The Melvin Blog

"The last couple of about 2-3 weeks, my PC has been on quarantine almost everyday. It was reformatted almost every 3 days because of some silly virus and malicious script. Basically it all started out when I inserted my music player via usb connector."

Deputies nab snoozing break-in suspect in Comstock

"Deputies nab snoozing break-in suspect in Comstock AP Posted: 2008-06-16 09:13:35 COMSTOCK, Mich. (AP) - Kalamazoo County sheriff's deputies arrested a suspected burglar they say ransacked a home, stacked electronic equipment outside and then fell asleep on a couch back...

Tampa General starts procedure on wrong patient

"TAMPA -- Staff at Tampa General Hospital mistakenly started performing a cardiac catheterization last week on the wrong patient, hospital officials said Wednesday evening.The man was not harmed, and the hospital is conducting an internal investigation. Staff members failed...

Prisoners 'to be chipped like dogs'

" Hi-tech 'satellite' tagging planned in order to create more space in jails. Civil rights groups and probation officers furious at 'degrading' schemeMinisters are planning to implant "machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an...

Deadly consent: Bondage death raises legal issues

"Adrian Exley was wrapped tightly in heavy plastic, then bound with duct tape. A leather hood was put over his head with a thin plastic straw inserted so that he could breathe, and he was shut up in a closet.That, apparently, was the way Exley liked it. But the way it ended...

15 year old Xbox junkies to be performing surgery soon

"Laparoscopic surgery, in which instruments and cameras are inserted into patients via small incisions, has played a key role in the development of minimally invasive surgery. But the technique involves a distinct set of skills, including reconstructing a three-dimensional...

Some States Welcome National ID

This article pertains to a US law that has already been passed, a law most Americans know nothing about. The phrase "scope creep" that appears in this article is the perfect way to sum up the danger of national ID cards. Are your papers in order?(The RSA Conference is a...