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  • Sniffer dog alert site disabled

    The controversial www.snifferdogalert.com Web site is in the process of upgrading to a larger server following high traffic loads which have frequently knocked its services off air.

  • UPDATE: Drug sniffer-dog alert site strains under pressure

    The controversial site, that sends registered members of the public SMS messages to warn them where police are patrolling drug detection dogs, was swamped by so many people yesterday that outages were prevalent as the server struggled to cope with demand.

  • Drug sniffer-dog alert site strains under pressure

    The controversial site that sends registered members of the public SMS messages to warn them where police are patrolling drug detection dogs was swamped by so many people yesterday that outages were prevalent as the server struggled to cope with demand.

  • Costa seeks to shut down sniffer-dog alert site

    NSW Police Minister Michael Costa is seeking to shut down the Web site www.snifferdogalert.com, operated by the state's Council for Civil Liberties and Redfern Legal Centre, which alerts the public via SMS to where drug sniffer dogs are being patrolled.

  • Could E911 have helped in disaster?

    Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States and a new federal report are generating fresh debate about a system used to pinpoint a mobile phone user's location that wireless carriers are supposed to begin using October 1.

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