- Tue Mar 17 4:30 AM PDT 2009 Police Blotter: Facebook photo convicts school aide of drinking charge
Ohio woman who worked as part-time teaching aide at local high school tries to overturn conviction based on Facebook photo of her sitting with three cheerleaders holding Smirnoff bottles.
- Fri Mar 6 5:00 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Conviction hinges on AOL IM 'away' message
California man accused of sexual molestation of his stepdaughter says her "away" message on AOL calls her credibility into question and should clear him of the charges.
- Fri Feb 6 4:00 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Courts split over police searches of handhelds
If you are arrested, can police officers search every file on your cell phone or handheld looking for incriminating material? They think they can, as so do some judges.
- Tue Feb 3 4:00 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Court won't release breathalyzer source code
A Minnesota appeals court rejects a request to review the source code used in the Intoxilyzer 5000EN, saying the defendant offered only "speculation" that the programming instructions are relevant to the case.
- Tue Jan 27 4:00 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Google searches lead to murder conviction
A Florida man appeals his first-degree murder conviction, saying his search terms and other online activities didn't provide enough evidence to put him in prison for life.
- Mon Jan 26 5:30 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Pedophile loses spat over 'girl love' site
The Internet's most famous pedophile loses his fight to overturn a court order banning him from posting photographs of minors on his Web site, even if they're taken at public events.
- Thu Jan 15 4:30 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Google searches nab hit-and-run driver
Investment banker who claims he thought he hit a deer with his Jag is sentenced to three years in prison--in part because his subsequent Google search terms included "hit-and-run."
- Mon Jan 12 5:00 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Handheld search during arrest legal?
Cops say they can legally copy data off the device of anyone who's arrested, which raises serious privacy concerns. Judges are divided over the legality of this intrusive practice.
- Fri Jan 9 4:00 AM PST 2009 Police Blotter: Judge rejects Feds' attempts to snoop on touch tones
The Justice Department says it doesn't need to a wiretap order to extract touch tones from telephone calls in progress. A federal judge says otherwise.
- Sat Apr 19 7:00 AM PDT 2008 Newspapers could learn from Psystar brouhaha
A little Miami company comes out of nowhere and becomes a fact-finding obsession for the Mac community. When will mainstream news gathering become this exciting?


