22 February 2006
'Hate crime' victims: Young, poor, white
The most likely victim of a hate crime in the U.S. is a poor, young, white, single urban dweller, according to an analysis of Justice Department statistics collected from between July 2000 and December 2003.
()() But when is the last time you heard of a black person being prosecuted for a hate crime? Never.
15 February 2006
Cellphone could crack RFID tags, says cryptographer
A well known cryptographer has applied power analysis techniques to crack passwords for the most popular brand of RFID tags.
07 February 2006
U.S. Supreme Court depicts Muhammad
Protesters of cartoons insist Islam
forbids any image of prophet
Frieze depicts Muhammad among 18 "lawgivers" on wall above Supreme Court justices' bench
While Muslims engaged in violent protests worldwide over caricatures of Muhammad have insisted any image of their prophet is considered blasphemous, a prominent frieze in the U.S. Supreme Court portrays the Islamic leader wielding a sword.
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