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Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a suspect in ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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Connected security systems tether homes to owners' smartphones

When Debbie Klava's daughters come home from school in Elk Grove, Calif., she knows the minute they walk in the front door. Even though she's working in an office 90 minutes away, she gets an email or cellphone text when ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cartel web presence could be used against them: experts

Experts from 20 countries gathered Wednesday at the Mexican resort town of Cancun to discuss a strategy for battling organized crime, in an effort mandated by the recent Summit of the Americas.

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UK reporter won't be prosecuted for hack leaks

(AP) — British prosecutors said Tuesday they won't press charges against a Guardian journalist and her suspected police source over leaks about the country's high-profile phone hacking investigation.

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teenagers play detectives on Interpol's new website

Global police agency Interpol Tuesday launched a website to educate teenagers about crimes that can be committed over the Internet and tell them how they can protect themselves from the dangers.

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Got a pirate problem? There's even an app for that

The Department of Defense will begin funding an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored project aimed at developing Web applications to help multinational navies police the world's oceans, officials announced ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vietnam 'cancer-cure' horn habit threat to world rhinos

For desperate Vietnamese cancer patients ground rhinoceros horn is seen as an elixir of life -- a medically unproven and illegal obsession that threatens the very survival of the world's wild rhinos.

Biology / Ecology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Al Qaeda suspect's porn film found to contain treasure trove of secret documents

A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, arrested in May last year in Germany, was found with a memory stick hidden in his underwear. Police discovered the stick contained a password-protected folder ...

Technology / Other

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 44 | with audio podcast report

The hidden cost of cannabis

(Phys.org) -- Around £200m of electricity is being stolen every year to run illegal cannabis farms across the UK. Phil Butler, Co-Director of Newcastle University’s Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security (CCCS), ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 19

Smart bridges: Engineers load new bridge with damage-detection gauges

The new bridge over the Iowa River near downtown Iowa Falls is a major upgrade over the 1928 concrete arch structure it replaced last fall, once the longest arch span bridge in the state.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Top FBI cyber-cop joins spy thwarting startup

Veteran FBI cyber security expert Shawn Henry said he is fighting the enemy on a new front by joining a startup out to protect firms from online spies.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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