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Boston police have used Craigslist in order to find more potential victims of accused killer Philip Markoff.  Markoff was arrested early this week as evidence mounted against him that led police to believe that the medical student used Craigslist to prey on women.  Markoff was charged with killing a masseuse… Continue Reading »

A new service focused around the use of cell phones has been announced, it’s called “My Mobile Witness.”  Upon first seeing the name, I immediately felt like I wanted to bash it for being some sort of invasion of privacy-enabling service.  Turns out that isn’t the case.  My Mobile Witness… Continue Reading »

The alleged takeover of the City by the Bay may sound totally rare, but, unfortunately, it has happened before that disgruntled employees take to modern technology as a means for revenge. City tech employee Terry Childs, allegedly modified the city system so that he was the only one with top… Continue Reading »

Recently, we reported on how the OpenTable Beta version has made it possible to set up a reservation at your nearest restaurant, however it would appear that restaurant reservations aren’t the only thing that have been updated for mobile technology. Police departments in Boston, Cincinnati, and 100 other communities have… Continue Reading »

YouTube, while being widely popular and still taking more than its fair share of criticism over the use and what videos get uploaded still has some very good potential uses. It’s just up to the user or in this case the group to make good use of such a wide… Continue Reading »

Is GoDaddy playing censorship God again or did the police ranking site RateMyCop actually really hit its bandwidth limit? RateMyCop has been gaining popularity lately because it allows visitors to post comments and ratings on police officers. It would have been alright if the site was not disclosing officer names… Continue Reading »