NSW Police Minister, David Campbell, has revealed details of a new project encouraging citizens to capture video and photographic evidence of crimes on their phones and upload it over the Web to law enforcement agencies.
Software which links ordinary mobile phones into a smart camera surveillance network has been developed by Swiss researchers.
Security experts are predicting a massive increase this year in so-called "Google hacking", whereby malicious Internet users or worms use the search engine to discover resources that are not intended for public consumption.
The carrier has ordered the latest in IP-based digital video surveillance equipment as part of its plan to improve baggage monitoring at airports.
CrimTrac, the federal government's criminal information and intelligence agency will be taking the initial steps towards developing a national automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system for to capture the vehicle details of suspects and citizens alike.
The first copy of Windows Vista will be sold as the clock ticks over to midnight on Monday. So who's rocking up to the late-night launch?
Defhead.com chooses music acts, invite them to play at an inner-city Sydney venue and Webcast the show live to their Web site visitors. Here is some behind-the-scenes footage of the night as well as an interview with the lead singer of Something With Numbers.
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Not long to wait now! To tide you over til midnight, here's a round-up of the week's Vista hype on the eve of the operating system's launch. Featuring styrofoam, flyovers and Dell.
Convergence can be convenient, but do we really want our phones to do everything?
Standards came first to PCs, then to servers and mobile phones. Will cameras be next?
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Will Apple's iPhone reshape the mobile phone market? Are there better devices actually available already? We put the iPhone head-to-head with its competition to see how it stacks up.
When it comes to IT security, physical security is the foundation for our overall strategy. We take a look at 10 of the most essential security measures you should implement now, if you haven't already done so.
Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.
Embed URL Embed on your site Post to... * del.icio.us * Digg * Reddit * Slashdot * StumbleUpon E-mail to a friend To send to more than one person, separate e-mail addresses with a comma. * To * From Comments Send message With most mobile phones now sporting cameras of 2-megapixel resolution or higher, concerts have become fair game for fans keen on capturing the experience for sharing with fellow band devotees. But is the resulting footage any good? We took a phone to a gig to find out.
Researchers in England explore an always-on, wearable camera that could capture images automatically.
The Sony Ericsson K770i combines good design, useful features and ease of use to produce a pleasing jack-of-all-trades phone at a reasonable price.
The P1i has most of the bells and whistles a business user could want, but the user interface is a little quirky.
The entry-level model in Nikon's low-cost point-and-shoot line, the Coolpix 4600 has several leading-edge features that help compensate for its limited ISO range and lack of manual settings.
A three-inch LCD, serviceable high-ISO photos, and some fun features take a backseat to the Fujifilm FinePix V10's merely average image quality and tiny controls.
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