Distrust Archive

  • Robocops to roam the streets of San Jose

    Robocops to roam the streets of San Jose

    According to the Mercury News, cops in San Jose will soon be wearing head-mounted video cameras to record their interaction with civilians. The devices will sit above their ears and they will be activated whenever they speak with a citizen or suspect. The videos will then be uploaded to a central server. Presumably these things turn off when the officers are in the toilet. Why is this happening? Because people don't trust cops right now. The system, called AXON, can also attach to other parts of the body.

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  • How Microsoft will lift us out of the IT-spending dumps

    How Microsoft will lift us out of the IT-spending dumps

    I was on a panel a few weeks ago with Rob Enderle a few weeks back and he was asked by an international journalist what he expected in terms of financial news in the next few months. He made a very interesting point that, being an Apple fanboy, I ignored at the time. He said [...]

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