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Police Blotter: Can a cell phone camera intimidate a witness?

Police Blotter: Can a cell phone camera intimidate a witness?NoThe issue was the implication of threating actions. It didn't matter if it was a cop or an average citizen. The issue was the implied threat. The witness' position as an undercover cop was not the point.RE: Police...

Tags: camera, witness, cell phone camera, police blotter, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

On bearing witness

It's a tragic, uncomfortable site, and while I'm glad I visited, I can't say I'd recommend it to my friends. Peter Gabriel's WITNESS organization provides video cameras and training and support to native people in a position to see and record human rights violations or their aftermath. It was founded...

Tags: camera phones, video camera, video, camera

Blog posts 2006-04-04

Police blotter: Net pharmacy conviction overturned

Police blotter: Net pharmacy conviction overturnedWhat's the problem?I don't see the problem. The witnesses testified via a "live, two-way video conference". In what way were the accused not able to "be confronted with the witnesses" against them?The judges in this case apparently have too narrow a definition of...

Tags: internet, attorneys-general, witness, pharmacy conviction

Discussion threads 2006-02-17

Additional Resources

Passports worth £2.5 million stolen in van hijack

Graham Tibbetts of the UK Telegraph is reporting that the British Foreign Office has admitted to losing around 3,000 passports and visa stickers, which were stolen on their way from Manchester to RAF Northolt in London, where they were to be sent to British embassies.  From the article: Officials...

Tags: passport, van, security, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Death Track: Resurrection demo (exe)

Death Track: Resurrection is a successor of Deathtrack, one of the founders of the combat racing genre. Death Track: Resurrection is a racing/action title that plunges players into in the not too distant future, into a world of chaos. Traditional sports are replaced by far more aggressive, violent and thrilling...

Tags: tournament, battle, 1c company, games, advertising & promotion, personal technology, marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-29

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarityBingo! ntnt"insanely profitable"Yes, IBM retained those parts of its business in which it was possible to obtain a huge markup and not worry as much about performance compared to alternatives.Microsoft already has part of that approach, as witness the markup on software. ...

Tags: tools & techniques, microsoft corp., ibm corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?

Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?The perception is ...... Apple can't be great without Steve Jobs. I personally don't feel this is necessarily the case even though when Jobs was ousted proved to be a disastrous decision for Apple.Apple is in a strong growth period and...

Tags: quality, desktops, digital media, steve j, apple inc., steve jobs

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Open source should support Apple over Psystar

Open source should support Apple over PsystarYou're offBSD and GPL are licensesEULA is a contractRE: Open source should support Apple over PsystarDon't get into this argument. "License not Contract" is a magical phrase used by Open Source 'backers' who want to rationalize the idea that using someone's code without permission...

Tags: eula, open source, apple inc., gpl, joomla

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Confirmed: Apple files suit against Psystar

Confirmed: Apple files suit against PsystarThis may end the US based Mac clonesBut it is a big, big world and other countries don't honor the US's laws. I would not be feeling to secure about my overseas markets if I was Apple.Adrian, the hater of PsystarHe seems to have a...

Tags: psystar, apple inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Another mobile phone recycling resource

Heard from someone this morning with another place where you might donate your old mobile phone, when you're looking to upgrade. The 911 Cell Phone Bank out of Ocala, Fla., is another non-profit who distributes phones for emergency purposes to crime victims, people in witness protection programs and senior citizens...

Tags: phone, mobile, cell phone, cellular phones, telecom & utilities, consumer electronics, personal technology, heather clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?

Microsoft says it's time to stop worrying about Vista - Does that make you feel any less worried?There are still issues...Network performance still needs work.File copy performance still needs work.The ghost town that is Ultimate Extra's needs to start giving us what we were promised and paid $100 extra for.I...

Tags: operating systems, microsoft windows live, microsoft windows, microsoft corp., operating system, microsoft windows vista

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper

It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks the company will be down for the count when they take their next hit, that essentially, the...

Tags: software, vmware inc., microsoft corp., virtualization, tools & techniques, open source, hardware, management, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?

Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?I for oneI for one welcome our new giant rubber snake overlords.RE: Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?I woke up one morning and my friend was hitting my forehead with a giant rubber snake...at least I think that's what it was.1 MW powers...

Tags: rubber snake, snake, giant rubber snake

Discussion threads 2008-07-06

News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP

News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XPIn retrospect......no one will ever be able to deny the legacy that Bill Gates will leave behind.All criticisms and vitriol aside from opponents and corporate rivals, Gates is easily one of the great pioneers of Information Technology.We lesser mortals...

Tags: servers, oracle corp., bill gates, microsoft corp., microsoft windows, microsoft windows xp

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die

Perhaps never has the Detroit auto industry faced such a challenge. Not from the small cool VW beetle in the 1960s. Not from the onslaught of Datsun and Toyota a decade later. Not from the Honda Civic in the Nineties. This time the challenge is not...

Tags: industry, gasoline, therapy, general motors corp., sales strategy, sales force management, sales, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most

Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the mostBrilliance = Techie + Financial ManagerialI think one of the reasons Microsoft has been so succesful is that Bill Gates was adept not necessarily the best at both spectrums: the techie and the business side. Witness General Motors under the "Smith" bean counter tenure:...

Tags: microsoft windows, recruitment & selection, mergers & acquisitions, microsoft corp., bill gates

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Chinese female hacking group spotted

Chinese girls talking about using SQL injections to serve malware and ARP spoofing, in between sharing do-it-yourself tutorials on XSS worms? Sexy.  Scott Henderson at the Dark Visitor profiled a Chinese hacking group with female members only, discussing these very same topics : "In the male dominated world of...

Tags: hacker, hacking, security, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Software industrialization: not so fast, Henry Ford

Software industrialization: not so fast, Henry Fordthink toyota, not fordFord was all about efficiency through economy of scale: decomposing tasks to commodity levels. He took control away from the workers with resultant problems in motivation. However Ford was so much more efficient than the competition that his employees'...

Tags: tools & techniques, software

Discussion threads 2008-05-26

Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated)

Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today.  Although RIM hasn't said...

Tags: jason d. o'grady, apple iphone, 3g, cellular phones, rim blackberry, verizon communications inc., handhelds, keyboards, wireless, consumer electronics, electronista, hardware, peripherals, personal technology

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?

Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?Leave it BeHey Icahn, leave it be. Yahoo has always been a healthy dose of competition for the likes of Microsoft. You, on the other hand, are just plain overly greedy. The world mostly wants it's Yahoo just the way it is... and NOT...

Tags: financial accounting, web technology, icahn, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., yahoo bid back, yahoo bid

Discussion threads 2008-05-15