There have been several conflicting reports on the government’s interception modernisation programme this week, ranging from “UK web snooping plans: Full steam ahead” to “Legislation to access texts and emails on hold”. Full Article at VNUNet.com

U.K. Home Office Minister David Hanson is pushing for further data archiving of information by Communications Service Providers, including such web portals as Facebook. Full Article at ZDNet

Widespread opposition to government plans to track people's electronic communications has removed any chance their making the statute before the general election. Full Article at ComputerWeekly.com

LONDON - The British Home Office wants communication firms to monitor all Internet use and retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook. Full Article at Simple Thoughts

A TOP Home Office Minister yesterday gave his support to a campaign by Somerset Liberal Democrats to oppose possible plans to cut police numbers in the county. Full Article at Yeovil Express

Senior Home Office Minister, David Hanson MP – Minister for Policing, Crime and Counter-Terrorism – yesterday gave his support to a campaign by Somerset Liberal Democrats to oppose the plans by Conservative controlled Somerset County Council to cut... Full Article at ePolitix

A Home Office minister has told the Commons he was in a gang in his younger days. David Hanson, minister for policing, crime and counter-terrorism, introduced yesterday's debate on tackling antisocial behaviour. Full Article at ePolitix

Crime and Security Minister David Hanson said a ''number of arrests'' had been made this year but refused to say if further action had been taken. Full Article at The Telegraph

Home Office Minister David Hanson and National Policing Improvement Agency have launched a new interactive national map, giving the public access to local statistics and details, on crime and neighbourhood policing in their area, today. Full Article at Yell.com: Home Security

David Hanson: I came up with the idea for Disturbathon on a mad frenzied road trip to New Orleans with my friend Erik Hosek, in late September 1989. Full Article at Digital City

Over the course of a decade, robotics engineer David Hanson has been working with great minds to create robots that are as socially interactive as humans. Full Article at PSFK

Violent crimes including wife beatings have been wrongly dismissed by the police in a bid to meet Government targets on crime figures, it was revealed today. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

WASILLA -- The Mat-Su Borough's Port MacKenzie will nearly triple the size of its barge dock next year, thanks to $3 million in federal money received through the federal economic stimulus funding package. Full Article at Anchorage Daily News

An interactive map offering detailed crime statistics for every street in England and Wales proved a huge internet hit today. Thousands of people attempted to access details of crimes from burglaries to vehicle thefts in their neighbourhoods. Full Article at 24Dash.com

People attempting to visit new website offering street-by-street crime statistics were this morning unable to access the information An interactive map offering detailed crime statistics on every street in England and Wales appeared to crash hours... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

The new maps allow homeowners to zoom in and find out about crime levels in their area An interactive map offering detailed crime statistics on every street in England and Wales crashed hours after its launch today. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

The awards are run by Jane's Police Review - a magazine for police officers - and everyone nominated will receive an engraved medal during a ceremony in London later this month. Full Article at The Star

Is the Ministry of Justice pretending to being "environmentally friendly", by re-cycling Parliamentary Written Answers, or are they simply re-cycling their ineffective "do nothing" policies? Full Article at Spy Blog

David Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an "emotional" live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans. Full Article at TED