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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Yahoo Search Tips
For skip tracers, private investigators and other web search professionals who want to get more out of the major search engines like Yahoo! and Google , CNet.com has published a three-part article on Yahoo! search tips. The article starts with the basic building blocks of creating good search engine queries and then moves on to […]
Talking Parrot Tattles on Cheating Girlfriend
The next time you want to investigate a cheating girlfriend, or cheating boyfriend for that matter, maybe you should buy an African Grey Parrot instead of hiring a private eye. CNN.com is reporting on a brilliant, talking bird that revealed the words and phrases of a cheating girlfriend to its owner. From the article — […]
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