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Watchdog wants global drive against online child abuse
Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 sites that peddle abusive images of children and says countries need to work together to fight the problem.
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New York City subpoenas creator of text messaging code
Creator of mass text messaging system used to aid protesters during 2004 Republican National Convention is resisting releasing data on its users.
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Police Blotter: Murderer nabbed via tracking, Web search
Husband's death is discovered through a vehicle-tracking device and a search for "decomposition of a body in water."
March 20, 2008 7:44 PM PDTPolice Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messages
Court doesn't agree with armed-robbery defendants, who say police need a judge-signed court order to obtain archived text messages.
February 25, 2008 9:00 PM PSTBelgrade smash 'n' grab becomes YouTube hit
Video of two young women looting stores during rioting in the Serbian capital draws scornful comments on video site.
February 23, 2008 1:15 AM PSTPolice Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phones
Court order lets Homeland Security obtain precise location data from T-Mobile about customer's movements in real time.
February 9, 2008 12:14 AM PSTPolice Blotter: Intoxilyzer code must be disclosed
Appeals court rules that Kentucky driver facing DUI charges based on a closed-source breath alcohol reading can inspect the source code.
January 29, 2008 8:26 PM PSTAustralian government revs up license plate cameras
National rollout could take one to four years, depending on response to a study now under way and how long it takes to secure funding for the project.
January 21, 2008 5:19 PM PSTFBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.
The agency's proposed "server in the sky" database would share biometric data on the world's most-wanted criminals.
January 16, 2008 2:15 PM PSTData-center worker sabotages Calif. power grid
An unhappy computer technician admits trying to shut down part of California's power grid in an attempt to get back at his boss.
December 17, 2007 7:11 PM PSTPolice Blotter: Can Circuit City techs legally peruse files?
After retailer allegedly discovers contraband on man's PC, he asks judges to say results of search can't be used as evidence.
December 14, 2007 4:13 PM PSTLessons learned from Kim tragedy
One year later, the death of CNET's James Kim has led to advances in search-and-rescue techniques and a better grasp of how cell phones can save lives.
How to hinder, not help, social networks
iMega chairman Joe Brennan says digital innovators face increased risks because of politically motivated short-term fixes by state governments.
December 4, 2007 12:00 PM PSTPolice swoop in on New Zealand botmaster
The suspect, seized as part of the FBI's Operation Bot Roast, is alleged to have had illegal control over 1 million computers.
November 30, 2007 4:37 PM PSTThe decline of Black Friday
Where's the pepper spray? People just aren't fighting for holiday bargains like they used to.
November 26, 2007 7:59 PM PSTPolice Blotter: Dot-com swindler goes to prison
Appeals court upholds verdict, revokes bail for church elder convicted of bilking dot-com IPO investors out of their life savings.
November 21, 2007 4:27 PM PSTPolice Blotter: Can a cell phone camera intimidate a witness?
Court rules that trial defendant committed crime when pretending to photograph an undercover officer with his cell phone.
November 16, 2007 10:16 PM PSTPolice Blotter: Did blogging juror affect DUI trial?
Court of appeals upholds conviction of drunk driver who asked for a new trial because of a juror's blogging.
November 9, 2007 5:03 PM PSTPolice Blotter: Is computer-generated pornography illegal?
Utah jury delivers guilty verdict after being told "computer-generated images" of nude minors are illegal--despite Supreme Court ruling.
November 2, 2007 8:33 PM PDTLaw enforcement's tech tester
Cdr. Charles "Sid" Heal of the LA Sheriff's Department is the go-to guy for cutting-edge gadgets that may someday shape police work.
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