MobileWhack is reporting on a small new SMS device that can be attached to a vehicle or other object and will send SMS text messages to the recipient’s cell phone or other mobile device that detail the travel route and current location of the person being tracked. The SMS device developed by Security Concepts uses […]
Wisconsin Newspapers Create Public Record Site
Member newspapers of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association now publish public record notices from their respective newspapers on a web site that is free to use by the general public. To view the published public notices, follow the WNA News site link and click on the menu option for “Public Notice Web Site” at WNA News. […]
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FirstGov’s New Government Search Engine
The new FirstGov search engine powered by Vivisimo and Microsoft has been launched 3 months ahead of schedule. The new search engine for the US Federal Government now indexes over 40 million pages compared to 8 million pages for the previous search site. The FirstGov search engine uses Vivisimo’s clustering technology to cluster similar results […]
Police Stake Out Facebook
An article in The California Aggie discusses how campus police are using the popular social networking site to hunt criminals and cyberstalkers. From the article — Lt. Nader Oweis, a detective with the UC Davis Police Department, insisted the officers are not using their Facebook accounts for the purpose of staking out students or farming […]
Verizon Wireless Supports Cell Phone Privacy
TMCnet is reporting that wireless cell phone service provider Verizon has thrown its support behind a bill that would protect customer cell phone records from being illegally obtained by data providers. From the article — Verizon Wireless issued the following statement today from Steve Zipperstein, vice president of legal and extreme affairs: “As the first […]
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