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  • Child porn blocked by new 'fingerprint' system

    Organisations are being offered an unusual new anti-child porn system that can identify and block real, individual images by comparing them to one of the world's largest databases of such pictures.Working from a 400,000 image and video database…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Spot • Pictures • Images • Databases • Blocked • Block

  • Spanish police shut down 'world's largest' botnet

    Over the next month or two, there should be "a pretty big decline" in the number of infected computers, Davis said.With the help of the Mariposa Working Group, Spanish police arrested the first Mariposa operator in January in Bilbao, Spain, Davis…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Operation • Linked • Intelligence • Defense • Botnet • Authorities

  • Microsoft downs site after top-secret guide published

    The guide explains the information that is retained by Microsoft from customer activities, for how long it is saved, and how it can be accessed by police and security services in accordance with US legal requirements.After discovering the document…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Records • Publication • Law • Guide • Enforcement • Agencies

  • Google to appeal Italian convictions

    Google has denounced the conviction of three of its executives by an Italian court and said it will help the employees appeal the ruling.The Google employees were convicted and given suspended six-month sentences for allowing a video of several…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Trial • Privacy • Person • Hosting • Executives • Employees

  • Judge orders schools to stop laptop spying

    Blake Robbins' MacBook is also to be examined by a third-party computer forensics expert, DuBois said.Earlier Monday, the ACLU of Pennsylvania asked DuBois to let it participate in the case, arguing that the school district violated the Fourth…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Students • School • Rights • Evidence • District • Disable

  • Forcing ISPs to police web for copyright infringement will hurt privacy

    Forcing ISPs to police web for copyright infringement will hurt privacy Paul Meller European Data Protection Supervisor slams ACTA copyright protection plans news The anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) being negotiated in secret by the US…
    22 February 2010
    Tags: Trade • Talks • European Commission • Draft • Adopt

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    You want to monitor the hell out of what you and other people are doing with your domains and theirs, so you can turn off the system and anything that connects to it if you or someone you trust has a problem.Some registrars are hardening their…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Wall Street • Stopped • Scenarios • Scenario • Rogue • Disaster Recovery

  • 8 weird but cool Android apps

    Don't want the Navy - ie, the police - to give you a ticket when the meter runs out? You told your boss that you bought your Android smartphone so that you could track your business calls, be more effective when travelling for your company, have…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Star • Movie • Mention • Gps • Gmail • Background

  • Top 10 most ridiculous tech stories of 2009

    When an event at Roosevelt Field mall became rowdy, police told the artists label to send a Tweet telling the crowd to disperse. When that allegedly didnt happen, police arrested Roppo, a senior vice president of Island Def Jam Records, and claimed…
    08 December 2009
    Tags: Tech • Hacker • Hack • Fake • Corporation • Chrome

  • Reader's top stories of 2009

    Swedish police? The economic crisis, the lingering effects of the recession, natural disasters, war and revolution. With all of that going on, it seems like our readers needed a little light relief. This year has seen tumultuous events shake the…
    01 December 2009
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Events • Story • Readers • Hacker • Universal

  • Deep Packet Inspection

    Using this classification, they can better optimize their resources for mission-critical traffic, police use of noncritical ones, and minimise network congestion. Deep packet analysis has made its presence in traffic management and network analysis.
    05 June 2009
    Tags: Flow • Intelligence • Tasks • Latency • Packet • Limit

  • Why employees ignore security

    If you run red light, you know there is a chance the police will stop you," said Kenney. We asked Frank Kenney, a Gartner analyst focused on application development and integration, for some thoughts on the major reasons why people don't adhere to…
    04 November 2008
    Tags: Accounts • Respondents • Workers • Blocked • Actions • Ignore

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How-Tos

  • How to DoS a federal wiretap

    Of course, criminals have plenty of easier ways to dodge police surveillance. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the US.
    17 November 2009
    Tags: Mobile Phones • Law • Sms • University • Records • Tap

  • How to build a data forensics lab on the cheap

    All too frequently a peer will contact me in a panic about recovering deleted files from a suspect's hard drive - after my peer has trampled on the digital evidence like a rookie police officer at his first crime scene.
    28 July 2009
    Tags: Dollars • Registry • Blocking • Remove • Scene • Suspect

  • Case Study: Protecting sensitive information in transit

    The City of London Police use biometric security-enabled Stealth MXP USB storage devices for sensitive information transfer, HMRC could learn from this. For the City of London Police, information leakage isn't just business critical, it is a matter…
    14 December 2007
    Tags: Integrity • Crime • Copying • Field • Force • Secured

