Both the tech world and civil rights organizations are a-buzz over an application under development for the upcoming Windows Phone 7: a GPS system that will offer walking directions from … Continue reading →

Graphic pro-life commercials will air during the February 5 Super Bowl in at least 13 cities, mostly in the mid-west. The broadcast has a policy against accepting political or controversial … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled this morning that placing a GPS monitoring device on a suspect’s car does constitute a search (rather than surveillance), and therefore requires a probably cause … Continue reading →

According to search warrants publicly released this past Friday (January 20), Smith gave local authorities permission to examine his MacBook and iPhone following his November 26 arrest and they found … Continue reading →

Why Facebook Claims the Rights to the Words “Face” and “Book” And what Placebook is doing about it Woman Who … Continue reading →

The New York Times recently published a new Hubble Space Telescope photograph of distant galaxies colliding. Of course, astronomers have … Continue reading →

Monday (January 23), the Supreme Court announced it will not hear a challenge to Texas’s Sexually Oriented Business Fee Act — popularly and inevitably known as the “pole tax” — letting stand the Texas Supreme Court ruling upholding it (see earlier article below). This does not bode well for the … Continue reading →

Both the tech world and civil rights organizations are a-buzz over an application under development for the upcoming Windows Phone 7: a GPS system that will offer walking directions from Point A to Point B — but rather than just provide the shortest or quickest route, it will factor in … Continue reading →

Ramona Fricosu has won the battle but lost the war: the federal court has ruled that she doesn’t have to reveal her encryption password, but she does have to turn over the unencrypted contents of her computer drive to investigators by February 21 (the complete ruling is here). She plans … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled this morning that placing a GPS monitoring device on a suspect’s car does constitute a search (rather than surveillance), and therefore requires a probably cause warrant. This ruling upholds one by an appeals court that called the GPS monitoring a violation of (alleged) cocaine dealer … Continue reading →