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Gangs in New York talk Twitter: Use tweets to trash-talk rivals, plan fights New York Daily News
Some groups of teenagers in Harlem use the messaging website Twitter, via their mobile phones, to organize street fights and other shady activities. The city’s street gangs are becoming tweet gangs. Manhattan’s young thugs have turned to Twitter, and the cops who track them are fast behind, the Daily News has learned. It’s old-school crime meets new technology: attacks being plotted – and thwarted – 140 characters at a time. One investigator recently warned parents and teens that the bastion of OMG and LOL has been infiltrated by violent crews waging turf wars. A boy shot in the leg weeks earlier on Lenox Ave. may have been targeted because of a battle the Original Young Gangsters crew started on Twitter.

Police seize DJs’ laptops SFBG
San Francisco Police Department officers have added a controversial tactic to their aggressive raids on house parties (see “Fun under siege,” 4/22/09): they’re seizing laptop computers from DJs at the events. While SFPD officials deny the laptop seizures is a new policy, they admit it has been condoned by Police Chief George Gascón, who took over in August and last month told the Guardian’s editorial board he wants to make the SFPD more transparent and accountable to the public (see “New coach, new approach,” 10/14/09). “The police chief is aware that officers are being proactive in gathering evidence,” Sgt. Lyn Tomioka told the Guardian when asked about a string of laptop seizures by undercover cops over the last 10 months, most of them in cases in which the DJs weren’t even charged with a crime.

Shot man takes aim at Google Herald Sun
A music promoter who was shot in the back is suing internet giant Google, alleging it branded him a crook and a member of Melbourne’s underworld. Michael Trkulja claims that a person putting his name into Google’s search engine will be directed to websites where his name and photograph are mixed with underworld figures and crime identities. Mr Trkulja was shot in the back by a hitman wearing a balaclava while dining with his elderly mother at a St Albans restaurant in June 2004. The would-be killer fled after his pistol jammed as he prepared to fire a second shot. Police did not link the shooting to Melbourne’s underworld war and Mr Trkulja claims his reputation has been gravely injured.

Apple sues power adapter knockoff maker CNet News
Hot on the heels of its win against Mac clone-maker Psystar, Apple is suing another company that’s making knockoffs of its products, but this time its power adapters. Apple filed the lawsuit against Media Solutions Holdings in the California Central District Court on Monday, according to InformationWeek. Apple claims the power adapters violate a patent the company holds on the design of its own adapters. The power adapters in question come with Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro line of notebooks. Apple also sells the adapters separately for $79 from its online and retail stores.

Elgan: 7 reasons why e-book readers make lousy gifts this year Computerworld
An e-reader seems like a sweet, substantive and long-lasting gift. But so is a fruitcake. Two years ago, the best holiday gift was an Amazon Kindle — if you could get your hands on one. They were hot, new and sold out hours after going on sale. Last year, the Kindle made an awesome gift as well. This year, all the e-book readers on the market, including the new Kindles, are better devices than last year’s Kindles.

Porn App Store Lands on Android Phones PC World
Where there is no app for that on the iPhone, there now is for porn on the competing Android mobile operating system. A Seattle-based company named MiKandi (pronounced “my candy”) has released an app store specifically geared towards porn. The application attempts to create a red light district for adult Android apps allowing adult content providers to set up shop within a MiKandi app (see SFW video).

FCC chairman: Broadband access should be universal Associated Press
Making broadband Internet access universally available is this century’s version of building highways or extending railroads coast-to-coast, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. Julius Genachowski said broadband is “a critical infrastructure challenge of our generation.” As part of the federal stimulus package, the FCC is charged with creating a plan – due in February – to make broadband available everywhere in the country. The stimulus money also includes $7 billion in grants for broadband access, and the recipients will be announced soon, Genachowski said in a speech at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.

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