Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
While London, along with other parts of the UK, has long since been smothered by CCTV cameras and other forms of surveillance, a new report put out by the Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly suggests that all these watchful eyes may not be curbing crime. Dee Doocey, the Liberal Democrats spokeswoman, was quoted as saying that figured obtained in the study comparing the number of cameras in a given borough “with the proportion of crimes solved suggests there is no link between a high number of CCTV cameras and a better crime clear-up rate.” Close to £200 million ($401 million) has purportedly been spent on building such an elaborate CCTV network, but this study noted that it still wasn’t “entirely clear if some of that money would not have been better spent on police officers.”
[Via Wired]
 
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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Gaming

Just in case you’ve been keeping one eye trained on the console wars out there, you might want to take note of the most recent sales figures from Japan. According to the latest stats, the PSP overtook the DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2 in sales last week, propelled by the newest handheld installment of the Final Fantasy series, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Sure, it’s happened before, but with the increasing competitiveness out there, this one seems extra important. The message should be clear to Nintendo — don’t rest on your laurels. Also, don’t miss out on really hot Square Enix exclusives. The last thing you want is to go the way of Atari, and just end up as a simulation on a thriving system.
 
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to [...]

Original post by Joshua Topolsky