Month November 2005

WaPo Op-ed on the hideous, medieval, racist US prison system which sentences child offenders to life in prison, no parole, something virtually unheard of in any other country. A recent report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reveals that…

At an intellectual property conference Stewart Baker, the assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security <said> with a comment aimed squarely at Sony: "It’s very important to remember that it’s your intellectual property — it’s not your…

Zero-Day Exploit targets IE Exploit code for a critical flaw in fully patched versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser has been released on the Internet, putting millions of Web surfers at risk of computer hijack attacks. The zero-day exploit,…

I’m told the entire Calfornia state prison system may go into complete lockdown for the week before and after the upcoming execution of Tookie Williams, this being Dec. 6-20. Williams, who founded the Crips, has been nominated for a Nobel…