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More S-FIVE news

This just in: The S-FIVE project will organize an international workshop about Forensic Image and Video Enhancement on June 15-18, in Brussels, Belgium. The maximum number of participants to this workshop will be limited, but EU attendees can be partially funded by the Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme, European Commission - Directorate-General Home Affairs (through the ENFSI

Forensic Photoshop Book moves to Amazon

After many years of pushing up against the behemoth that is Amazon, my publisher and Amazon are finally at the point of reasonableness. Thus, it is with a bit of nervousness that I announce that my book, Forensic Photoshop, will be available for purchase exclusively on Amazon.com starting next week. I realize that the book has been in print for quite a while. But, if you stop to consider that

Free web version of Signal Processing for Communications

I know folks like to build their libraries. But, it can get expensive. Recently, I came across this free web version of Prandoni & Vetterli's Signal Processing for Communications. They also have a PDF version available for free downloading. This page offers their reasoning for offering their text for free, along with a link if you'd care to donate to support their cause. Enjoy.

Draft law mandates CCTV use

Here's an interesting article from Kuwait City, "Cabinet OKs Law On Surveillance Cameras KUWAIT CITY: The Council of Ministers has approved the draft law which has been submitted by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al- Khalid for the installation of security surveillance cameras, reports Al-Anba daily. The daily added, during the first phase 15 cameras will be

Cyber CSI: the challenges of digital forensics

This just in from Richard Boddington at TheConversation.com: "Forensics is changing in the digital age, and the legal system is still catching up when it comes to properly employing digital evidence. Broadly speaking, digital evidence is information found on a wide range of electronic devices that is useful in court because of its probative value. It’s like the digital equivalent of a

S-FIVE Collaborative Exercise

I received the following invitation from the S-FIVE project team. They've asked that I share the information here. --- Dear colleagues, With this e-mail the S-FIVE project team wishes to invite you to participate to its: Collaborative Exercise on Forensic Image and Video Enhancement. The exercise consists of four subparts related to: Image extraction, Focal and Motion Deblur, and

Vehicle Examiner announcement from DME Forensicsis

The folks over at DME Forensics announced the impending beta of their newest adventure, Vehicle Examiner. It seems, from the announcement, that they've taken the Digital Automotive Image System and given the concept a bit of modernization. But, unlike the DIAS, I doubt that Vehicle Examiner will be free to law enforcement. If you're interested in getting involved in their upcoming beta program,

Hertz puts cameras in its rental cars

Yes, you read the headline correctly. Hertz is putting cameras in their rental cars. But, they say that they have no plans to use them ... whatever that means. Check out the details from Fusion.net.

Useful web based tools for doing math with photo and video features

This is a collection of web-based tools for calculations that are related to HDSLR video or cinema.