Surveillance
City Ordinance Plays Factor In Solving Crimes In San Juan, TX
Recent surveillance footage from a Sprint cell phone store revealed a robbery in San Juan, Texas. Thanks to that surveillance footage, investigators were able to locate the suspects involved. For two weeks, San Juan police were unable to locate the pair of cell phone robbers seen in security camera video. But now, the two suspects […]
U.S. House Of Reps Votes To Ban Purchase Of License-Plate Cameras
Moving to protect privacy amidst increased public fear about government surveillance, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to ban certain federal agencies from purchasing cameras that capture images of license plates. The measure passed, 254-172, as an amendment to the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development funding bill under consideration on the House floor. […]
IP Video Surveillance Getting Smarter
Living with intelligent devices is a dream we have had for centuries. Michelangelo, Jules Verne, and many other great thinkers had this vision, but their vision preceded the technology of their time. With Moore’s law and all the technology we have created, isn’t it time for this dream to come true? The intelligent home is […]
NY Mayor Rips Housing Authority Over Lack Of Cameras After Boy, 6, Fatally Stabbed
The lack of security video cameras in a public housing building where a boy was stabbed to death stemmed from an "unacceptable bureaucracy" at the city’s housing agency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Police have said that the 6-year-old boy and a friend, a 7-year-old girl, were riding in an elevator in Brooklyn’s Boulevard Houses […]
Portwell Announces Rugged Fanless Embedded System Powered By Intel Atom Processor
The Portwell WEBS-2190 is a fan-less embedded system featuring Intel Atom processor E3800. Its rugged, compact design plus low power consumption make WEBS-2190 the perfect solution for applications in kiosk, digital signage, in-vehicle mobile video surveillance, medical, defense and the harsh environments of factory automation. American Portwell Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Portwell, […]
Scapegoating Face Recognition Technology As Privacy Wormhole Doesn?t Solve Anything
Facial recognition technology is facing a blitz of negative media with wormhole-like theories that this technology results in mass surveillance, destroys anonymity, and will forever change the way people behave in public. Advocates of this theory are calling for federal privacy regulation that will give a face a right of privacy it has never had […]
Dahua Upgrades Mobile Surveillance Solution With Introduction Of Two Mobile Storage Devices
Dahua Technology, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance products headquartered in Hangzhou, China recently upgraded its mobile surveillance solution, introducing two mobile storage devices, one for standard definition application and the other for high definition. Building on the previous version’s performance, the new generation series further levels up the following aspects. First is […]
Canon and NetAvis IP-Camera VMS Collaboration
Canon Europe has announced that it is working with NETAVIS, a server-based IP video company. The two companies and NETAVIS will collaborate in sales and technical development of Canon’s network camera range. The imaging product firm’s range of network security cameras –including its latest Full HD, ultra compact, S-series cameras– is now fully supported by […]
Federal Labour Arbitrator Rules Installation Of Video Camera Without Consent Is A Violation Of PIPEDA
On March 25, 2014, Federal Labour Arbitrator Christine Schmidt determined that the Canadian National Railway Company (“CN”) was in breach of section 5(3) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) after it installed a video camera to monitor a bulletin board following the posting of offensive material. In Canadian National Railway […]
US DOJ: China Charged In Cyber-Spying Case
The United States has brought first-of-its kind cyber-espionage charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into U.S. companies to gain trade secrets. The indictment accuses the hackers of targeting the U.S. nuclear power, metals, and solar products industries. The alleged victims are brand-name companies including Alcoa and Westinghouse. The indictment includes allegations of […]
Global Link Response Centre Adds Monitoring Services For Bosch Systems
Global Link Response Centre, Inc. is now offering monitoring services for Bosch intrusion detection systems. The company recently installed a CONETTIX D6100IPv6 Communications Receiver/Gateway, enabling it to receive communications from Bosch control panels. Located in Toronto, Global Link Response Centre provides professional and reliable monitoring and security services to thousands of homes and businesses across […]
Power Outages Hamper Pakistan Surveillance Cameras Work
Karachi, Pakistan: After spending more than a billion rupees on video surveillance of the city, the Sindh police are finding it hard to operate some 800 cameras round the clock amid frequent power outages with the result that sometimes footage of high-profile attacks remains unavailable to them. Sources said the police had asked K-Electric (KE) […]
The Public Calls For No Drone Zone: The City Council Dithers
It was supposed to be a night to "Ground the Drones" but, as Berkeley, CA., Peace and Justice Commissioner Bob Meola put it, "it was more like the movie, Groundhog Day " — an experience of being trapped in a maddening rerun of past events and unable to move forward. It was back on December […]
Samsung Techwin Appoints Joanne Herman European Marketing Manager
Joanne Herman has been appointed Marketing Manager for the Security Solution division of Samsung Techwin Europe Ltd. Previously she was the Marketing Proposition Manager for the Finance sector at MISCO Systemax, one of the UK’s leading IT hardware, software, and service providers. Joanne is looking forward to driving forward Samsung Techwin’s marketing strategy in Europe. […]
What’s The Difference Between Video Surveillance And Portraiture?
Portraiture: The creation of any portrait; an artistic representation of a person, including portrait painting, portrait photography, or self-portrait. (by Ben Sachs) As part of the multimedia exhibition “Persistence of Motion,” which took place at the Nightingale in Chicago recently, video artist and ImprovOlympic performer Jared Larson spent about 15 minutes in front of the […]
MI Defense Lawyers Must Produce Surveillance Within 28 days
Insurance defense lawyers have less than a month to produce surveillance of auto accident victims –not when it’s convenient for them There is a big problem in Michigan with insurance companies abusing discovery, and nowhere is this more prevalent than with video surveillance. The notion of insurance companies “ignoring the rules” may sound strange to […]
Surveillance Cameras: Good Versus Bad Placement
It’s something we see every day, bad surveillance video. When you can’t make out the person though, it often times doesn’t hold up in court. A local security company says having a security camera is good, but where you put it is key. Nearly every surveillance video is of the top of someone’s head, but […]
EMC Isilon Video Surveillance Storage Solutions
Look to EMC Isilon Video Surveillance Solutions when you need to efficiently store, analyze, and manage massive amounts of video surveillance content. EMC Isilon has identified the video surveillance market and has teamed with leading video management systems (VMS) and IP-camera vendors. EMC Isilon scale-out NAS that’s been tested to work with video security equipment […]
Teen Stowaway Walked Right Through San Jose Airport Security Gap
Surveillance video at two airports shows how a 16-year-old boy managed to stow away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii — He simply climbed a fence without anyone stopping him, authorities told NBC News on Monday. The boy from Santa Clara, Calif., who is believed to have run away after […]
Head Of Facebook Canada Invests In Montreal Startup Tracktik
Montreal-based startup TrackTik, an integrated guard management solution provider, has raised $1 million in seed funding from Klass Capital. Also participating in the round was Jordan Banks, managing director of Facebook Canada; Craig Campbell, former CEO of Total Security Management (sold to Garda in 2013); and Adrian Schauer, serial entrepreneur, and former CEO of Vortex […]