Oh Fox News, how I love your hypocrisy — especially when it involves teens and nude pictures.

According to a FOXNews.com report, teenagers in Columbus, OH are using their cell phones to send risqué photos and videos of themselves in a Digital Age note-passing that kicks so much more ass than the intricately folded blather I use to scribble on a scrap of wide-rule.

Apparently not everyone sees the improvement, like the FBI:

“I’ve seen everything from your basic striptease to sexual acts being performed,” said Reynoldsburg police Detective Brian Marvin, a member of the FBI Cyber Crime Task Force of Central Ohio. “You name it, they will do it at their home under this perceived anonymity.”

You name it, they will do it. It sounds like this guy knows a lot about the Central Ohio cell phone kiddie porn ring. That’s an awkward job to have; going home to your wife every night. Read More »

Anything that helps me talk to cops less wins. Especially if it’s free, and doesn’t involve hiding in a an abandoned bunker somewhere. And I’m guessing, if you like to drive fast, you don’t much enjoy their company, either.

Fortunately, Trapster (no, not the supervillain), a new wireless service, simply provides users with text messages and/or emails when they are coming up on a speed trap. Using GPS already in your cell phone or WiFi, Trapster knows immediately when you are getting close to a reported trap.

Red-light cameras and locations where police often set-up camp are recorded in Trapser’s database indefinitely. However, like many Web 2.0 applications, Trapster is reliant on user-submitted data for the service to work. Read More »