Sunday 15 February 2009

Police and ICT

Derbyshire police officers are now swapping their note pads for a small memory card, this means that hours of film can be recorded on the card and fingerprints can also be gathered as evidence. This technology had be tested before and is said to be a great way of tracking down criminals.
Head cams are being worn by police officers with new computer stystem. This new technology has enabled officers to store and retrieve footage more quickly and easily.
An officer claimed that, "Everything I see and hear is recorded onto this memory card and we can look at it back at base."
"Officers can now record emotions and dramatic situations, to present the very best evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service to secure convictions."

Sunday 1 February 2009

Google problems

Google has recently been suffering with technical problem resulting in users not being able to access search results. On Saturday, all search results were flagged as harmful to your computer. Users were told to pick a different search results, one which is less likely to harm your computer - though all were classed as harmful.
Google claimed that all users were affected by this problem for about 40 minutes.
Google described the problem as a "Human Error."
Now Google has said that they will, "We will carefully investigate this incident and put more robust file checks in place to prevent it from happening again,"