Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter — Issue 60, March 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS Tell W3C: We don’t want the Hollyweb LibrePlanet 2013 conference Google backslides on federated instant messaging, on purpose? Petition to protect the right to unlock cellphones garners 111,000+ signers; White House must now respond Interview with Adam Hyde of Booktype 2012 Free Software Award winners announced New and improved label for DRM-free …

Review: Internet-Based Intelligence in Public Health Emergencies – Early Detection and Response in Disease Outbreak Crises

Editors Mordini, E., Green, M. Pub. date March 2013Pages 160 Binding softcoverVolume 105 of NATO Science for Peace and Security Series – E: Human and Societal Dynamics ISBN 978-1-61499-174-8Subject Computer & Communication Sciences, Security & Terrorism, Social Sciences Momentous social events result from the sum of micro-level changes in daily individual life, and by observing …

SmartPlanet: China to boast world’s most advanced internet

China to boast world’s most advanced internet An analysis, conducted earlier this year, showed that Hong Kong boasted the world’s fastest internet speeds. But right outside its borders, an economic beast is building a newer version so powerful and efficient, that it’s expected to surpass anything currently being used in the west. With a population …

Winslow Wheeler: AF-IQ – $4 to $6 Trillion Cost — All Predictable

Below find excerpts of Harvard Professor Linda Bilmes latest analysis of the costs of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Note that the costs are now estimated to lay somewhere between $4 trillion and $6 trillion. Find this important study at the Harvard website: Bilmes, Linda J. “The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How …

Dolphin: Intelligence Reform? Not Here, Not Now…

Some odds and ends, quick reads. 2013  Incomplete Intelligence Reform: Why the US Intelligence Community Needs an Empowered DNI  Michael Rettig in Diplomatic Courier (12 February 2013) Bottom line:  DNI has been neutered from day one — no budget authority, no operational authority, a staff of over a thousand promoted beyond their abilities. 2012  The …

Review: Global Trends 2030 – Alternative Worlds [Paperback, Well Priced]

National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI/NIC) 3.0 out of 5 stars $75 Billion a Year and This is the Poster Child for the Public, March 26, 2013 Certainly worth reading, along with other and generally better reports linked below, but a huge disappointment. There is nothing here actually useful to …