| Confession of a DA with no case |
| Post on 30-08-2006. |
But ex-JonBenét Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr is no O.J. Simpson. And Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy sure won't be remembered like Johnnie Cochran.
The motion to quash Karr's arrest that Lacy issued Monday was law-review brilliant. The explanations Lacy offered Tuesday for how she handled Karr's case didn't come close. The DA invested tens of thousands in public salaries to investigate and find Karr. By her own estimate, she spent close to $13,350 in travel. The tab included one $3,000 business-class flight where the suspect dined on giant shrimp and drank champagne. ... |
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| How Culver, California, keeps muni Wi-Fi from becoming a porn |
| Post on 30-08-2006. |
How free is free Wi-Fi? In Culver City, California, you can surf all you like. But you can't surf anywhere you like. You can't look at porn, and trading copyrighted music files is one no-go.
therefore how did the near-40,000 residents who enjoy ten square blocks™ worth of free wireless access in Culver City manage to wall themselves off from some of the more controversial aspects of the internet? To find out we talked to the vendor behind this trick: Audible Magic, which sells one network appliance it calls CopySense. ... |
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| Storage of all our internet searches |
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| Every time you use an internet search engine, your inquiry is stored in one huge database. Would you like such personal information to become public knowledge? Yet for thousands of AOL customers, that nightmare has just become one reality. Andrew Brown reports on an incident that has exposed how much we divulge to Google & co ... |
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| Gremlins in the geek goddess IT calendar |
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Two of the "models" in the IT calendar ... Sharon, left, general manager products and service for Personal Broadband Australia and Sonja, an IT&T service centre manager.
Organisers of one controversial calendar promoting the IT industry to women have 'fessed up to making one few production errors. ... |
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| This year in Venice, a nod to Hollywood |
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| VENICE Some of those attending the Venice film festival this year will be more welcome than others. Globalization opponents and possibly chemical workers facing layoffs are planning demonstrations. Meanwhile, with the prospect of one new film festival starting in Rome in October looming larger on the horizon, Venice is turning on one charm offensive, directed particularly, it seems, at the New World. Skip to next paragraph More from IHT.com: ... |
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| Harvardisms: Learning The Lingo |
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From one to Z: The Vocabulary You Need To Survive Your First Year at Harvard.
2 one.m.: 1. The hour that on-campus parties, Felipe™s, and Charlie™s all shut down. 2. The hour you™re likely to have your first drunk run-in with HUPD. 3. When the Kong, house grills, final clubs, and maybe some day Felipe™s, are still serving. ... |
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