A blogger who convinced the High Court to allow a court order to be communicated by Twitter has said that the move was a success. Donal Blaney claims that the rogue tweeter has agreed to stop impersonating him. Blaney, a right wing blogger, took action last week against an unknown individual who had been posting…
Casro to publish guidelines on digital fingerprinting
Brian Tarran reports: Guidelines on the use of digital fingerprinting technology are to be published later this month by the Council of American Survey Research Organisations (Casro), setting out requirements for disclosure, transparency and privacy protection when using the online survey fraud safeguard. Casro said that use of the technology in accordance with its guidelines…
Random breathalyzer tests considered for Canada
The federal justice minister is considering a new law that would allow police to conduct random breathalyzer tests on drivers, regardless of whether they suspect motorists have been drinking. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson raised the prospect recently at a meeting of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, according to MADD chief executive Andrew Murie. If random testing…
Ted Williams’ frozen head for batting practice at cryogenics lab: book
Nathaniel Vinton reports: Workers at an Arizona cryonics facility mutilated the frozen head of baseball legend Ted Williams – even using it for a bizarre batting practice, a new tell-all book claims. In “Frozen,” Larry Johnson, a former exec at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., graphically describes how The Splendid Splinter” was…