Agents describe epic drug dealer busts Apr 3, 2008
Far from glamour and high-tech wizardry, her world in the mid-1970s meant sleepless nights on spike heels in smoke-filed joints with dangerous men, wearing a bulky concealed transmitter that burned her skin, using index card files rather than computer databases and searching for functioning pay phones in a world without cell phones. One of just five female DEA agents then, Buckley was paired with an informant whose profession was armed robbery of drug stash houses. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Witnesses detail investigation tactics Mar 17, 2008
She reviewed searches made on the LAPD's computer databases using Arneson's serial number and password, "sparky," between 1999 and 2003. In these searches he looked into individuals' criminal histories and Dept. of Motor Vehicle records, allegedly sending the results to Pellicano. (Variety)
Web Exclusive: Mar 4, 2008
The Post-Dispatch reviewed thousands of pages of government records, analyzed dozens of computer databases and interviewed hundreds of people, including police officers, prosecutors, ex-fugitives and crime victims. The newspaper found. (North County Times)
Patients die from poor care; families don't hear full story Mar 2, 2008
The Nmbled its list by cross-referencing redacted copies of internal state documents and computer databases with such public records as death certificates and autopsy reports -- matching birth and death dates, locations of death and the circumstances. In several cases, confidential medical records were released with the cooperation of the deceased patient's family. (News & Observer)
Happy 16th, Granny - and other leap day tales Mar 1, 2008
There are even leap day activists, who lobby calendar-makers to put the words "Leap Day" on Feb. 29, and distribute software that will get rid of bugs in computer databases that list Feb. 29 as an invalid birth date ... Hayes-White, a native San Franciscan, said computer snafus used to be a bigger problem before a lot of computer databases were overhauled during the Y2K scare. (San Francisco Chronicle)
High Tech Solution Protects Against Identity Theft Feb 26, 2008
"These days identity thieves aren't just getting access to your personal information by dumpster diving or stealing wallets. They are hacking into computer databases that contain a wealth of information about you." ... The service monitors thousands of identity records on your behalf - across the largest computer databases in the world. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Predicting a Pandemic Feb 24, 2008
Their original research studied which factors were likely to contribute to extinctions of large mammals and required assembling large computer databases to model and forecast extinctions. They took into account things like human population density, home-range sizes of animal populations and maps of geographic ranges of mammal species. (U.S. News & World Report)
Employees' snooping on customer data is common Feb 22, 2008
Vast computer databases give curious employees the ability to look up sensitive information on people with the click of a mouse. The WE Energies database includes credit and banking information, payment histories, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and energy usage. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Teamsters' Hearing Set for Tuesday on Legality of Cross-Border Trucking Feb 12, 2008
Those included upgrading inspection facilities, computer databases and state enforcement capacity. The requirements have not been met, according to the Transportation Department's own inspector general. (PR Newswire)
Old-fashioned police work collared Daytona serial killer Gerald Stano Feb 8, 2008
Computer databases that can bring up similar traits from other murders with a keystroke were just a dream of farsighted law enforcement officials. Stano's arrest set off a sort of feeding frenzy among law enforcement agencies, each hoping to clear crimes that had been on the books for years. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Safety can’t wait Feb 5, 2008
Yet today s FDA computer databases are so dysfunctional that the agency cannot even say with certainty how many foreign plants now send such products into the United States, the GAO reported. And its inspection record is poor even with the plants it knows about. (Montana Standard, MT)
Fourth Police Officer Fired In Madison Jan 30, 2008
Since his suspension late last summer, he has been arrested on charges of interfering with a police investigation in New Haven on behalf of a friend while off-duty; looking up the names of women he knew on police computer databases; committing a workers' compensation scam; and threatening witnesses. The police commission sustained 50 departmental charges against Durgin. (FOX61, CT)
Software AG's Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises 21% on Higher Licensing Revenues Jan 24, 2008
Founded by five consultants in 1969 as a manager of computer databases, Software AG expanded into the U.S. and Asia in the 1970s and now operates in about 70 countries. To contact the reporters on this story: Marcel van de Hoef in Amsterdam at ; Joseph Mapother in Frankfurt at. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
