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It is hard to know where to start talking about OddBlob…except to say that it is very aptly named.  Just look at the main character in the above picture…that is one odd blob.  Aside from ... ... Related posts:Astraware Releases OddBlob for iPhone, Other Platforms to Follow Soon Press Release: Astraware Brings Glyph To Your iPhone Quick Look: Police Range from Handmark

We recently wrote about how a lawsuit filed by three alternative publication reporters against NYC for denying them press passes to NY Police press conferences ended in a settlement with NY setting up new rules for getting press credentials. There was a fair amount of back and forth in the comments, with some still believing the lawsuit was sound, even though we had trouble with the idea that the ...

We've seen all sorts of governments complaining about aspects of Google's Street View offering, but here's a first. Reader Joe points out that the city of Windsor, Ontario, has asked Google to come back and reshoot a certain location, because the current images capture a "murder crime scene" with police tape, police car and (apparently) bloody bandages. The city is upset because the...

Verizon Wireless threw its support behind the FCC's effort to craft a nationwide, interoperable public-safety broadband network, but reiterated its opposition to a key provision of the plan. "The nation's police officers, firefighters and EMS technicians must have access to advanced broadband capabilities and networks that will ensure a high level of reliability and priority," Tom Tauke,...

This is the man-bites-dog of gadget crime: a mugger stuck a gun in the face of a 15-year-old demanding cash but just said no when offered an iPod instead. It happened Sydney, Australia, where police believe the attacker was another teen. [The boy] offered him an iPod but the attacker didnt want that, Green Valley Local Area

Police officers across the UK will soon be able to check an individual’s identity at the roadside within two minutes, following the introduction of a new mobile fingerprinting device later this year. The Agency has signed a contract with Cogent...

HAMILTON, Canada - Apparently, a would-be car jacker jumped into a woman’s car and demanded that he be taken home. He did tell her had a gun to get her to comply.  She drove him to where he demanded, then told her to get out, and he took off with the car and all her

Police have carried out a search warrant at the offices of DoCoMo Guam, a local mobile network operator in the Pacific Island. Click here for more.

A rather interesting story coming from the Hamilton Spector today. According to the article written, police in Hamilton were able nab a car jacker using what appears to be the built in GPS in the victim's BlackBerry. From the article: Hamilton police said the wild events began as the woman was about to drive away from a drugstore at Mohawk Road East and Upper Wellington Street at about 9 p.m....