Hexidecimally Lingual: Websites Must Speak 16 Languages to Go Global

Hexidecimally Lingual: Websites Must Speak 16 Languages to Go Global New data from research firm Common Sense Advisory suggests that if your brand is to achieve truly global reach in our online world, your website must “speak” more than 16 languages. Common Sense Advisory publishes reports that are designed to help its clients reach a …

Reference: Wireless Mesh Internet–A List

16+ Projects & Initiatives Building Ad-Hoc Wireless Mesh Networks For those interested in alternative internet infrastructures, I’ve been assembling a list of projects and initiatives working to build mesh network solutions, as well as communities and resources around this topic. I’ve also posted this on Quora. Please feel free to add any projects I’ve missed. We’re …

Review: The World Is Open–How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education

6 STAR Wake Up Call for All Educators August 19, 2010 Curtis J. Bonk UPDATE 21 Aug 2010 to add two graphics. I’ve seen educators struggle to herd their faculty cats, hire staff under industrial-era rules, and strive to accommodate students that know more than their professors about anything outside the “teach to test” topic. …

Event: 6 Aug – 25 Sept 2010, Denver CO, Art of Dirt: Exhibit on Water Tech & Art fr Dev Countries

A two-part exhibition of water technologies and artwork from developing countries where Denver-based IDE works to cultivate prosperity. Part I (August 6 – 31) of the exhibition features photographs of the people IDE works with every day, along with displays of the innovative water technologies IDE has developed as part of its Bill and Melinda …

Court Decision (NOT Congress Oversight) Declared NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Illegal

Court document: Alharamain versus National Security Administration (From Secrecy News) WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE OF CHARITY RULED UNLAWFUL Warrantless surveillance of an Islamic charity in Oregon in 2004 violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a court ruled (pdf) on March 31. In the culmination of a four-year lawsuit, Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of …

Reference: Are Hackers Pioneers with the Right Stuff or Criminal Pathological Scum? Mitch Kabay Reprises

Why Criminal Hackers Must Not Be Rewarded Part 1: The Fruit of the Poisoned Tree By M. E. Kabay, 11/30/2009 In 1995, I participated in a debate with distinguished security expert Robert D. Steele, a vigorous proponent of open-source intelligence. We discussed the advisability of hiring criminal hackers. Perhaps readers will find the polemic I …

Journal: Cyber-Idiocy Two, Cyber-Sense Zero

U.S. Struggles with ‘Electronic Fratricide’ in Afghanistan November 17, 2009,  Nathan Hodge In Afghanistan, western militaries use radio frequency jammers to keep troops safe from remotely-detonated bombs. But those jammers and other gadgets have contributed to a “pollution” of the airwaves so severe that over 200 systems at Afghanistan’s main air base can’t talk to …