Earlier today I visited the annual LegalTech Show at the Hilton in midtown Manhattan. For the most part, there wasn't really all that much there that would have been of much interest for Gearlog readers, save for those of you who have some interest in dictation services and court stenographer typewriters. One piece of gadgetry did catch my eye, however--the extremely cool and fairly terrifying Paraben CSI Stick.

The device plugs into a cell phone and lets the user pull off all the phone's "forensic data"--the phone book, text messages, cameraphone images, call logs--everything. The Stick can even retrieve text messages that have been deleted by the phone's owner. Like I said--terrifying.

The CSI Stick comes with replaceable heads that can be used with a number of cell phone models. It starts at $199 on Paraben's site.