RNA Shown To Silence Cancer Suppressor Gene Jan 16, 2008
Following clues that suggested such a role for antisense RNA, the researchers first surveyed computer databases for tumor suppressor genes with known neighboring antisense RNAs. They found antisense counterparts to 21 well-known tumor suppressor genes and decided to further study one of them, p15. (Science Daily)
more » Dec 29, 2007
TitleVue builds computer databases for county governments, having already done so for White, Van Buren and Cleburne counties and currently working on Pulaski, Jackson, Faulkner, Lonoke and Saline counties. High-speed broadband is a type of Internet access that is much quicker than standard dial-up. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
2007: Year in review Dec 27, 2007
Feb. 21 School libraries finally reopened their doors to students, after closing down for several weeks as librarians entered some 60,000 volumes into computer databases and placed barcodes on the books. Feb. 28 A dispute between the Lebanon Aquatic District and the Lebanon Aquatics Club was ended when a small claims court judgment found disputed equipment belonged to the Aquatic District. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Creative vigilantes Dec 24, 2007
At the end of their paper on fashion, Sprigman and Raustiala provide a list of possibilities that includes computer databases, microprocessors, furniture designs, perfume, fireworks displays, even tattoos and hairstyles. ("Hairstyles, which typically originate with celebrities, are freely copied by barbers and hairstylists."). (Boston Globe)
Central Asia: Rethinking Border-Control Assistance Dec 4, 2007
In addition, donors have shared know-how on border management techniques, through training programs and assistance in building integrated computer databases to monitor the movement of people. These programs all assume that Western experience can easily be transferred to Central Asia. (EurasiaNet.org)
U.S. to rely more on Iraqis' measurements of violence Dec 2, 2007
The information has been incorporated into computer databases and presented to commanders as a measure of the myriad threats encountered by U.S. troops. Under Petraeus's predecessor, General George Casey Jr., the primary mission was to transfer responsibility gradually to Iraq's security forces. (International Herald Tribune)
Understanding Allergies By Mapping Chemical Structures Recognized By Immune System Nov 17, 2007
LIAI's project efforts will be accelerated through bioinformatics along with the use of the allergy epitope information already in the IEDB. Bioinformatics uses computer databases, algorithms and statistical techniques to analyze biological information. "We developed the IEDB and we're going to take advantage of that huge resource to improve our epitope identification algorithms based on that data," said Bjoern Peters, Ph. (Science Daily)
Horse lovers have fantasy teams Nov 10, 2007
" At the end of each season, the winning players are awarded a prize. Ross isn't quite sure what the prizes will be . "I'm still working on that," Ross said. About a dozen people have signed up to play since Fantasy Team Challenge launched Monday. "I thought it was a clever idea and, obviously, for a very good cause," said Chris Spire, an equestrian who helped Ross with some computer databases. Spire said he has faith in Ross' idea after watching her grow Challenge of the Americas from a... (The Palm Beach Post)
ManTech rallies on earnings forecast Nov 2, 2007
The Fairfax-based company, which builds computer databases that track terrorists and communications networks for military troops, had $383. 4 million in third-quarter revenue, up 35 percent from a year ago. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Fingerprint evidence on trial Oct 27, 2007
Typically, when detectives recover a fingerprint at a crime scene, experts scan computer databases for possible matches among the millions of known prints. But a human, combining rational analysis and gut feeling, makes the final call. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
• She's On A Mission For The Missing Oct 26, 2007
Critical information about him still has not been entered into nationwide law enforcement computer databases. "I've learned that our system is much less organized," said Smolinski, whose burning intensity is there in her small dark eyes that keep staring back at me, unblinking. (FOX61, CT)
The Oprah Effect Oct 23, 2007
The reports that several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. Instead, the libraries are signing onto the , a nonprofit aimed at making their materials broadly available. (CBS News)
Research libraries close their books to Google and Microsoft Oct 20, 2007
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they were put off by restrictions these companies wanted to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance, a nonprofit effort to make digital material as widely accessible as possible. (International Herald Tribune)
Mexico is reducing killings, drug supply Oct 3, 2007
And taking a page from U.S. police forces, it's gearing up to use computer databases, modern training techniques and powerful scanners to check cargo ships for weapons and drugs. Drug prices up. (KHOU.com, TX)
The heart of the splatter Sep 30, 2007
