Cyrus Farivar

License plate reader

How police license plate readers can invade your privacy

License plate readers scan plate numbers and then cross-reference them with a “hot list” of plates of wanted or stolen vehicles. The problem is that only a small fraction of the plates are on the wanted list; the rest belong to non-criminal, law-abiding people – people whose movements the government could now conceivably track.

How police license plate readers can invade your privacy

Los Angeles-based lawyer exposes Iranian bands

Los Angeles-based lawyer exposes Iranian bands

The NBA's ethnic heritage nights

The NBA's ethnic heritage nights
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Iranian rock band Kiosk'

Iranian rock band Kiosk'
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Iranian diplomat defects

Iranian diplomat defects

Ahmadinejad's foul mouth

The Iranian president raised eyebrows when he used a crude expression, but the Iranian leader has been known to use colorful language.

Ahmadinejad's foul mouth

Religiously safe search

Religious values aren't a filter for many search engines, but religious-themed ones are popping up around the world.

Religiously safe search
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I'mHalal: The Muslim search engine

In Islam, something that is haram is forbidden. The opposite of haram is halal, permissible. Now, a new Internet search engine is helping Muslims sort out the levels of what is forbidden, offering up clean search results, Cyrus Farivar has the story.

I'mHalal: The Muslim search engine
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Baseball translator

Reporter Cyrus Farivar profiles the man the Los Angeles Dodgers hired as a Japanese translator. It helps that he speaks Spanish too.

Baseball translator
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Online freedom in Iraq

Cyrus Farivar reports on Internet regulations in Iraq. Iraqis have had complete Internet freedom since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government. But a bill before the Iraqi parliament seeks to ban websites that advocate violence or violate social norms.

Online freedom in Iraq
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Law and disorder in cyberspace

Cybercrime is on the rise and botnets are largely to blame. Botnets are large groups of computers that spew out spam, worms and viruses. The trouble is that international law can't keep up with the technology. Correspondent Cyrus Farivar reports.

Law and disorder in cyberspace

Iran's election goes online

Iran's President Ahmadinejad is on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube -- as are Iran's other candidates.

Iran's election goes online
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Geo answer

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Estonia. The BBC's Cyrus Farivar reports that country recently held its first national clean-up.

Geo answer
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Geo answer / Comic books in the Middle East

We asked you to name a fictional Middle East country that exists only in the comic books. The answer is the fictional country of UMEC, an acronym that stands for "un-named Middle Eastern country."

Geo answer / Comic books in the Middle East