Putting the finger on crime

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CAP Index Crime Mapping Service over the
Internet Fights Property Crime and
Litigation Risks

CAP Index Crime Mapping Service over the
Internet Fights Property Crime and
Litigation Risks 04/11/2005 11:27 AM
Business Wire UK Apr 11 2005 3:43PM GMT

Thought crime or nought crime?

Thought crime or nought crime? 06/01/2004 04:24 AM
The reporter who described meeting the man who raped him as a teenager? He was arrested this week for felony stalking of the rapist.

Is That Your Finger in Your Ear, or...

Is That Your Finger in Your Ear, or... 12/11/2003 04:57 PM
I've long remembered something about a wrist-phone with mic hidden in the wristband and thumb as earphone, allowing you to talk on the phone simply by making the international sign for "I'll call you." Unfortunately I never blogged it and soon lost track of the link.

Thankfully, it appears to have returned, albeit a finger, not a thumb, in your ear. Yahoo! News reports that NTT DoCoMo's Masaaki Fukumoto is developing the idea. Similar to the "bone phone" idea back in the 70s or 80s, sound travels as vibrations through the bones to the finger, into the ear, where the eardrum converts them back into sound. And as if that weren't juicy enough, "by touching forefinger to thumb, the user starts or ends a call, and uses voice recognition technology to dial the number."

You _know_ I want one...

"Pull My Finger"

"Pull My Finger" 06/05/2004 04:19 AM

3 finger salute

3 finger salute 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
Sometimes...I wish I had Crtl-Alt-Delete buttons for some really shit-tay days. Like...I guess today wasn't that bad. Woke up at...

Is That Your Finger In Your Ear Or Are
You Just Talking To Someone?

Is That Your Finger In Your Ear Or Are
You Just Talking To Someone? 11/05/2003 09:23 PM
Remember in the days when mobile phone microphone/ear-pieces were relatively new? You would see someone walking down the street and think they were crazy - until you realized they were talking on their phone. Now, we may have a repeat of that phenomenon - but with people sticking their fingers in their ears. I know I've seen this one before, so I'm not sure why it's popping up again now, but a Japanese company is coming out with a watch phone that requires you to stick your finger in your ear to hear what's going on. Apparently, NTT DoCoMo is pushing forward with the idea, which might make more sense in a Japanese society where people are more used to bowing than shaking hands...

How to Keep Your Finger on Things

How to Keep Your Finger on Things 06/03/2004 05:11 PM
And your mind on more important matters :).This get s alot easier to do when you have good software to help you out. After all, the computer is supposed to HELP you, right? One of the places that will get you lost faster than most is in the area of browser Favorites. In my case, I sometimes have a teensy bit of trouble handling the 4500 or so bookmarks I have, not to mention adding more.As you add more and more, it becomes harder and harder to keep them straight and to find ones you want. And that, my friends, is where Check&Get comes in.Check&Get 2.0 is a completely new version of this bookmark manager. The program handles bookmarks the way that Explorer handles files, complete with a tree-view of folders, and the bookmarks are just as easy to manipulate. It comes with a built-in browser window that will actually show you each bookmark you select, search facilities, an Import/Export/Synchronize tool, and a tool that lets you send the program to check web pages for changes on a schedule.There are even more features. Check them out and Get your own copy at http://activeurls.com/en/index.htm. It works with Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, and Mozilla.

Shacknews - Let me finger you

Shacknews - Let me finger you 07/15/2004 11:46 AM
.plan von Todd Hollenshead .. according to Shacknews .. DOOM 3 HAS GONE GOLD ..

shacknews.com/finger/?fid=toddh@idsoftware.com
track this site | 5 links

Got Your Finger on the Pulse of Gen Y?

Got Your Finger on the Pulse of Gen Y? 08/17/2004 02:00 AM
Teen media maven Anastasia Goodstein has launched Ypulse.com, an independent blog that provides daily news & commentary about Generation Y for media and marketing professionals. [PRWEB Aug 17, 2004]

stick your finger in her (*)

stick your finger in her (*) 08/12/2004 03:21 PM
mp3's from a band you've never heard of
When technology and beer meet. Juvenile jam band antics. I recommend Big Red Nipples.
Not for all. But for some, delightful.