The Forth Worth museum has previous experience with this kind of show: It created an exhibit called "Whodunit? The Science of Solving Crime" in the early 1990s, and it was a big success, says Walter, who notes that there have since been many advances in the field worth exploring, especially in computer databases and DNA. An exhibit designer with Hollywood connections helped put Fort Worth officials in touch with "CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker, who quickly became a big supporter of the new exhibit.... (Boston Globe)
Dodge the sharks and keep yourself afloat Sep 22, 2007
Thousands of investors screen computer databases to identify cheap stocks based on things like low valuation ratios and high growth rates, low debt-to-equity levels, etc. But stocks that dont show up in these screens can be much more interesting because they havent been picked over by the investment community. (FT.com -- Markets)
Sultan Police Chief Under Investigation; Assistant Fired Sep 11, 2007
For starters, Sultan Police employee Caroline Pepperell has been fired (pending an appeal) for using "law-enforcement-only" computer databases for personal reasons. The reasons for the termination are all laid out in a Washington State Patrol report. (KIRO TV, WA)
WHY SECURITY AND LIBERTY FIT HAND IN GLOVE Sep 10, 2007
We can now do things with computer databases, surveillance cameras and data-mining technologies, just to name a few, that were unimaginable even a decade ago. The surveillance they support, and knowledge they may generate, may aid the government in keeping us both safe and free. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Around Us 09-07-2007 Sep 8, 2007
Anybody who uses a credit card anywhere needs to know that they re electronically handled and information can be accessed by people who can access computer databases. Amarillo Globe-News. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Lost in the surf Aug 21, 2007
In an update of the case posted online, the receiver says he has examined "literally millions of lines of computer databases" in CEP records. Thus far, Perkins writes, he hasn't found evidence that the company had any source of income other than client cash flowing in. (Triangle Business Journal)
Red Cross may furlough 50 in Johnstown Aug 17, 2007
The new system will allow the 35 regions to combine their currently separate computer databases of donors, she said. As of now, each region develops its own database under the donor management department, which maintains donor histories, performs data entry functions, manages donor counseling over test results and conducts reviews of blood donation documents and infectious disease case investigations, she said. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Jail Initiative Targets Deadbeat Parents Aug 2, 2007
These programs depend upon matches to large state and national computer databases to track these people down, and are effective in the cases of non-custodial parents who function in the mainstream economy. However, it is much more difficult to collect owed child support from non-custodial parents who live their lives "underground," Hampson noted. (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)
Treasure the privacy of old-fashioned newspapers Jul 28, 2007
Are you comfortable with someone or computer databases compiling lists of the subject matter you read. Are you ready to look out to your driveway some morning and not see this newspaper. (North County Times)
Software AG Second-Quarter Profit Gains 27 Percent on License Revenues Jul 27, 2007
Founded by five consultants in 1969 as a manager of computer databases, Software AG expanded into the U.S. and Asia in the 1970s and now operates in some 70 countries. Increasing demand for its products and acquisitions may help the company meet its 1 billion- euro revenue target a year ahead of the 2011 plan, Chief Executive Officer Karl-Heinz Streibich said June 21. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Figuring out lay of the land is no easy job for surveyor Jul 19, 2007
His decades of experience span the 1970s, when surveyors lacked even calculators and scribbled readings by hand, to today's computer databases and increasingly widespread application of Global Positioning System technology. Schwaderer sat down this week to answer questions about just what it is surveyors do. (Anchorage Daily News)
UK: 'Big Brother' plan for police to use new road cameras... Jul 18, 2007
The Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Nick Clegg, said the "unintended act of open government" had revealed the disingenuous attitude of ministers towards public fears about a creeping surveillance state: "No wonder Douglas Alexander was keen to tone down these proposals, since he must know that public resistance to a road charging scheme will go through the roof if it is based on technology which poses a threat to personal privacy. Bit by bit, vast computer databases are being made... (The Drudge Report)
Private eyes come clean Jul 15, 2007
He learned that private investigators had access to certain computer databases denied the general public that could help him collect on his judgment. Fascinated by the whole process, the mystery lover took a private investigators course in California and hung up his PI shingle, working out of his home office after seeing little drop-in business at a couple of regular office locations. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
