| Delaware gets grant for patrol cameras
DELHI _ The Delaware County Sheriff's Department will use $44,600 in state grants to equip patrol cars with digital video cameras, Sheriff Thomas Mills said Wednesday. "I am pleased to announce our acceptance of a grant for $19,600, from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, under the guidelines of the state Homeland Security program as well as a $25,000 grant sanctioned by Senator John Bonacic in the state budget," Mills said. Mills said he hopes to have the cameras installed and operational in about a month. He said there are eight or nine cars to be equipped. "We are waiting so the computers and the cameras can be installed at the same time to save money," Mills said. The computers will be used to run data, write accident reports and issue traffic tickets, Mills said.
MWC08: Nokia announces four new S60 mobile devices
We were expecting some device announcements at Mobile World Congress from Nokia and the did not disappoint with the announcement of 4 new devices. They announced the Nokia 6220 Classic, 6210 Navigator, N78, and N96. I had the opportunity to meet with various product managers to talk about the devices and also took several pictures and some video that will be posted later when I get some time away from the show floor. The 6220 Classic is a very compact mobile phone designed for the person coming from a feature phone to the S60 platform who wants phone that excels in still photography since it has a Carl Zeiss 5-megapixel digital camera with a Xenon flash. It also has a GPS receiver and HSDPA support. Another of the 6000 series announced was the 6210 Navigator that focuses on and provides a great GPS experience.
Keep track of lost or stolen devices with Gadget Trak
PORTLAND, Ore. - iPod's, MP3s and GPS devices were all hot holiday gifts and if you got one, you might want to start thinking about how to protect it. There is some new technology out there that can help - it's called Gadget Trak. Whether your gadget is lost or stolen, this new computer software, developed right here in Portland, promises to help find it. Here's how it works - you log on to the company's Web site, download the software onto your gadget, register and you're ready to go. When your iPod, new digital camera or other device is lost or stolen, you log on to your account and activate tracking. The next time your device is connected to a computer, the software will communicate all sorts of information back to the company - everything from IP addresses to user names and location is tracked. If it is a laptop that was stolen, the software can even activate the computer's camera to record audio and video of whoever is using it. You can even customize a message for that person. The software may be really useful for people who store a lot of important information on their devices. "It's not just your phone, it's your life. If you really think about it, you have your photos, your contact information, people can steal your identity from the information on these things," said Gadget Trak Founder Ken Westin. You can use the software on almost anything that connects to a computer. However, if you want to track a laptop, the software only works with Macs right now. Gadget Trak costs anywhere from $12 to $20 a year depending on how many devices you have registered. If you own a PC, there are plenty of other options out there as well. .
Point, shoot, store and organize
In a digital world, shooting, organizing and sharing high-quality photos and videos keeps getting easier and more affordable. Whatever your budget, a slew of cool bells and whistles makes the newest cameras, camcorders, multifunction photo printers, photo-editing software, and portable photo-storage devices worth getting to capture and preserve your special travel moments. While pocket-size, point-and-shoot digital cameras are popular for their handy size and competitive pricing, bulkier, more sophisticated digital SLR cameras, which have higher resolution and accept interchangeable lenses, are gaining customers, thanks to big price drops. A well-performing digital SLR can be had for less than $500, half of what it cost a few years ago. Brag-factor fanatics, take heart. Top-of-the-line models with 20-plus- megapixel resolution can go for $7,000 or more - if you must.
Bosch Divar MR DVR combines high quality recording with flexible ...
With its new Bosch Divar MR digital versatile recorder (DVR), Bosch makes professional-level DVR performance more accessible to everyone. Ease-of-use and powerful functionality go together to create a convenient video management solution. It combines high quality recording with flexible system management including alarm handling, camera control and device checking capability.
The Divar MR delivers real-time recording and playback in CIF resolution, as well as high resolution live viewing. 4CIF can also be used for applications where even greater detail is needed. Excellent image quality is complemented by highly efficient MPEG-4 compression, reducing storage space and cost when saving video. Video can be archived to memory devices such as USB sticks or an optional DVD writer.
Digital Camera: Digitalizing the world!
Each one of us wants to own a digital camera and the market is also flooding with numerous manufacturers. Canon A500 is surely making a great deal. Digital Cameras are liked by almost everyone. Defined as the camera that takes videos or still photographs or both, digitally by recording images on a light-sensitive sensors. Today, the market is flooding with different types of digital cameras from different companies. These digital cameras are incorporated into many devices ranging from PDAs and Mobile phones to vehicles. Canon's power shot A550 camera is one camera which is making camera lovers glued to this digital magic. The A550 is one of the entry-level cameras in Canon's A-series. It adds a larger LCD and more mega pixels of resolution. Other features on the camera include a 4X optical zoom lens, point-and-shoot operations, a VGA movie mode, and SDHC memory cards.
Boise police defend officer after ombudsman's report
Boise police are defending the actions of a fellow officer after the city's community ombudsman issued a critical report saying the officer violated the department's policy on use of force.Pierce Murphy issued the report earlier this month on a 2006 incident where two sons of Idaho state Sen. Mike Burkett, D-Boise, were cited for vandalizing U.S. flags on the Statehouse grounds.The men, Michael "Ike" Burkett and Thomas Burkett - referred to in the report only as Complainant 1 and Witness 1 - were cited with malicious injury to property. Michael Burkett was arrested for resisting after an officer forcibly put him on the ground for allegedly interfering with his investigation. Michael Burkett was not injured.Murphy's report states the officer, who has not been identified, violated department policy on the use of force and failed to properly record the incident with a digital recorder.Boise police Chief Mike Masterson and Boise Police Union representatives say they disagree with Murphy's findings.The officer properly used force and will not be disciplined, Masterson said.At issue is how to interpret a grainy, dark security camera video of the incident coupled with statements from the Burkett brothers, three Capitol security officers and two Boise police officers.
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