A Parks Township woman is turning to technology to help local law enforcement identify lost animals in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Amber Phillips, owner and director of the nonprofit Champion’s Crusaiders ...

Which handheld digital scanner is best? With extreme weather and natural disasters increasingly common, being able to communicate and receive local radio frequencies is more important than ever before ...

If you've been listening to your trusty old police scanner, you may be missing something: half the action. Douglas County in Minnesota has started broadcasting on a new digital frequency and some ...

From left: Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, PWPD Chief Robert Del Muro and Detective Anthony Guzzello review the new digital fingerprint scanner funded by the County. (Photo courtesy of ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

DigitalConvergence, a maker of digital scanners, said Monday that it reduced its staff by about 44 percent as it looks for new financing. The Dallas-based company laid off 60 full-time workers and 50 ...

Fundraising goal Champion's Crusaiders Rescue hopes to raise $8,000 to supply local police with 28 animal microchip scanners and two leather slip leads per police vehicle. The digital scanners will be ...