One mystery leads to another in case of deceased veteran Jul 9, 2007
Randolph Detective Richard Lucey , who scoured computer databases for information about Dollaway, said he can accept not knowing the full story of Clyde Dollaway. "We may never know," he said. (Boston Globe)
Basha High teacher reaches for cutting edge Jul 5, 2007
Use of computer databases in biotechnology. Week 9: Production of a recombinant biotechnology product: molecular genetic engineering, recombinant DNA methodology, cloning, PCR amplified DNA.. (AZCentral -- Business)
Google compromises, limits EU data retention Jun 12, 2007
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007 11:50:17 AM. SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc is scaling back how long it keeps personally identifiable data accumulated from its Web users, seeking to mollify a European Union watchdog that has questioned its privacy policies. (Economic Times)
Google limits data retention in compromise with EU Jun 12, 2007
In his six-page letter, Fleischer details the trade-offs involved in limiting how long Google stores its users' data before "anonymizing" it, industry lingo that refers to the cleansing of computer databases of personal information. The Google privacy official notes that the national data retention policies of individual European nations vary from six months to 24 months, depending on the country. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
WP: Breach shows borders still vulnerable Jun 11, 2007
Also controversial are the financial and privacy tolls of stricter national standards for IDs such as driver's licenses and more intrusive computer databases of fingerprints and other ID tools. Yet the complex and sophisticated system being erected to sort out dangerous "needles" such as terrorists from a haystack of innocent travelers remains vulnerable to fraud and errors by frontline border inspectors, consular officers, immigration officers and motor vehicle department clerks. (MSNBC -- Race)
Software Raises 2007 Profit Forecast Following the Purchase of WebMethods Jun 2, 2007
Founded by five consultants in 1969 as a manager of computer databases, Software AG expanded into the U.S. and Asia in the 1970s and now operates in 70 countries. Streibich is seeking to expand in Asia and Latin America and plans to start selling the company's software in Brazil next year. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Graffiti battle goes high-tech in US Jun 2, 2007
Global positioning systems (GPS), digital photography and computer databases are joining the humble paint can as US cities battle to obliterate graffiti and catch its shadowy perpetrators. "In the past, authorities had no way of keeping track of who was doing the damage in their city," said Tim Kephart, the president of Los Angeles-based Graffiti Tracker, whose systems are being bought by a growing number of American cities. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
F-14 Parts, Anyone? Jun 2, 2007
New computer databases and centralized warehouses will help ensure more consistency, Davis says. "The systems in place are far superior to anything that's been in place before," she adds. (BusinessWeek)
Place your bets for when Atlantis will launch Jun 1, 2007
-- for $280M. -- Grafitti Tracker uses GPS, digital photography and computer databases to track. Wired-- Investigating your online habits -- and saving that information. (USA Today -- Tech)
Hi-tech tool tracks city graffiti May 31, 2007
Graffiti Tracker, the brainchild of graduate student and crime analyst Timothy Kephart, uses global positioning systems (GPS), digital photography and computer databases to track and catch graffiti artists. The system - dubbed Graffiti Analysis/Intelligence Tracking System (GAITS) - takes pictures of graffiti, using GPS cameras that record the date, time and exact location. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cities turn to GPS to wipe out graffiti May 30, 2007
Takeaway: Graffiti Tracker, now being used by several cities, uses global positioning systems, digital photography and computer databases to nab taggers. Global positioning systems, digital photography and computer databases are joining the humble paint can as U.S. cities battle to obliterate graffiti and catch its shadowy perpetrators. (TechRepublic)
Fake Kidnappings Spread May 26, 2007
" cried the male voice on Rodolfo Melchor's cell phone. Then a woman: "Honey, it's me. " The office machine repairman, on a break at work, dialed police and sprinted home, finding after the most harrowing 30 minutes of his life that his family was just fine. Melchor had avoided falling victim to a "virtual kidnapping," a scheme aimed at quickly extracting ransom without an actual abduction. The weapon used is not a gun or a knife, but a telephone. "My head was spinning," said the 38-year-old... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Virtual Kidnappers Get Money With a Call May 25, 2007
