Murder suspect’s Google searches spotlighted in trial

Horrible! From Guardian Technology: “Prosecutors claim a Mac specialist on trial in connection with the killing of his wife did a Google search for the words: “neck snap break” and “hold” before she was killed. Robert Petrick, who is defending himself in Durham, NC, cross examined a computer forensics expert this week. The expert testified … Keep reading

Chesterblogs

I have a job interview on Friday, for a job in Scrutiny at Chester City Council. Am quite confident and am looking forward to the idea of getting back into Scrutiny. Browsing the Council’s website, it would appear that some of their councillors are blogging. Excellent!

Pitfalls of using Microsoft Word

Great post from John Naughton. The United Nations have released a Word file which, in the meta data and changes tracking, reveals some pretty embarassing edits… When will people learn to stop using MS file formats to distribute material?

Links 6/11/05

With enough eyeballs, all bugs are invisible Pitiful spectacle of an old DOS trying to do new tricks