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A federal judge in Denver has ruled that a bank-fraud suspect must unlock her computer for prosecutors, in a ruling that civil-liberties advocates say undermines constitutional protections in a digital age.

In an order issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn said requiring Ramona Fricosu to provide an unencrypted version of her laptop’s hard drive to prosecutors does not violate her rights against self-incrimination. Instead, Blackburn ruled that providing the unlocked laptop wouldn’t be self-incriminatory because it wouldn’t prove anything that the government doesn’t already know.

“[I]t is more likely than not that the computer belonged to and was used by Ms. Fricosu,” Blackburn wrote. “Accordingly, I find and conclude that the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring production of the unencrypted contents of the … laptop.”

Fricosu and her ex-husband, Scott Whatcott, were indicted in 2010 on charges of bank fraud related to a complex mortgage scam. While serving a search warrant at Fricosu’s house in Peyton, investigators seized a Toshiba laptop that they later discovered was encrypted. After hearing Fricosu and Whatcott talk about an encrypted laptop during a tape-recorded jailhouse phone call, prosecutors sought an order forcing Fricosu to cough up…………… continues on Denver Post

By Daniel Eran Dilger

Published: 07:15 PM EST (04:15 PM PST)
Apple has surpassed HP in both computer unit sales and revenues for the first time, taking the top spot sooner than expected on record sales of iPads. Rather than losing sales to low priced tablets, Apple said it would “continue to innovate like crazy” in the tablet arena.

Apple reported record quarterly sales of 15.4 million iPads and 5.2 million Macs, giving the company over 20 million sales of dedicated personal computing devices (distinct from its sales of more than 37 million phones). Gartner reported HP’s worldwide sales for the fourth quarter to be 14.7 million, while Lenovo and Dell sold 12.9 and 11.6 million units, respectively.

Apple was expected to report sales closer to 13 million iPads, an estimate figure that was still well ahead of what Canalys had anticipated last fall when it predicted Apple would outpace HP before the second half of this year.

Both Apple’s revenues and profits were twice as high a…………… continues on Apple Insider

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