Virtual kidnappings have surged partly because criminals are increasingly adept at using new technology such as cell phones and computer databases, said Alejandro Zunca, a consultant who advises Brazilian and Argentine police. Criminals of all stripes also have embraced the scheme because it can be carried out from behind bars. (Newsday -- World)
EDITORIAL: Loopholes for terrorists and fugitives May 25, 2007
Although the federal government has computer databases containing the names of terrorists and criminals, the information is hardly comprehensive. Much of it is kept by foreign governments or in the form of paper records that cannot be carefully searched in just 24 hours. (Washington Times)
EDITORIAL: Stop papering the Senate May 17, 2007
To this day, Senate rules require challengers and incumbents to submit their campaign-finance reports on paper -- even though nearly all campaigns use computer databases to track their contributions -- with taxpayer-financed software -- and even though the ultimate goal is for the FEC to publish these reports on computer databases. In an antiquated process, Senate candidates print their computerized finance reports on paper and then deliver them, by hand or snail mail, to the Senate office of... (Washington Times)
Dispatcher proves not all officers carry a gun Apr 29, 2007
After two weeks, radio-room dispatcher used police computer databases to list all the man's former homes, and cross-checked it with anyone else who ever gave police those addresses. Then he found the current address of everyone on the combined list. (KSLA.com, LA)
Bernalillo County Fire Chief Prepares for Retirement Apr 27, 2007
Under Clark's command the department also improved 911 service and computer databases, and became faster and more accurate in dispatching fire engines. Those are likely the reasons for a decrease in lost property due to fire almost 20 percent since late 2000, Clark said. (Cedar Crest East Mountain Telegraph, NM)
Death of Randolph man few knew raises mystery Apr 23, 2007
For months, his body has lain in a Boston morgue, unclaimed , while a Randolph detective and the town's veterans agent continue to call veterans' groups and scour computer databases to prove McPhee had served his country so he may be buried with full military honors. "If he earned it, he deserves to be buried with honors and not just as a pauper, as an unclaimed body," said Detective Richard Lucey, an Air Force veteran who served in the 1980s. (Boston Globe -- Local)
U.S. Rules Made Killer Ineligible to Purchase Gun Apr 22, 2007
Representative Carolyn McCarthy, Democrat of New York, has been pushing a bill to require states to automate their criminal history records so computer databases used to conduct background checks on gun buyers are more complete. The bill would also require states to submit their mental health records to their background check systems and give them money to allow them to do so. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Feds Will Aid California Piracy Probe Apr 22, 2007
The Secret Service has been enlisted to help recover the computer databases. The local pirate also had aspirations toward digital piracy. (Multichannel News)
Gunman's firearm buys may have been illegal Apr 22, 2007
" Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., has been pushing a bill to require states to automate their criminal-history records so that computer databases used to conduct background checks on gun buyers would be more complete. According to gun control advocates, however, the mental health information submitted to the federal background check system is often spotty and incomplete, something McCarthy's bill is designed to address. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., a former member of the National Rifle... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gas Bill Errors and Others Apr 21, 2007
It could be that, the use of computer databases to automate the sending of correspondence means that errors are too easy. It only takes the pressing of one wrong button to send out thousands of documents to the wrong people. (Suite101.com)
Administration tried to curb election turnout in key states Apr 19, 2007
Issued advisory opinions that overstated a 2002 federal election law by asserting that it required states to disqualify new voting registrants if their identification didn't match that in computer databases, prompting at least three states to reject tens of thousands of applicants mistakenly. Done little to enforce a provision of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act that requires state public assistance agencies to register voters. (SunSpot.net)
Davis: STRIVE Immigration Bill Apr 12, 2007
ICE would receive funding for 2,200 agents specifically for workplace enforcement, as well as computer databases for each agent, new radios, GPS systems, night-vision equipment, body armor and more patrol vehicles. Penalties for the undocumented would also become more severe. (Zmag.org)
SF police sergeant forced to resign over computer intrusion Apr 12, 2007
A police sergeant accused of misusing the department's confidential computer databases pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal that requires him to resign from the force ... Fontenot initially was charged with 40 felony counts, after officials accused him of making 129 "random queries" to computer databases, the vast majority seeking information about women. (Fresno Bee -- State)
