A few interesting screenshots from the Terrorism Research Center on September 11, 2001. Here is a message that Neal Pollard and I wrote that greeted our visitors when they first hit the terrorism.com domain. Having founded the company on the 1st anniversary of the OKC bombing we were sensitive to drawing too many conclusions too [...]
Furthering the Field: A Comprehensive Program for Cyber Conflict Studies *Revised and Updated Invitation* The Cyber Conflict Studies Association invites you a one-day conference on 21 September 2010 to review and discuss six ongoing studies in cyber conflict, with a keynote address by Richard A. Clarke. The principal investigators and authors have a broad range [...]
This is an excellent device. Category changer like the iPhone was with smart phones. I’m typing this post on my iPad with a paired bluetooth keyboard and it is a great combination with a total weight of less than two pounds and no keyboard in the way when I don’t need it on planes and [...]
I’m really excited to add the iPad to my technology arsenal. Here are a few reasons why, along with some things that I hope are present in this generation and what I’d like to see in iPad 2.0 Reasons I want one now: In the past two years, there have been many times that I’ve [...]
While I’m not usually one to dwell on the significance of a new decade, 2010 seems worth reflecting on. This post covers a hodge-podge of issues keeping in tune with this blog’s general charter of technology, security, and obscurity. Hopefully, there’s something for everybody. When I first started working national security issues, 2010 was one [...]
I blogged about my experience with DirecTV. Finally, a state AG is taking them to task. I’ve written the VA state attorney to ask them to do the same. I would encourage you to do so as well. DirecTV thives on Deception
I’ll admit to coveting an Android phone today. Not because it is a better device than my iPhone (it isn’t) and not because I want to be on the Verizon network. I was interested in the Droid phone because I am getting extremely frustrated with protectionist DRM systems and the policies Apple is using to [...]
This is a must read blog post by Jeff Jonas – Mobile devices in America are generating something like 600 billion geo-spatially tagged transactions per day. Every call, text message, email and data transfer handled by your mobile device creates a transaction with your space-time coordinate (to roughly 60 meters accuracy if there are three [...]
I started thinking about what a converged device the iPhone is and compiled this impressive list of devices I used to carry that are now replaced by my iPhone. This is an unprecedented level of convergence if you ask me. A quick informal tally shows that the iPhone is replacing $2700.00 dollars worth of equipment [...]
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