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Entries from August 2008
August 28, 2008
Leave the detective work to the government!
This really made me feel warm inside. Rather like ebola would.
“THIS data allows investigators to identify suspects, examine their contacts, establish relationships between conspirators and place them in a specific location at a certain time.”
So said the UK Home Office last week as it announced plans to give law-enforcement agencies, local councils and other public [...]
August 27, 2008
Be your own detective
For those of you worried about having your laptop stolen, a new piece of software has been developed at the University of Washington to help you reclaim it. Adeona, named for the Roman goddess of safe returns, is software designed for users to track the whereabouts of their laptops without a loss of privacy or [...]
August 27, 2008
YouTube to screen feature length documentary
From September 1st through November 4th, YouTube will broadcast its first widely released feature length film in its entirety. The film, Charles Ferguson’s “No End In Sight”, covers the topic of the US government’s decisions during the first few months of the war in Iraq. The doc was nominated for an Oscar, and was originally [...]
