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Video Surveillance Market Not Immune from Slow Economy
Video Surveillance is one of the fastest growing segments in technology, but new research is saying the market for cameras and their equipment isn’t immune from the slumping economy. According to market-research firm In-Stat, some segments within the video surveillance market will be hit harder than others. IP cameras, due to their high cost, will [...]
Continue reading...Security Cameras Spy Coke Machine Thief
14. October 2009
Some police statistics are showing that home burglaries are up 22 percent over last year, causing many homeowners to invest in security cameras for their homes. However video systems aren’t only becoming popular in homes, they’re also showing up in more unlikely places like soda-pop vending machines. Police in Oklahoma City are searching for one [...]
Continue reading...ACLU Fights to Keep Cameras off Sacramento Streets
29. September 2009
The City Council in Sacramento will decide today whether to approve funds to add video surveillance cameras to city streets and other public areas. The local ACLU chapter has been fighting the initiative for some time. The money is coming from a federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security and would help purchase and [...]
Continue reading...ACORN Sues Over Use of Hidden Video Camera with Audio
24. September 2009
The deeply troubled organization ACORN announced today that they were bringing a lawsuit against the two filmmakers that used hidden cameras to videotape ACORN workers without their consent. The two posed as a pimp and a prostitute, claimed they were smuggling in underage girls for prostitution, and were looking for ways to cheat the IRS. [...]
Continue reading...Cisco Joins Pelco to Develop HD IP Video Surveillance
23. September 2009
Cisco and Pelco are joining forces to develop the technology behind new HD IP video surveillance cameras, based on Pelco’s current Sarix platform. The HD video cameras are expected to be available later this year, and will be distributed by “Cisco Authorized Technology Providers.” The VP of Physical Security at Cisco had this to say: [...]
Continue reading...Creepiest Man Alive Caught Stealing Bank Surveillance Cameras
18. September 2009
When most robbers take things from banks – they go for cash and try and hide their identity from the cameras. However, the creepiest man alive decided he was going to go after a bank’s video surveillance cameras in the town of St. Albans, West Virginia. The perpetrators creepy mug was caught since the feed [...]
Continue reading...Video Surveillance Cameras May Help Solve Murder at Yale University
14. September 2009
When Yale University graduate student Annie Le went missing on last Tuesday, investigators started searching for clues. In the end, it was surveillance video that helped them locate her body five days later. While surveillance cameras on college campuses are becoming more and more common, few universities have such blanketed coverage. Yale University was ahead [...]
Continue reading...Big Brother Watching Baltimore Boozers
10. September 2009
We think that video surveillance systems used by local police and municipalities are a good thing. While cameras in pubic areas may not be as effective as an officer on the street, they do provide a certain sense of security and no doubt have deterred crime in some areas. However, the authorities may have gone [...]
Continue reading...D-Link to Secure L.A. Sports Museum
8. September 2009
The Sports Museum of Los Angeles holds a ton of priceless memorabilia – including Babe Ruth’s record-breaking home run bat. A surveillance system designed by D-link has been selected to secure the museum’s 10,000 articles. 88 D-link two-way audio Internet cameras and eighty-eight power over Ethernet adapters have been installed in the museum. “We shopped [...]
Continue reading...General Electric to Sell Security, Surveillance Division
27. August 2009
General Electric is looking to sell its Security Division, which makes video surveillance equipment and alarms. The liquidation could net GE around $2 Billion, according to Bloomberg. Possible buyers for the division could include Tyco International, and United Technologies, two companies who also produce security equipment. Earlier this year GE sold an 81% stake in [...]
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20. October 2009
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