  • Case Study: Datacentres get religion

    ADC is a San Francisco-based start-up that hopes to build a business around providing energy-efficient datacentres for Fortune 1,000 companies, including banks, insurance providers and retailers.The 3,700-acre base was closed as a military site…
    09 October 2007
    Tags: Buildings • Water • American • Conversion • Feet • Canada

  • Case Study: Solar-powered web hoster used by Live Earth

    Live Earth will stage official concerts in New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg and Hamburg, and will feature a mix of both legendary music acts like The Police, Genesis, Bon Jovi and Madonna with the latest…
    06 July 2007
    Tags: Powered • Gained • Blade Servers • Virtualization • Hosting • Opteron

  • Case Study: Data centre moving day: REJIS makes it a smooth one

    But REJIS also provides data connections to the National Park Service police that are based at St. Louis' most noticeable landmark, the Gateway Arch.REJIS also supports more than 1,000 mobile devices that are in local police cars.
    20 June 2007
    Tags: Disaster Recovery • Enforcement • Cables • Raised • Tapes • Dozen

Reviews

  • TomTom XL IQ Routes Edition satnav

    If we had to find a fault, it'd concern the device's omission of a stylus to aid chubby-finger input.TomTom has added the ability to direct you to the nearest petrol station, mechanic or police station.
    12 May 2009
    Tags: Station • Edition • Skills • Road • Route • Routes

  • TomTom GO 730 review

    As we approached a construction site that has been active for months, an icon of a figure with its arms up wearing a police hat popped up in the road - the construction site.This particular site causes delays that are so minor that we don't mind…
    13 November 2008
    Tags: Multimedia • Places • Road • Tom • Car • Destination

  • TomTom XL review

    The RoadAngel was anything but quiet.TomTom has, however, borrowed a trick from Navman and added the ability to direct you to the nearest petrol station, mechanic or police station, should the need arise.
    29 August 2008
    Tags: Intelligent • Satellite • Portal • Road • Route • Navigation

  • Com One Phoenix WiFi Radio review

    The two stereo speakers offer good sound, especially for two relatively small speakers placed close together - we didn't crank it up to its maximum for fear that a neighbour would call the police, but we did get some good sounds out of it.The…
    07 February 2008
    Tags: Audio • Stations • Speakers • Media Player • Wifi • Streams

  • iTunes movie rentals

    As we published this article, the catalogue fits on a single page in iTunes, and runs the gamut from recently-released action films such as '300' to classics like 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', comedies, family films, and some offbeat fare like the…
    18 January 2008
    Tags: Icon • Movies • Watching • Transfers • Wonder • Watch

  • Navman S30 satellite navigation device

    Should you get into real trouble, there's an emergency button on the Navman S30's main screen that gives you fast access to fire, hospital, police and breakdown service information, along with an option to direct you straight to the nearest…
    01 October 2007
    Tags: Cameras • Portable • Satellite • Names • Warn • Navigation

White Papers

  • Email archiving UK law, regulations and implications for business

    Even organisations with well-defined and well-enforced policies on the use of traditional communications have struggled to police electronic communications. Basic, usually folderbased search-and-retrieval functions in their email applications are…
    21 March 2007
    Tags: Transfer • Implemented • Electronic • Archiving • Actions • Retrieval

  • Your IT Guy has Enough on His Plate Without Being the HIPAA Police

    Your IT Guy has Enough on His Plate Without Being the HIPAA Police Kace The KBOX HIPAA approach whitepaper The compliance deadlines for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Final Security Rule have come and gone.
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Clock • Act • Employee • Health • Violations • Hipaa

  • A 5-Step Guide to Protecting Backup Data: Best Practices You Cant Afford to Overlook

    The British police prevail: they set up a sting, catch the data crook, and solve the crime. Backup encryption should be one of many activities that formulate a comprehensive security strategy. In many environments, storage has operated outside of…
    23 January 2007
    Tags: Industries • Policies • Events • Breaches • Tapes • Organizations

  • Syracuse Police Department

    Syracuse PD like other police departments gradually built pockets of information and systems within their department using tools such as spreadsheets, text-based documents, as well as client-based databases.
    12 January 2007
    Tags: Databases • Safety • Paper • Division • Criminal • Police

  • Using Wireless and E-Forms to Speed Communications and Better Law Enforcement

    Syracuse Police Department was the first agency in Onondaga County, New York, to deploy electronic field reporting in 2004. Today we have 1,308 law enforcement personnel from police agencies across the county as well as individuals from the DAs…
    12 January 2007
    Tags: Electronic • Law • Enforcement • Incident • Department • Forms

  • University of Colorado at Boulder Police Department

    The CU Police relied on a paper-based housing security report to capture and report all housing security incidents. This report was then physically routed to multiple groups within the police department and was eventually returned to the housing…
    12 January 2007
    Tags: Charge • Paper • Capture • Action • Department • Police

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