"Police blotter" is a weekly News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: Douglas Plude, convicted of his wife's murder, says computer logs provide an alibi. Plude, who lived ...

The log data you collect from your systems and devices may seem pretty mundane. However, it could contain the precise evidence needed to investigate and successfully prosecute a crime. In order for ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has denied allegations in a lawsuit that a worker altered a computer log to conceal a delay of nearly five hours in attempting to deenergize some ...