When you check into a hotel, don’t get perturbed by the webcam glaring at you. It’s now mandatory for city hoteliers to retain photographs of all customers along with their details. Soon after one checks into a hotel, his photograph and details get stored online in Kolkata Police’s server instantly. Initially, this was started for [...]
Happy Feet has become a creature of the Internet age. The wayward emperor penguin, who was discovered on a New Zealand beach six weeks ago and will soon be returned to the wild, already boasts an online following of more than 120,000. That’s how many unique visitors have logged onto a webcam set up to [...]
On the fourth night, they finally showed up in force: at least 16,000 police in yellow jackets and riot armour, up from 6,000 the night before, standing in clusters on almost every major street corner across the burned-out and shattered expanses of London’s perimeter, ready to face the rioters. Britain’s worst riots for decades spread [...]
Payments company Jumio is today launching a new technology called Netswipe that turns any webcam into a credit card reader, both on the desktop and on mobile. The service aims to bridge the convenience of online and mobile shopping with the security inherent in face-to-face transactions. It also makes it incredibly easy to shop. You [...]
Stafford College has come under fire after installing a webcam looking out on to a children’s play park. It is part of a network of cameras designed to show progress on the college redevelopment. A group of parents became concerned when they noticed the camera, and raised their concerns with the local educational chiefs, who [...]
Josep Valls caught a new live act on his computer monitor: a burglary in progress at his Seaford home. Police said Valls was at work Monday in Amityville when the live video feed from his home captured the man packing his Xbox 360 into a bag. He called police, who arrested the man. Need a [...]
The city will not install a webcam as council decided the price was too high. The camera, which was intended to stream live video through the city’s website 24/7, would have cost the city a one-time $2,300 purchasing and installation fee and then another $900 annually to cover the cost of the Internet Service Provider. [...]
Is your computer watching you? Most new computers and laptops now have webcams. But, how do you know if it’s activated? One couple found out they were being watched through the webcam of a laptop they rented. In depth: how your electronics can turn against you. Matt Bauerband, computer whiz with a local company called [...]