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Kajoo: Open Source Civic Engagement Platform

There is no info on the homepage yet but the press release is below – http://kajoo.org + the code is available at http://github.com/mjording/kajoo.org 10th March, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Open Source Civic Engagement Platform “Kajoo” ready to launch at SXSW 2011 is already the year of Internet-fuelled civic revolution. The immediacy and reach of the …

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The Cyber Racket

In the fall of 2010, CACI of Arlington, a major player in the U.S. government’s cyber security business, held a symposium entitled “Cyber Threats to National Security,” in partnership with the U.S. Naval Institute to discuss the issue of Cyber Security. CACI is chasing roughly $2 billion worth of cyber-related contracts over the next few …

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Correction to the Record: Aspin-Brown Day on OSINT

Aspin-Brown Commission OSINT TestimonyAugust 3, 1995 Washington, D.C. Larry Cox, Vice President, Washington Operations, David Sarnoff Research Center “We’re not sure what OSINT is, but high-definition TV will make it better.” Dr. Richard O. Hundley, Senior Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation “Everything you want in OSINT is on the Internet, and we know how to get …

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Google Moves Voice into Cloud, Offs the Telecomms

Google Voice discovered allowing pure VoIP calls Google Voice users learned late Monday that the service now has a way of making purely Internet-based phone calls. Making a SIP call with a “sip:” prefix, the Google Voice phone number and @sip.voice.google.com skips the conventional phone network entirely, saving users cellphone minutes. Disruptive Telephony tested it …

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Crowdsourcing Mapped Water Data via SMS/txt msg

WASH SMS Project Overview The WASH SMS Project will harness the potential of mobile phones and internet technology to create a highly accessible communication and monitoring system that develops crowd-sourced map data to improve water and sanitation services for the urban poor. Source (Pacific Institute)