Microsoft has developed a small computer tool that police can use to easily pull forensic data from computers used in crimes. The device is called COFEE ( Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor ) and it is a USB “thumb drive” that has been tested by a small group of law-enforcement agencies since June 2007. COFEE […]
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Last Wednesday the FBI made a public request for new laws that would give federal police increased powers to monitor “illegal activity” on the internet. The request from FBI Director Robert Mueller came during a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing. It seems to go beyond the current plan to monitor traffic on federal-government networks. […]
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Human rights activists are using a clever combination of Facebook and Google Earth to find wanted Darfur war criminals and bring them to justice. A Facebook page has been created on the social networking website encouraging people to report the sightings of Ahmed Haroun and Ali Kushayb. Both men were indicted by the International Criminal […]
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Filmmaker Jim Killeen is the producer of a new documentary film called Google Me. Most people have googled their names, but how many people go to the extreme of actually meeting their “google twins”? That’s the whole idea behind Google Me. In the video below News.com reporter Kara Tsuboi interviews Jim Killeen and learns about […]
CNet News is reporting that some ex Google employees are working on a new social search engine. The site is called Mechanical Zoo and is scheduled for a beta launch in May. Mechanical Zoo is aiming to be an application ( rather than a regular web site ) that will allow people to search the […]