I will not break a finger

I will not break a finger 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
I'm gonna walk to the arena today to go to work. And NO I will not break any parts of...

Foreigners Give U.S. the Finger

Foreigners Give U.S. the Finger 01/06/2004 05:42 AM
Foreign visitors to the United States -- most of them, anyway -- are being fingerprinted and photographed as they enter the country as part of a new screening program aimed at snaring 'the bad guys.'

Two-Finger Scrolling on an iBook

Two-Finger Scrolling on an iBook 03/14/2005 05:09 PM

Just installed a new kernel extension to get that two-finger scrolling on an iBook G4. Works like a charm. The one that handles both methods is a little screwy because it switches to X/Y mode as you're making circles and the scroll kind of jitters, so get both of them and test each one to see which you like better. I've found the X/Y one to be the best, which is also, coincidentally, the mode Apple chose for the new PBs.

Giving the finger to an animal

Giving the finger to an animal 05/19/2004 11:58 AM
A man got too close to a jaguar at the Rio Grande Zoo and lost a finger. Before zoo employees realized what had happened, the guy fled the scene. Apparently, it's illegal to pet the predator. After the finger was found outside the jaguar's cage, police took a print from the detached digit and tracked the guy down through his zoo pass. Sadly, the frequent visitor who came to the zoo almost daily is now banned. I bet the jaguar will miss him. "They're not your friends, they're not your pets," the zoo director said. "They're wild animals." Link

The Moving Finger Writes

The Moving Finger Writes 01/10/2004 07:56 PM

Show Microsoft a finger

Show Microsoft a finger 09/22/2004 04:34 AM
How often do your words come back to haunt you?  Just a few months ago, in the Identity Management newsletter (see link below) I said that in the mid-to-late 1990s we thought that all keyboards would have fingerprint readers built-in. I also suggested that you check out such keyboards the next time you were in a computer store. How wrong I was, at least as far as Microsoft is concerned.

Shield Finger Guard

Shield Finger Guard 06/22/2005 01:57 AM

American Guardian Inc. is selling the 'Shield Finger Guard,' a strip of plastic with adhesive that makes it impossible for children to pinch or sever their delicious fingers in the hinge side of swinging doors. Two models are available, with either a temporary, removable adhesive for homes (your kid will eventually get old enough to know better or, optimally, be left with a nubby stump too large to fit into the gap) or a permanent adhesive for schools and nurseries.

The Shield Finger Guard is $10 bucks, available at select retailers.

The Shield Finger Guard
[MedGadget]

"The secret finger trick"

"The secret finger trick" 04/23/2004 02:43 AM

Passionate finger-pointing

Passionate finger-pointing 02/17/2004 11:51 AM
Mel Gibson defends "The Passion of The Christ" to Diane Sawyer, professing his faith -- and seeing lots of conspiracies.

hindu finger puppets

hindu finger puppets 06/26/2004 05:42 PM
that's one ganesh you're welcome to feed a peanut to

Wendy's Gives Patron the Finger

Wendy's Gives Patron the Finger 03/30/2005 06:13 PM
It's not exactly a finger on the pulse of what customers want.

Finally... A Finger Fone!

Finally... A Finger Fone! 08/02/2004 08:37 PM
WebDevInfo Aug 3 2004 0:44AM GMT

Doctors Can't Put Their Finger on
Missing Tip (Reuters)

Doctors Can't Put Their Finger on
Missing Tip (Reuters) 01/28/2004 11:25 AM
Reuters - Irish hospital staff are hunting for a fingertip that disappeared hours before it was due to be sewn on to a man's finger, newspapers reported Wednesday.

Woman Won't Sue Wendy's for Alleged
Finger (AP)

Woman Won't Sue Wendy's for Alleged
Finger (AP) 04/13/2005 08:46 AM
AP - A woman who claimed she scooped up a human finger along with her chili at a Wendy's restaurant has decided not to sue the fast-food chain.

Woman who found finger in chili won't
sue

Woman who found finger in chili won't
sue 04/13/2005 11:51 AM
David Pescovitz: Last month, I posted about a woman who reportedly found a fingertip in a spoonful of chili at a Wendy's in San Jose, California. Now, Anna Ayala has surprisingly dropped her claim against the restaurant because, her attorney says, it "has caused her great emotional distress and continues to be difficult emotionally." Wendy's has offered a bounty of $50,000 to the first person who can positively identify the source of the finger. From the Associated Press:

Wendy's maintains the finger did not enter the food chain in its ingredients. None of the employees at the San Jose store had lost any fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients reported any hand or finger injuries, the company said.

