Journal: Chinese Super-Computing…

China’s ‘big hole’ marks scale of supercomputing race 1,000 U.S. scientists are involved in exascale development, but China and Europe have stepped up their investment, IBM warns Computerworld – WASHINGTON — To make a point about China’s interest in supercomputing, David Turek, IBM’s vice president of deep computing, displayed a slide with a picture depicting …

Journal: Open Source Software Gains in Government

Uncle Sam meets open source with open arms Collaboration for the common good — what open source is all about It seems everywhere I look, I see another example of government adopting open source. Earlier this month, a consortium of public and non-profit organizations launched Civic Commons, a public-private partnership that will help governments share …

NATO on YouTube: Selective Summaries (5)

NATO You-Tube Front Page Phi Beta Iota Summary: Where should NATO go on out-of-area expeditionary operations?  How does NATO define security & stability?  How does NATO achieve balance between territorial defense and expeditionary operations, and between the voice of the big nations and the small nations?  What is defense?  What is 360 degree defense in …

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. …