http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/2846/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/half_finished_208_million_dmv_technology_overhaul_canceled <p>California's computer problems, which have already cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, have mounted as state officials cut short work on a $208-million DMV technology overhaul that is only half done. The project was intended to revamp the process for registering vehicles and issuing driver's licenses, with the entire overhaul scheduled to be finished this year. But state officials said they were canceling the vehicle registration component because little progress was being made. The decision is a setback for the Department of Motor Vehicles, which has a history of such stumbles.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/half_finished_208_million_dmv_technology_overhaul_canceled#comments california computers DMV Incompetence News Article Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:12:14 +0000 Cyphase 26177 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/judge_limits_dhs_laptop_border_searches <p>A federal judge has ruled that border agents cannot seize a traveler's laptop, keep it locked up for months, and examine it for contraband files without a warrant half a year later.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/judge_limits_dhs_laptop_border_searches#comments computers Department of Homeland Security DHS judical decision laptops News Article search seizure Good News Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:47:39 +0000 Deslock Darkstar 5430 at http://ww