The Santa Clara County coroner's office used a partial fingerprint to search for a match in an electronic database but came up empty. DNA testing is still being conducted on the finger.

Link

UPDATE: Thanks to the BB readers who pointed to reports that finger-finder Anna Ayala has a suspiciously litigious past and that last week police se arched her home.

iPod mini Gives Non-Believers the Finger

iPod mini Gives Non-Believers the Finger 02/17/2004 07:58 PM
All of the complaining--the moaning, the crying about the iPod mini being too expensive, not worth it, never gonna sell, piece of junk, what a mistake!, I can't believe how Apple dropped the ball on this one, et-cetera. And yet.

Apple has received over 100,000 pre-orders for the iPod mini which was introduced last month.

I think that was the sound of the iPod mini flipping you off. I think.

Minnesota Man Bites Off Brother's Finger
(AP)

Minnesota Man Bites Off Brother's Finger
(AP) 02/01/2005 09:23 PM
AP - Police say a man lost his cool and bit off a third of his younger brother's finger on Thursday night after a vicious family dispute.

Wendy's Trying to Solve Mystery of
Finger (AP)

Wendy's Trying to Solve Mystery of
Finger (AP) 04/16/2005 07:31 PM
AP - Somewhere out there is a woman, dead or alive, who is missing a well-manicured finger about 1 1/2 inches long. Authorities know where the finger ended up — in a bowl of Wendy's chili — but just who it belongs to is a mystery.

Alliance Formed to Finger Hackers

Alliance Formed to Finger Hackers 03/28/2005 03:46 PM
Internet News Mar 28 2005 7:22PM GMT

Download Manager is Giving You the
Finger

Download Manager is Giving You the
Finger 03/06/2004 02:03 AM
Bug 233525 - Background of Download Manager looks like one-finger-salute Description: "When the download manager is on screen, the background image of that window (folder with arrow pointing down) looks like distractingly like a hand with middle finger up." Screenshot: It's only in the default theme, and it's been marked...

Industry teams up to finger hackers

Industry teams up to finger hackers 03/29/2005 11:02 PM

Robber Cuts Off Own Finger by Mistake
(AP)

Robber Cuts Off Own Finger by Mistake
(AP) 01/26/2004 06:31 PM
AP - A robber cut off his own pinkie finger by mistake when his gunman accomplice got into a struggle with one of their victims, police said Monday.

419ers enjoy a five-finger shuffle

419ers enjoy a five-finger shuffle 09/27/2004 05:24 AM
Lads from Lagos shoot their load

Microsoft puts finger on new
cybersecurity

Microsoft puts finger on new
cybersecurity 09/08/2004 12:50 PM
Seattle Post Intelligencer Sep 8 2004 5:04PM GMT

One finger victory salute from Bush

One finger victory salute from Bush 12/19/2004 03:32 PM
Kinda says it all to me. Link to the video. (Yeah, its not a fake) [Via Adam Curry]...

Grocery Shopping With the Touch of a
Finger

Grocery Shopping With the Touch of a
Finger 06/17/2005 04:37 PM
A supermarket chain in North Carolina has introduced a new way to pay for your groceries - with only the touch of a finger. Lowes Foods is the first retail store in the country to offer a biometric payment system, which will match the fingerprint of a customer to a linked checking account.

Wendy's Trying to Solve Mystery of
Finger

Wendy's Trying to Solve Mystery of
Finger 04/17/2005 04:49 AM
Chicagotribune.com - Sat Apr 16, 03:28 pm GMT

Fuji gives photographers the two-finger
salute

Fuji gives photographers the two-finger
salute 09/07/2004 07:01 AM
Say cheese, then eff off

Man Allegedly Swallows Man's Finger in
Bar (AP)

Man Allegedly Swallows Man's Finger in
Bar (AP) 12/30/2004 07:30 PM
AP - A man allegedly bit off and swallowed another man's finger during a bar brawl, court officials said Thursday.
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