| New software aids both police and suspects | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:28:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | WINSTON-SALEM -- Winston-Salem police unveiled a new high-tech system for photo lineups on Monday. The computer-based system should help increase the accuracy of lineups in criminal investigations. Police say it's the first such system in North Carolina and one of the first in the nation. It takes the photo lineups for criminal investigations out of the hands of investigators and puts them into a computerized system. The software actually does the whole procedure for us its less human error," said Winston-Salem Police Chief Pat Norris. Police will enter descriptions and other data into the computer system and it will put together the lineup from photos in the police databanks and then record a victims response. We got to compete with CSI today, and instead of officer so-and-so coming in and saying, I showed Billy Bob the lineup, he can present this as a 15 or 20-minute exhibit that just underscores how good the identification is," explained Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith.... | |
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| | | Police seeking man who stole computer | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:30:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | A felony theft on the Northwest Side is the crime of the week for the Crime Stoppers program. At 2 p.m. Sept. 11, a man entered the Staples office store at 4505 Kenny Rd. and picked up a Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion desktop computer in the box, with corresponding hardware and software. He put the merchandise into a shopping cart and left the store without paying. The man was white, between 20 and 25 years old, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, and 185 to 200 pounds. He wore blue jean shorts, a red, long-sleeved T-shirt with white stripes around the sleeves, and white tennis shoes. Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000 for information received by Nov. 22 that leads to an arrest or indictment. Information received after that could qualify the caller for a lesser reward. Call 1-888-645-TIPS (8477).... | |
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| | | Latest security software tries to block attack by blocking visits to problem sites | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:41:07 AM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK -- For years, computer security software lurked in the background and tried to stop viruses and other malicious programs as they attack your computer. Newer products are trying to keep you from reaching Web sites before the nasty programs can even launch an attack, essentially stopping threats at the source. Now McAfee Inc. has unveiled software for blocking sites identified by the company's researchers as troublesome. They include sites that distribute "spyware" and "adware" programs that track your computer usage or bombard you with pop-up ads. The offering follows last month's release of new browsers -- Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 2 -- packaged with tools that block users from known and suspected "phishing" sites, which try to steal passwords by mimicking legitimate sites.... | |
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| | | Trading guitars for software Today's garage bands are more likely to be one person and a computer | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 11:23:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Windham, N.H., resident Phil Frezzette remembers when garage bands actually practiced in the garage instead of in a makeshift recording studio in someone's bedroom. Frezzette, 53, formed Cold Heat in 1968 with a few friends in his Pelham, N.H., hometown The high-schoolers got a few paying gigs; for example, a Lawrence pastor would pay the boys $5 to play at church dances. But they were more popular on the local birthday circuit, where they donated their time and talents for free. The band only lasted for two years and unfortunately, they didn't even have enough money to buy a camera to capture the memories. But Frezzette hasn't forgotten the fun he had playing Beatles tunes with his buddies. "It was all about playing. It was a passion; we had to keep playing and make music," Frezzette said.... | |
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| | | Software can ease move to your new computer | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:16:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Do you remember the last time you got a new computer? Aside from the thrill of having something with larger capacities and more speed, try to remember what it was like having to move all of your existing software to the new one. As bad as that may have been, you can be fairly assured that your upcoming move is more than likely going to be a lot more complex. But it doesn't have to be that way. Laplink's PCmover can help you set up your new computer quickly and virtually automatically. When you buy a new computer, chances are it comes pre-loaded with all kinds of software, which is nice, but it's just the beginning. Whether you realize it or not, over the passage of time you have done a lot of customizing, putting applications in certain places, tailoring their preferences, saving files to specific locations and that's just for starters.... | |
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| | | Open EC Technologies, Inc. Reports First Quarter, Fiscal 2007 ... | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 1:35:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Oct. 30, 2006) - Open EC Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:OCE)(OTCBB:OCEIF) announces its financial results for the first quarter ended August 31, 2006 and provides an update on its operating activities. The Company has SEDAR filed its BC Form 51-901F First Quarter Report containing financial statements prepared by management without audit for the three months ended August 31, 2006 (the "Quarterly Report"). Pursuant to the requirements of National Instrument 54-102, this news release provides a reasonable summary of the information contained in the Quarterly Report. Financial Review As at August 31, 2006 and 2005: As of August 31, 2006, Open EC had $229,702 in cash and cash equivalents compared with $15,287 as of August 31, 2005.... | |
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| | | Communicating GUI Requirements for Medical Device Software Takes Words and Pictures, Intertech's Dave Vogel Writes | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:34:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | Now that medical device software looks more like personal computer software, communicating graphical user interface requirements has become more challenging because of the need for documented requirements and traceability to designs and verification tests, David Vogel, president of Intertech Engineering Associates, writes in the Oct. 20 issue of Mass High Tech. "Understanding the problems and giving some forethought about how to deal with GUI requirements will result in shorter requirements and development schedules.....and result in more robust software that meets user and market needs," he writes. And communicating GUI requirements successfully takes both pictures and words -- and it's the latter that developers often skimp on. "Developers need words to explicitly describe what is important enough about the picture to become requirements.... | |
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| | | FBI Investigating Possible Theft of Voting Software | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:19:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | The FBI is investigating the possible theft of software developed by the nation's leading maker of electronic voting equipment, said a former Maryland legislator who received three computer disks that apparently contain key portions of programs created by Diebold Election Systems. The disks bear the logos of two testing companies that send such disks to the Maryland board after using the software to conduct tests on Diebold equipment.Read the article: The Washington Post | Posted: 10/20/2006 04:25:00 PM | Permalink .... | |
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| | | Guilford County to upgrade computer system | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:11:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | Guilford County has signed a contract with a Minnesota software company to upgrade the computer systems that manage maintenance needs in non-public-safety vehicles and public buildings, according to a company announcement. The contract is with Lawson Software, which is based in St. Paul. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. The new software will replace an existing system that requires multiple points of manual data entry. By eliminating duplicate data entry requirements and allowing for online tracking, the county hopes to reduce the time needed to process the nearly 5,000 work orders it receives each year. The county expects to complete the installation within six months. Published October 17, 2006 by The Business Journal .... | |
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| | | Software helps doctors calculate heart attack risk | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:10:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | Pioneering computer software is helping doctors to decide how best to treat patients admitted to hospital with suspected heart attacks. An international consortium of researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh, has developed a programme that enables doctors to swiftly assess the severity of a patient's condition. The new 'risk calculator' is already being used in British hospitals. Doctors using the new system take key data from patients at their bedside, and input it into the specially-devised programme. Key facts such as a patient's age, medical history and blood pressure are recorded by doctors, as well as information derived from on-the-spot blood samples and kidney tests. The new patient's statistical profile is then input into a computer and matched with data derived from thousands of other coronary cases.... | |
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