Colorado woman must turn over computer password
February 21, 2012 – 11:03 | Comments Off

The Associated Press – Published: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012
DENVER — A federal appeals court in Denver refuses to get involved in a mortgage and real estate fraud case that raises questions about whether turning over …

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London – Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan
February 18, 2012 – 16:43 | Comments Off
London – Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan

The Telegraph – By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent
Details of every phone call and text message, email traffic and websites visited online are to be stored in a series of vast databases under new Government …

How To Download and Open Zip Files on iPad
February 16, 2012 – 12:09 | Comments Off
How To Download and Open Zip Files on iPad

Notebooks.com – by Kevin Purcell
Here’s the scenario. You are working on a deadline and receive an email from a colleague with the important project proposal in a compressed zip file. You need to open and …

Shyness as illness? Experts blast new mental health ‘bible’
February 9, 2012 – 17:29 | Comments Off
Shyness as illness? Experts blast new mental health ‘bible’

MSNBC News / Reuters – updated 2/9/2012 2:07:17 PM ET
LONDON — Millions of healthy people – including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes – may be wrongly labeled mentally ill by …

Judge orders woman to give up password to hard drive
January 24, 2012 – 08:48 | Comments Off
Judge orders woman to give up password to hard drive

MSNBC News – By Suzanne Choney
In the future, your hard drive may not be your hard drive: A federal judge has ruled that a Colorado woman, charged in a mortgage scam case, must turn over …

Hi-Tech Talk: The best places to trade-in your electronics
January 20, 2012 – 16:32 | Comments Off
Hi-Tech Talk: The best places to trade-in your electronics

By Suzanne Kantra – Techlicious – MSNBC.COM
If you’re holding back on upgrading to a new cell phone, camera or laptop because of cost, you may be surprised how much your old device will bring at …

What to do with your old cellphones, cameras and computers
December 28, 2011 – 17:41 | Comments Off
What to do with your old cellphones, cameras and computers

The Los Angeles Times – December 28, 2011
If this holiday season was all about upgrading for you — upgrading to a better computer, phone or camera — then it’s time to think about what to …

New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried
December 27, 2011 – 09:24 | Comments Off
New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried

Associated Press – by CHRIS HAWLEY – 12/26/2011
NEW YORK — Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of a highly abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur …

When DNA Evidence Suggests ‘Innocent,’ Some Prosecutors Cling to ‘Maybe’
November 16, 2011 – 09:46 | Comments Off
When DNA Evidence Suggests ‘Innocent,’ Some Prosecutors Cling to ‘Maybe’

The New York Times – By ERICA GOODE – Published: November 15, 2011
CHICAGO — For 17 years, Terrill Swift and three other men convicted in the 1994 rape and strangulation of a prostitute here have …

German officials admit using spyware on citizens, as Big Brother scandal grows
October 11, 2011 – 17:45 | Comments Off
German officials admit using spyware on citizens, as Big Brother scandal grows

By Bob Sullivan – MSNBC.COM
A government surveillance software scandal that erupted in Germany this weekend has spread beyond that nation’s borders, raising questions about how far government officials around the globe might go to monitor …

Why Eyewitness Memory Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be (Part III)
September 30, 2011 – 18:37 | Comments Off
Why Eyewitness Memory Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be (Part III)

Why Eyewitness Memory Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be (Part III)
The Huffington Post – 9/30/11 12:53 PM ET
In Part I and Part II of this post, I began recounting my recent experiences as an …

Marijuana DNA database can track pot’s origins – “…will help law enforcement track where the drug came from and link it to criminal drug trafficking organizations”
September 24, 2011 – 13:37 | Comments Off
Marijuana DNA database can track pot’s origins – “…will help law enforcement track where the drug came from and link it to criminal drug trafficking organizations”

By Scott Beaulieu – NBCConnecticut.com
There is a new tool in the ongoing war on drugs and it comes from a forensic scientist at the University of New Haven.
Heather Miller Coyle, an associate professor in the …

Series of DNA mix-ups in Dutch court research
September 11, 2011 – 19:02 | Comments Off
Series of DNA mix-ups in Dutch court research

Documents seen by the paper appear to confirm that hundreds of errors were made in analyses of DNA samples found at crime scenes. In 1.3 percent of investigations errors were discovered, some of which were …

To Prevent False IDs, Police Lineups Get Revamped
July 6, 2011 – 22:58 | Comments Off
To Prevent False IDs, Police Lineups Get Revamped

National Public Radio – by ALIX SPIEGEL
[See link at the bottom for an audio of the story interview ]
In a small room at police headquarters in Dallas, a police officer and the eyewitness to a …

California – San Bernardino County – Public defenders turn to iPad for complete digital case management
May 21, 2011 – 23:20 | Comments Off
California – San Bernardino County – Public defenders turn to iPad for complete digital case management

Two attorneys develop entire system through existing apps – May 21, 2011 9:00 PM
It’s a typical sight at the Victorville courthouse.
Carrying an armful of files, public defenders move from one client to another in the …

Top County Defense Attorney Gets Life-Saving Treatment for Blood-Vessel Tear
May 18, 2011 – 09:02 | Comments Off
Top County Defense Attorney Gets Life-Saving Treatment for Blood-Vessel Tear

Top County Defense Attorney Gets Life-Saving Treatment for Blood-Vessel Tear
John Digiacinto, chief executive of the San Mateo County Bar Association, credits Stanford Hospital & Clinics with saving his life after he suffered a massive tear of …

California State Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues releases final report
April 29, 2011 – 19:59 | Comments Off
California State Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues releases final report

California State Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues releases final report –  Apr 29, 2011
San Francisco – The Judicial Council of California today received a comprehensive report from the Task Force …

Wall Street Journal Law Blog – When Wiretapping Runs Wild
April 23, 2011 – 14:24 | Comments Off
Wall Street Journal Law Blog – When Wiretapping Runs Wild

Wall Street Journal Law Blog – When Wiretapping Runs Wild
U.S. officials have used secret wiretaps as a powerful weapon against cheaters on Wall Street. But recent insider-trading cases have raised fresh questions about when government …

iPhone tracking shocked pair who made discovery
April 23, 2011 – 13:56 | Comments Off
iPhone tracking shocked pair who made discovery

iPhone tracking shocked pair who made discovery - CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports the hidden tracking file was discovered by researchers Alisdair Allan and Pete Warden.
“The amount of data,” said Allan. “The sheer volume of …

Charles R. Marmar, M.D.: How To Get Mental Health Care Right For Today’s Veterans
April 17, 2011 – 00:31 | Comments Off
Charles R. Marmar, M.D.: How To Get Mental Health Care Right For Today’s Veterans

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Forensic news article – Enhancing Investigations with GPS Evidence
April 13, 2011 – 10:30 | Comments Off
Forensic news article – Enhancing Investigations with GPS Evidence

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