FBI could be your next Facebook “friend”

There is no denying how popular Facebook and other Social Media services are becoming, people from all walks of life use them – such as criminals. The FBI knows this, which is why the Bureau is active on the site and could become your next friend. Read more

Record Internet Crime In Japan: Jumps to a new level in 2009

In an era when we are spending more of our personal and business time online it is no surprise that Internet Crime is increasing, this has taking a huge jump in Japan over the last year. As you would imagine ID theft is top of the list with child pornography posts, database attacks and copyright violations making up the rest. Read more

Teen Gets 15 Years: Facebook blackmail and social media crime

A teenager from Wisconsin must be wishing that he had never signed up for Facebook now, as he has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for blackmailing classmates into sex. This is according to a recent report from Associated Press. Read more

L.A. Noire (PS3 and Xbox 360): First Screens Appear

A few screenshots of Team Bondi’s L.A. Noire have recently shown up on GameInformer, this game features a groundbreaking animation system, however I must say the screens don’t impress me much. Read more

Facebook: Inmates pages closed after victims feel their reach

When a criminal is put behind bars you would have thought that their victims would have heard the last from them, but that is not the case. It seems that they are still able to terrorize by gaining access to Facebook, the social media website. Read more

GTA iPhone App: Violent game tops download chart

It’s only been a few days since the GTA iPhone app was released, and the game has already topped the download chart. According to this blog post, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has become the iPhone’s “Number 1 Game” and that is some accomplishment in such a short time.

We just checked it’s placement on the iPhone app store and see GTA Chinatown Wars in position two, but either way it’s still made its way to the top of the charts in very little time. Read more

Black Friday 2009: WalMart and Target Security

According to a recent article on CentralMichiganLife it seems that both Wal-Mart and Target stores in Mount Pleasant are currently seeking extra security for the Black Friday period. Read more

Batman Arkham Asylum Walkthrough on Video

Have you already picked up your copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum and have been playing it non stop? We have found a video walkthrough of the demo for you to check out, which may or may not aid you in your crimefighting adventures. Read more

Microsoft Windows vs. Google Chrome OS: Video

Since Google announced that they were to launch Google Chrome OS, it seems to have started a media frenzy, as we all know that the search engine giant is making a play for Windows, as Microsoft has the market share. The Kudlow Report has come up with a great article, which you can view in the video. Read more

Samuel Morse Birthday: Morse code / single wire telegraph system

Today is the birthday of Samuel Finley Breese Morse, who was born on April 27, 1791 and died on April 2, 1872. Morse was an American Painter of historic scenes, but he will be remembered for his other achievements, for being the creator of a single wire telegraph system as well as Morse code. Read more

Batman Arkham Asylum: Collector’s Edition revealed

If you’re hoping to pick up Batman: Arkham Asylum on either the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or PC, you might want to check out the special Collector’s Edition as Eidos has revealed some of the goodies on offer. Read more

Microsoft News: Security of Windows operating system

It is no secret that there have been a number of security concerns with Windows, but on Monday Microsoft will announce that the security of their Windows operating system has been greatly improved, while at the same time the threat of computer viruses and other risks have increased. Read more

Best Western has increased online security worries

The Best Western saga has proved one thing; it was the massive security mix-up. These security breaches are now getting more common, but what can we do to try and slow it down or put an end to it.

The security breach with Best Western was massive; Eight million customers of the hotel chain had their credit card details stolen by an Indian hacker last week. He had ties to the Russian mob; this loot would have been worth about £2.8 billion to the mob. Read more

GTA IV PC Europe Release November 21

GTA IV for the PC will be coming to Europe on November 21, which is just three days later than the North American release. Rockstar founder Sam Houser says it “looks and plays beautifully on PC and we can’t wait for people to play it”.

PC gamers have been waiting for what seems like a lifetime for this release. Grand Theft Auto IV was rumored for a PC release before the Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

GTA IV was released on the next-gen games consoles back in April 29, and in early June the game had already sold more that 8.5 million copies. The game is set to sell many more copies once PC gamers have the chance to purchase it.

Grand Theft Auto IV follows the everyday life of Niko Bellic as he makes a new life for himself in Liberty City. He then embarks on his life of crime as well as trying to get his cousin out of trouble.

One thing is certain, Parents will now have to try and stop their children from playing this game on their PC’s.

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Virtually Knife Facebook Users: Shank no more

Social networks continue to become more popular everyday and games on these networks are also becoming a great way to interact with friends and family.

