mail or may view a remote web-based report system. ReconServer allows remote surveillance of a computer at home or at the office. ReconServer is a network activated alarm and...

Tags: surveillance, keylogger, reconserver, e-mail, web servers, online communications, internet

Software downloads 2008-01-02

Surveillance cuts both ways

Massive storage has given governments worldwide the ability to record citizen activities and abuse human rights. And, as yesterday's post on Deep Packet Inspection noted, technology marches on. But the recording and storage revolution cuts both ways. Citizens can capture government misconduct and bring pressure to...

Tags: citizen, surveillance, storage, camera phone, u.s. government, camera phones, government, vertical industries, corporate communications, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, enterprise software, software, marketing, robin harris

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Bush signs new law allowing warantless wiretaps

On Sunday, President Bush signed into law legislation that "more or less legalizes the NSA program," in the words of Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies in Washington. The law broadly expands the government's authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of...

Tags: surveillance, government, zdnet government

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Image Recognition Wide-Area Surveillance Technology for Safety and Security in Society

Surveillance is needed to create a safe and secure society. To meet this need, the paper developed a small-object detection technology for 24/7 wide-area outdoor surveillance based on an image recognition technology that is functionally similar to human vision. It can detect people and other small objects that are represented...

Tags: security, surveillance, object, strategy, management

White papers 2007-04-01

Visual Hindsight Home Edition (exe)

Monitor your home or business over the Internet with Visual Hindsight - powerful, simple to use, and affordable to own. Visual Hindsight is the ideal remote network camera surveillance and recording tool for private or commercial use. Version 2.2.0.412 has support for Secure Protocol HTTPS. Support for up to 2...

Tags: rfc, camera, video server, video, avi, monitor, storage, security, server, internet, network, computer

Software downloads 2006-03-13

Surveillance: The Digital Revolution

Today, video surveillance has become commonplace. Everyone from government agencies to sports venues has taken advantage of the added security they provide. IBM takes it into the digital age. Digital surveillance offers more efficient storage and retrieval methods, as well as advanced capabilities like motion and abandoned object detection. These...

Tags: surveillance, ibm corp., corporate communications, marketing

White papers 2004-04-01

Additional Resources

More worries for Beijing visitors

If you are headed to or already at the Olympic Games and you weren't worried by my Tech Tips for Beijing Visitors at the end of last month, maybe you should be now, In telling the Wall Street Journal's readers "Don't Forget About China's Dissidents," Ellen Bork...

Tags: olympic games, hard drive, analysis, government, tom steinert-threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Thailand halts 'Grand Theft Auto' sales after murder

A teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the controversial game. BANGKOK--A Thai video game distributor halted sales of Grand Theft Auto on Monday after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a...

Tags: grand theft auto, video game, sales, games, personal technology, reuters, video games, violence, take-two interactive

News items 2008-08-04

No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2P

No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2PSlippery Slope argumentationYep, once they have the monitoring laws in place, next they will want to monitor a whole lot more. It is a trojan horse, but then Joe McCarthy isn't too far away in US history.Of course, Good ol' Joe needed a...

Tags: anti-p2p, monitoring

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Would you give the Feds your computers?

Would you give the Feds your computers?knee-jerkI completely agree. It's nice to see some sane responses, rather than knee-jerk reactions only.Why should a government entity require a warrant?Why should the library have any desire or need to protect it's users' privacy? I'd bet they have signs at the computer...

Tags: productivity, real estate, advertising & promotion, warrant, computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2

Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...

Tags: apple iphone, developer, app, melodies, medialets, games, personal technology, andrew mager

Blog posts 2008-08-03

Tech ‘Tips’ for Beijing Visitors

Tech ‘Tips’ for Beijing VisitorsBeijing VisitorsYour points are valid and need to be raised for the awareness of those fortunate enough to make the trip.Thought ZDnet was a technology space? The two videos posted reflect items captured on camera that reflect a negitive response of the people. Which...

Tags: corporate communications, camera, surveillance camera

Discussion threads 2008-07-31

News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest

Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...

Tags: google inc., microsoft corp., advanced micro devices inc., ibm corp., keyboards, digital cameras, digital photography, asset management, monitors & displays, hardware, peripherals, consumer electronics, personal technology, operational planning, business operations, components, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

D-Link launches new surveillance cam with Powerline networking

D-Link launches new surveillance cam with Powerline networkingFix link.Looks nice.. is there a wire between the plug and the camera or can it use batteries?I wish they had wireless power.. that would just rock!

Tags: home networking, powerline networking, powerline, d-link systems

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

D-Link launches new surveillance cam with Powerline networking

D-Link is shipping the first in the line of its D-Life products, a series that is designed to enable users to easily manage networking devices via its D-Life Web site. First up is a surveillance camera kit that allows remote viewing of live streaming video from a remote Web browser....

Tags: d-link systems, powerline networking, camera, powerline, d-life camera, home networking, networking, personal technology, rik fairlie

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things

Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with thingsPublic and PrivateYet Britain has one of the largest systems of video cameras monitoring public spaces of any nation. Perhaps the British should blur faces in their cameras--or google should tap into the surveillance system and make it available...

Tags: channel management, web

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

MySuperSpy Keylogger (exe)

MySuperSpy Keylogger is a stealthy PC spy software which allows you to secretly record all activities of PC users including every keystroke (login/password of ICQ, MSN, AOL, AIM, and Yahoo Messenger or Webmail), online chat conversation, and take screen snapshot at set intervals just like a surveillance camera directly point...

Tags: yahoo im, monitor, icq, computer monitor, pc, mysuperspy, mysuperspy keylogger, monitors & displays, desktops, hardware, components

Software downloads 2008-07-02

Security Monitor Pro (exe)

Professional Video Surveillance Software With Support For Multiple IP Cameras. Security Monitor Pro is the perfect solution for complex security problems. It can monitor and record from up to 8 IP cameras and any number of USB or FireWire webcams simultaneously, create continuous video recordings, and preview multiple cameras in...

Tags: security, video, camera, security monitor pro, corporate communications, marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-01

Biometric IDs for African penguins?

University of Bristol researchers have developed a non-intrusive visual surveillance system for wildlife habitats. They've used their system to monitor the behavior of 20,000 African penguins on Robben Island in South Africa. By definition, conventional tagging techniques can only monitor animals which have been tagged. On the contrary, the 'Penguin...

Tags: chest, monitor, researcher, camera, species, african, image-recognition system, monitors & displays, corporate communications, hardware, components, marketing, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-28