Cops violate Americans' privacy by cell phone tracking

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	Darlene Storm: ACLU: Cops often violate Americans' privacy by warrantless cell phone tracking After reviewing over 5,500 police department documents, the ACLU warns the 'government is routinely violating American's privacy rights through warrantless cell phone tracking.' Disturbing surveillance capability trends include cops obtaining all phone numbers that used a particular cell tower or called a certain phone. Mobile carriers supply how-to-get info manuals have turned cell phone location tracking into a big, booming business. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com 100% Application Availability in the Cloud Optimize your infrastructure for mission-critical applications while minimizing costs. Powered by Microsoft SQL Server and Hosting.com. Availability--Performance--Scalability--Security. Guaranteed. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! In this Issue IT Blogwatch: Happy 25th birthday, OS/2; you were great/awful Jonny Evans: Collected: Apple iPhone 5 ships June and other crazy claims Chris Poelker: Defining cloud computing, part one: Laymen's terms Jonny Evans: Apple's new iPad is even better than the last -- ChangeWave Shark Tank: Something about this name is verrrry familiar WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Is Cloud the Answer to Federal IT Savings? In this eGuide, Computerworld and its sister publications CIO and Network World have collected interviews and articles that cover some of the biggest issues faced by federal agency IT departments today. Read on to learn about the technology challenges the U.S. government is facing, and how some agencies are dealing with them. Read now. IT Blogwatch: Happy 25th birthday, OS/2; you were great/awful It's IBM OS/2's 25th birthday. So long, farewell, we hardly knew ye. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers fondly reminisce. Not to mention: A nun with a beeper ... Read More Jonny Evans: Collected: Apple iPhone 5 ships June and other crazy claims Apple manufacturer, Foxconn, is recruiting staff to man the iPhone 5 production lines with the product apparently set to ship in June, today's smartphone rumor claims. Really? Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Chris Poelker: Defining cloud computing, part one: Laymen's terms As I travel around the country meeting with IT professionals and attending or speaking at industry events, I am amazed by how many different versions there are of "cloud computing." Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's new iPad is even better than the last -- ChangeWave The first iPad satisfaction survey is in and it confirms that claims Apple will lose leadership of the so-called tablet market are based on wishful thinking, rather than substantial evidence. Read More Shark Tank: Something about this name is verrrry familiar IT support pilot fish gets a terse message from a network engineer: "Hi, I'm on cap6, unable to 'ping localhost.'" Which, as fish knows, shouldn't be possible. Read More
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