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Taser's on-officer cameras catch you in the act, right to remain silent imperative
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Taser International has released an update to its on-officer system, the AXON Flex. The new rig provides law enforcement officials with body-mounted cameras that capture video evidence "from the officer's perspective." These recording devices can be affixed to the hat, collar, shoulder or on specially designed Oakley shades and...
NAA verifies new US record for human-powered helicopter flight (video)
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A team at the University of Maryland has been taking human powered flight to new heights. Or, rather, lengths, by setting a new US record for flight duration of 49.9 seconds with its Gamera II rotorcraft. The benchmark event actually took place in June, but only received the all...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 caught on camera with S-pen slot, quad-core CPU (video)
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Last time the winds of hearsay rustled our tech feathers, word was Samsung had pegged its Tab 2 10.1 for a quad-core CPU transplant. While the company went on the record to shoot down that pesky rumor, it remained suspiciously mum where the Galaxy Note 10.1 was concerned. Now,...
OnLive reaffirms support for Marvell powered ARM Google TV boxes
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While there has been a lot of speculation recently about which platforms the OnLive Google TV app will support for gameplay, the company is confirming support for / collaboration with Marvell's 1500 HD SoC Google highlighted for its v2 hardware. While no specific devices are mentioned, there's a Marvell...
Daily Report: Taser's Next Police Weapon Is the Cloud
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By holding the video evidence on remote servers, Taser hopes to help law enforcement agencies achieve the cost savings that cloud computing has provided for business and industry. Keeping video evidence shot in the field on Taser's mini video cameras does not require an information technology professional on the police...
CyanogenMod 9 and XBMC ported to Nexus Q as proofs of concept
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Just a week after managing to launch Netflix on a Nexus Q, developer Jason Parker (aka "kornyone") is running a full version of the CyanogenMod custom Android ROM on Google's media streaming orb, with video evidence. It's an extremely basic implementation, providing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi but lacking full sound...
Syria, citizen journalism and the capital T truth
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As we’ve described a number of times at GigaOM, journalism has become something that virtually anyone can practice now, thanks to social tools and digital media, and this democratization of distribution has had a profound effect on the coverage of uprisings in Egypt and Libya, and more recently in...
Why cops, cameras and the cloud aren’t a panacea for anything
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Although the idea of police officers video-recording their encounters with citizens has some claiming a small victory in the quest for better transparency, the issue isn’t that simple. Yes, video could provide invaluable evidence in some situations, but it could also provide evidence without context and fertile ground for privacy...
Here's Proof That Apple's Latest Mac Ads Aren't Its Worst Ads Ever (AAPL)
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When Apple released its latest Mac ads, the overwhelming response was negative. A common refrain about the ads is that Steve Jobs would have never approved such dreck. Well, guess what Jobs did approve dreck. Here's video evidence of some terrible Apple ads from the Jobs' era, via Steve Troughton...
Google Now gets an epic 47-question interrogation, survives for now (video)
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You've seen us give Google Now a shakedown in our Jelly Bean review, but one JLishere decided to give the voice command system an unusually thorough grilling. The 47-question test goes beyond what Google showed onstage at I/O and shows that, in some cases, Android's new rival to Siri...
PS Vita homebrew loader arrives today, but only if you have this hard-to-get game (video)
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...And here's the catch: the game you need is Motorstorm Arctic Edge (or 'Raging Ice' in Japan), and it appears to have already been pulled from the PS Store. Besides, it was never compatible with US-registered Vitas in the first place. Nevertheless, if you happen to have bought this...
Native screenshot feature for Windows Phone 8 confirmed by emulator
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While we found many features worth noting in our review of Windows Phone 7.5, one that was missing (and near to our hearts as people who review phones) was the ability to easily take screenshots on the devices. Thankfully, that issue appears to be resolved in Windows Phone 8,...
Is HP showing the Slate 8 in its latest commercial? (video)
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HP has acknowledged that it's been working on a Windows 8 tablet; it just hasn't mentioned whether or not the rumored Slate 8 is part of its plans. Imagine our surprise, then, when we're told that HP's 60-second "Make It Matter" commercial ends with an unannounced yet familiar-looking tablet...
FIFA: Soccer Refs Might Use Sensor Networks to Keep Score
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Should computer-controlled sensor arrays be used to keep referees from making bad calls? Officials of FIFA, soccer's international governing body, have called a special meeting to decide. Whether computer technology should be used to monitor goal lines has become an urgent question among soccer officials. During a match at the...
Citizen Video Evidence Helps Two Arrested Photographers Have Their Cases Dropped
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Just as we've seen the DOJ come out and scold police for taking away people's rights by arresting people photographing or videotaping police, we have two separate stories (found via PetaPixel) of photographers who were arrested by police for taking photos of public protests, both of whom had their cases...
Who’s watching the watchers? If the ACLU has its way … you!
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In an age of surveillance when over 200,000 cameras watch London ceaselessly and unmanned government spy planes patrolling U.S. skies, the New Jersey ACLU is providing tools for citizens to engage in “reverse surveillance.” The tool is a smartphone app, Police Tape, available for Android and currently in the app store approval...
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