The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Saturday, April 9 · 12:00pm – 3:00pm Union Square at 14th Street New York, NY Phi Beta Iota: We anticipate both a proliferation of such events via Facebook, and a convergence toward “Big Events” and nation-wide orchestration of simultaneous events.
As part of the Future of Facebook Project and Open Foresight process, we’re asking the crowd for their opinions and forecasts on the same 15 questions we’ve asked our interviewees. Questions are posted on Quora, but can also be answered here on the blog or on our Facebook Page. Here are some interesting and thought-provoking answers …
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‘Hacktivists’ retaliate against security expert By Joseph Menn in San Francisco Financial Times February 7 2011 22:53 The cyber-activist group Anonymous reacted quickly over the weekend to infiltration by a US security analyst, hacking into his personal online accounts and computers and distributing thousands of e-mails and other documents. The attack embarrassed researcher Aaron Barr, …
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We’ve waited for this revolution for years. Other despots should quail Change is sweeping though the Middle East and it’s the Facebook generation that has kickstarted it Guardian, 29 January 2011 EXTRACT: Meanwhile, the uprisings are curing the Arab world of an opiate, the obsession with Israel. For years, successive Arab dictators have tried to …
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Facebook hype will fade By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN All signs for Facebook appear to be pointing up. Mark Zuckerberg is Time’s Man of the Year, the movie about him seems likely to be an Oscar winner, and now Goldman Sachs is raising $1.5 billion from its favorite investors on behalf of the social …
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Bianca Bosker bianca@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting Microsoft’s Cracked Windows: How The World’s Technology Juggernaut Lost Its Buzz And Became The ‘Underdog’ EXTRACT: Its stranglehold on the desktop, while hugely profitable, helped turn Microsoft into an out-of-shape competitor focused on defending turf rather than scoring new hits. In seeking to maintain its dominance on the desktop, …
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Phi Beta Iota respectfully encourages all officers and staff non-commissioned officers to join LinkedIn and Facebook so as to enhance the sharing of information across boundaries. The “secret” to surviving a security review is to avoid all personal expressions of opinion. Use the systems to create networks of professionals with common interests (e.g. Information Operations) …
