Tag: CSI

What's the next frontier of investigative crime fighting? If you ask Michael Nesbitt, it may be sitting right in your living room. Nesbitt, a security consultant at Trustwave, is scheduled to give a presentation at the upcoming DEFCON security conference, where he'll explain how any unassuming video game system can, when examined closely, help investigators solve crimes. As Security Watch reports, ...

When compared with music, television, and movies, books haven't really changed all that much over the years. But 'CSI' creator Anthony Zuiker is about to shake up the written word by rolling a novel, Web site, and video clips into an innovative experience for readers. According to Reuters, Zuiker's first 'digi-novel,' dubbed 'Level 26,' will be released on Tuesday. It's a crime story, of course, ...

Watching 'CSI' is enough to make any tech enthusiast jealous, but have you ever wondered where they get all their wonderful toys? Well, much of it comes from a partnership with Microsoft. Some of the show's sets have been outfitted with modified Surface computers, and the stars will soon start carrying tablet PCs and UMPCs instead of notepads. On Wednesday's episode, the star is Photosynth, a ...

Online virtual worlds are taking over. It would seem as though World of Warcraft and Second Life are cultish phenomena inhabited primarily by the uber-dorky, but if mainstream television is an indicator, things are changing. Recently, 'South Park' aired an episode in which much of the animation was modified in-game footage from World of Warcraft, while 'The Simpsons' parodied the virtual world ...