Husband’s death is discovered through a vehicle-tracking device and a search for “decomposition of a body in water.” Police Blotter is a weekly CNET News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: Woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering her husband,…
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Phishers in Romania, Russia, and China have “no fear of real punishment,” eBay manager says at e-crime conference. eBay is decrying the lack of interest in cybercrime by authorities in countries such as Romania, Russia, and China. The online auction site pinpoints these three countries as the…
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Geneva-based air transport IT company says approved system gives airlines a passenger boarding card go-ahead within 2 seconds. A company owned by international airlines on Wednesday said it has won approval from the United States for a system providing passenger details to U.S. border authorities almost instantaneously. …
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American Psychologist report says great majority of offenders “are straightforward about being interested in sex.” The typical online sexual predator is not someone posing as a teen to lure unsuspecting victims into face-to-face meetings that result in violent rapes, U.S. researchers said Monday. Rather, they tend to…
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European Commission proposed biometric checks include face screening and automated security checks. Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European Commission, international…
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Wanted since 2002, the man is believed to have sold corporate secrets to about 250 buyers through the Internet, say authorities. Greek police said on Friday they have arrested a man suspected of selling corporate secrets from France’s Dassault Group, including data on weapons systems. “This 58-year-old…
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Business groups ask commission not to reinstate online tool pegging companies that invest in nations dubbed terrorism sponsors. Two business groups urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday not to reinstate a Web tool aimed at helping investors identify companies with investments in countries the United…
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Home Secretary says she wants Internet industry to help combat extremism in the same way it cooperates to fight crimes against kids. The British government wants the Internet industry to help combat militant Islamism on the Web in the same way it cooperates in fighting sex crimes against…
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