You'll remember the whole Lower Merion webcam issue--well, the case has been pretty much settled for now.  No criminal charges were filed against the school system that was alleged to be using the webcams on school-issued computers to spy on students, but that doesn't preclude a civil trial from going forth. And before that happens, before ...

It's been a little while since we last got any news on the ongoing horrendous misuse of camera technology by cash-starved municipalities literally everywhere, the red light camera. And the news today out of Florida is downright cheery for those of us who believe that the cities are misusing cameras to their own benefit. A Miami-Dade ...

Kodak's lawsuit machine roars on, fueled by a high-test combination of earlier wins and settlement money rolling in.  And who's in the crosshairs this time? Why, none other than Apple and Research in Motion, otherwise known as the crew who brought you the iPhone and the Blackberry, respectively. Pretty much any company that makes a cell phone ...

And the winner?  Kodak. Seems that not too long ago, Kodak filed suits against both Samsung and LG alleging patent violations, specifically relating to the cameras found in both companies' line of mobile phones.  LG decided to settle fairly quickly. Samsung, on the other hand, fought back...at least for a while. The terms of the settlement between ...

Man, now Steve Jobs knows how Bill Gates must've felt. See, there's no doubt that Apple's got a lot of sweet and innovative products in their arsenal.  The iPod, the iPhone, the iMac, and so on and so forth right on down the line.  But one of Apple's greatest innovations, the onboard camera, may actually have ...

So in perhaps the ultimate proof that municipalities put in red light cameras for fast cash as opposed to any sense of "protecting the citizens", Jefferson Parish is looking at a huge slug of cash as a result of its installation of the cameras.  But they've got just two hurdles to cross before they can ...

You'd think that, at some point, all these city founders who think to themselves that maybe speed / traffic / crime cameras are a good idea would look at the sheer and enormous outcry against them and say, jeepers, maybe this is the most boneheaded move I could make. Well, government work must cause brain damage ...