Applications that provide users with details about upcoming DUI checkpoints are no longer welcome in the Apple App Store. A revision to the App Store’s Review Guidelines says “Apps which contain DUI checkpoints that are not published by law enforcement agencies, or encourage and enable drunk driving, will be rejected.”

It looks like at least one town on Long Island has found a modern way to collect fines on those who choose to install a pool on their property without pulling the necessary paperwork. Unfortunately for those homeowners, the result could mean a $75,000 fine. Wow, lots of money for the lack of proper paperwork. more »

Law enforcement agencies in the Northwest are preparing to test a new kind of non-lethal weapon. The Dazer Laser, made by North Carolina based company Laser Energetics, emits a ray of bright green light that it says temporarily blinds and disorients. It has less side affects than the popular taser and can be used at more »

The thought of being tracked is in the minds of many, personally it has crossed my mind more than I would care to admit. Now with always connected, and always tracking devices that possibility is becoming more and more commonplace. But aside from speaking of my paranoia, there may be reason to worry, or at more »

Several bullet points in the news coming out of the New York Attorney General’s office regarding the “unprecedented” decision by Time Warner, Verizon and Sprint to block child porn from their servers and keep it off them: New York AG Andrew Cuomo credited the three ISP’s with setting a voluntary “standard of responsibility…that should serve more »

It takes a lot of sophisticated, cutting-edge technology to solve a major homicide within an hour – including commercials, of course. How many times have you watched the computers used by the fictional forensics detectives on “CSI” and thought to yourself, “if only…” That is, if only databases were that fast, if only touch technology more »