Psarchasm - Slashdot User

Submission + - PlayStation 3 Woes: #1 Gaming Story of 2006

Submitted by

hammersuit

on Friday December 29, 2006 @11:44AM

hammersuit writes: "GameDaily just announced their pick for the #1 biggest video game news story of 2006, and it's the overall bad press surrounding PlayStation 3. 'It has to be said that 2006 is the year the previously invincible Sony looked downright mindless.' A harsh assessment follows, but it concludes with 'Things are slowly turning, especially with the release of Gran Turismo HD Concept as a free PS3 download. We just hope the trend continues so the #1 news story next year is "the great Sony turnaround," not "Sony's continuing downward spiral."'"

OneDOJ to Offer National Criminal Database to Law Enforcement 184

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 29, 2006 @11:40AM from the you-can-run-but-you-can't-hide dept.

Degrees writes "The Washington Post is reporting that the Justice Department is building a massive database, known as 'OneDOJ'. The system allows state and local police officers around the country to search millions of case files from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal law enforcement agencies. The system already holds approximately 1 million case records and is projected to triple in size over the next three years. The files include investigative reports, criminal-history information, details of offenses, and the names, addresses and other information of criminal suspects or targets. From the article: 'Civil-liberties and privacy advocates say the scale and contents of such a database raise immediate privacy and civil rights concerns, in part because tens of thousands of local police officers could gain access to personal details about people who have not been arrested or charged with crimes. The little-noticed program has been coming together over the past year and a half. It already is in use in pilot projects with local police in Seattle, San Diego and a handful of other areas, officials said.'"

Slashdot Top Deals