San Francisco's latest crime-fighting technique, ShotSpotter, a listening/recording device that can pinpoint the locations of discharged gunfire in San Francisco's most at-risk neighborhoods, has seen its Mission district unveiling temporarily halted. According to the Ex, Terry Childs, the IT nerd who almost took down San Francisco via a lockout, caused the delay. It seems the "communications system on which [ShotSpotter] relies has yet to be restored," or whatever. Anyway, the ShotSpotter's third installation is TBA.......

With a whole lot of charm and little bit of pluck, Mayor Gavin Newsom managed to get the much-needed passwords from former IT nerd Terry Childs during a jailhouse visit last night. If you recall, Childs, City Hall's former network administrator , has been incarcerated since July 13 after failing to handover the correct security codes to his bosses after getting the boot. Newsom, it seems, had a secret meeting with Child last night, one......