MSNBC is reporting that bounty hunter Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman has been arrested along with two co-stars from his TV show today on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in an alleged kidnapping in Mexico three years ago. From the article – Chapman, 53, his son Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman were taken into custody […]
Internet Search Reunites Sailor with Lost Hat After 27 Years
As people search engines grow more powerful, the world grows smaller. This story from The Daily Press reports on a man who reunited a sailor and his lost military hat, 27 years after it was swept out to sea. After doing an extensive internet search, Vietnam veteran Will Miller reunited sailor Jeff Harris with his […]
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Facebook Planning to Allow Open Registration
We have discussed the powerful potential of using social networks like MySpace and Facebook to do people searches and background checks and research before. Once reserved only for high school and college students, Facebook is planning to allow open registration for other people. According to a post on TechCrunch — The exclusive Facebook social club, […]
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RFID Plane Tickets to Track People in Airports
A combination of RFID technology on plane tickets with high definition CCTV cameras may someday track people in airports. From www.computing.co.uk — Scientists at University College London (UCL) are developing a system that combines radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and high-definition CCTV cameras to track passenger movements in busy airports. The EU-funded project, known as […]
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Smart Video Cams Watch For Shoplifters
A recent BusinessWeek article details the emerging smart surveillance systems and video cams that use high technology to catch shoplifters. From the article — There are 6 million video cameras mounted in stores across the U.S., according to market researcher J.P. Freeman Co. Their unblinking eyes are everywhere, watching exits and peering down aisles. You […]