FBI arrests alleged Anonymous members, but hacks continue
Despite 16 arrests, hacker groups continue their activities, claiming attacks on NATO and Rupert Murdoch's News International.
When do geolocation services go too far?
TruePosition for the past four years has been selling its "location intelligence" to intelligence and law enforcement agencies worldwide, while keeping a very low profile.
Intell site tests crowdsourcing's ability to predict future
The Forecasting ACE website will try new approaches to aggregating answers in testing to see if the system can make accurate predictions.
20 years after first call, GSM rules the mobile world
Twenty years ago this month, the first mobile phone call via the Global System for Mobile Communications was made in Finland. It was a call heard 'round the world.
Text service lets patients find shortest ER wait times
Patients in some states can send a text message to a service, 4ER411, to find the shortest emergency room wait times at nearby participating hospitals.
Hospital identifies, tracks patients with palm reader
Officials at NYU's Langone Medical Center say using biometric infrared scanning to create digital palm images is the most efficient, accurate way to ensure patients get the right treatment.
Senate site hacked, Federal Reserve could be next
Hacker/activist groups Lulz Security and Anonymous are attacking government sites in protest.
Data taken in IMF hack 'political dynamite'
A foreign government is suspected of orchestrating the targeted attack that netted a large quantity of the International Monetary Fund's sensitive data.
Apple drops DUI checkpoint apps, Google stands pat
Apple has followed RIM in rejecting applications that display police DUI checkpoints, after getting a letter from four U.S. senators. Google has not yet responded.
'Stun glove' gives an arm of the law superhero powers
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department later this year will debut a prototype arm shield with a non-lethal taser, LED flashlight and laser-guided video camera, and which could add GPS, smart phone and biometrics.
Tenn. outlaws sharing passwords for Netflix, other entertainment sites
A first-of-its-kind law will make it illegal for anyone in the state to share log-in information for entertainment sites such as Netflix and Rhapsody.
Air Force wants acoustic sensors to help save the squirrels
The service is seeking acoustic fingerprinting technology to locate and track the endangered Mohave squirrels on Edwards Air Force Base.
Amazon's cloud may have been a cheap platform for PlayStation hack
The breach, in which attackers accessed personal data from more than 100 million customer accounts, is the first acknowledged time a cloud service has been used to wage an attack.
FTC asked to investigate years-old Facebook security flaw
A vulnerability left users' account information exposed, potentially giving advertisers and others access.
Facebook red-faced again after 'prom' hack
Malicious code is being delivered via a profanity-laden, continuously posting Facebook wall message urging individuals to "Vote for Nicole Santos."
Does anyone care about cloud security? Actually, no.
A survey by the Ponemon Institute finds that 73 percent of U.S. providers say their cloud services don't protect data, mostly because they don't think it's their job.
At New Orleans Jazz Fest, first responders tune in to multiband radios
DHS goes to New Orleans to conduct its latest test of Harris radios that will allow police, firefighters and emergency response personnel from multiple jurisdictions to communicate.
How an IP address can reveal your location
Research team develops a method that can pinpoint a user’s location within a half-mile, a geolocation accuracy 50 times more accurate than current systems used.
Michigan State Police defend use of data-extraction tool for cell phones
The ACLU is challenging the use of a forensics device that extracts personal data from 95 percent of cell phones on the market in less than two minutes.
FCC clears way for first responder use of military surveillance robots
The commission granted first responders continued access to the 420-450 MHz frequency band for using rugged devices that transmit video feeds, though some limitations were added.
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