So why would you want to knife someone in your contact list? This is just what users did with a controversial computer game called Shank. You were able to virtually knife one another.

Shank would show on a user’s Facebook profile as a small black bladed knife. You would then be able to shank your friends. Now Facebook has removed this game from their social networking site.

With the knife problem highlighted in the news more now than ever before, it is obvious why this game should not be on Facebook. Anti-knife crime campaigners have been condemning the application since its release.

The web still gives a lot of freedom to people but it’s amazing how stupid programs like this still get released and used by thousands of web users.

With 80 million active users on Facebook and third-party developers building new programs for Facebook everyday. This will not be the last weird program we get to see.

Did you use Shank and if so, what did you think of it?

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Prisoner Ban: No violent PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games

There will be a prisoner ban for those who wish to play on their PlayStation 3’s and Xbox 360’s. Prisoners who wish to play on a games console will have to earn top privileges, but then they will still not be able to play violent games with an 18 rating.

This new directive means that taxpayer’s money is no longer being used to purchase games or consoles for inmates.

PS3 Daily reports that the government has admitted to spending over £10,000 on 80 PS3 consoles and 15 Xbox 360’s, for a young offender institutions. The Government said that they had purchased these consoles, as they would stop prisoners getting depressed as they spend so long in their cells.

Correct me if I am wrong, I thought that that was the whole idea of going to prison. The people in prison are there for doing a crime, so why should they get privileges. There are thousands of people who work hard, and they can’t even afford to purchase a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360.

This decision has come after a public outage, after pictures were shown of Soham killer Ian Huntley, playing on a PlayStation.

Digital Revolution: More Power, or More Powerless? The New Generation Arts Festival

The Digital Revolution: More Power, or More Powerless? – will be the question posed at The Big Debate at the Birmingham ICC, part of the New Generation Arts Festival (organised by Birmingham City University). A panel of distinguished media experts, leading social commentators and a live audience will explore the explosions in social networking, exciting virtual worlds, online gaming and the dot.com boom, and consider their combined implications for the future of the arts.

Chairing the debate will be Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology Correspondent for BBC News, who has covered everything from the emergence of search engine Google and the dot-com crash Read more

Microsoft COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor) for law enforcement

Microsoft have always aimed to help computer users do tasks better with their software, while Windows XP and Vista have been loved and hated by some, I am sure investigators and law enforcement will love the new plug-in device called “Microsoft COFEE”. It does not contain caffeine, but it does contain 150 commands that will help investigators work faster when gathering digital evidence.

The quicker they can extract forensic data from computers, the faster crimes can be solved and maybe it could save more lives. We have pointed out it’s not Coffee, but what COFEE really stands for is “Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor”. This plug-in device (basically a small USB hard drive) can analyze data stored on a computer, analyze Internet activity and decrypt passwords.

Last June the Microsoft COFEE device was distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies, but today we hear that over 15 countries and 2,000 officers are using this gadget. While we do not know how much this will help stop crime, you can count on it helping a lot…well done Microsoft.

So what do you think of Microsoft making the COFEE device free to law enforcement agencies and how much do you think this will help in real world crime?

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UK will not see Grand Theft Auto IV: Banned by BBFC

The game Grand Theft Auto IV has been banned in the UK by the Certification body the BBFC, the gaming industry has just turned into a crisis and by banning this game in the UK will cause uproar with gamers.

The BBFC have thrown this game out by refusing to grant GTA IV a UK certificate, the game which is a violent crime series usually gets an 18 certificate rating but not this time.

They say that the high-resolution graphics and amazing stereo sound means the game seems more violent due to being realistic and cannot pass this for sale in the UK without substantial and deep changes made to its content.

What are your views?

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Nihon Uni shirt prevents brutal stabbing: Will it stop crime though?

Ever though about becoming a superhero have you? Well we all know that there is the chance of getting stabbed especially the world we live in nowadays so it was a little obvious someone would come up with decent looking shirts that are stab proof.

Yes we have had bullet proof vests but they are not really good to look out in the world of fashion are they?

There are so many crimes today using knifes and where victimized children and malicious crimes can be quite frightening, well we bow down to Nihon Uni who has developed a pretty impressive t-shirt that is made with ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber and what this means it is stab proof.

So it can take on coming blades and it is also machine washable and is also lightweight, the cost will range from ¥22,000 ($221) to ¥59,000 ($593) for the long sleeve version and ¥19,000 ($191) and ¥52,000 ($522) for the short sleeve version. Should be releasing sometime in June 2008.

Source – Slashgear via Daily Yomiuri

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