Yoda: From GIGANET with Love – Protecting the Internet from Dictators Plus….

The Innovation Journal Volume 18 Issue 1, 2013 Special Issue on the Middle East Edited by Alexander Dawoody, Marywood University, USA Peer-Reviewed Papers: 2  The Challenge of Good Governance, by Michiel de Vries, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 3  Protecting the Internet from Dictators: Technical and Policy Solutions to Ensure Online Freedoms, by Warigia Bowman, …

Jean Lievens: Collaboration and P2P Governance

Collaboration and Peer Governance By Hortensia Pérez Seldner, MPA 2014 Collaboration, Peer production, Peer networks, Crowdsourcing….the more I read about these topics the more I understand the enormous opportunities for social development and governance that are already out there. But at the same time, there are some new challenges to address. For every new concept …

Jean Lievens: Open source hardware meets the p2p economy

Open source hardware meets the p2p economy We are at this moment in history when we can say with certainty that open source hardware (OSHW) is economically viable. The video below tells the success story of Adafruit Industries. Barely formed, this business model relying on OSHW might already be obsolete. A new model, the open value network, …

Berto Jongman: USA Raises Permissible Radioative Levels for Water and Soil — Civilian Cancer Deaths Projected to Rise to 1 in 23 versus 1 in 10,000

Obama Approves Raising Permissible Levels of Nuclear Radiation in Drinking Water. Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket Rollback in Nuclear Radiation Cleanup Helen Caldcott Global Research (Canada), 14 April 2013 The White House has given final approval for dramatically raising permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following “radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant …

Reference: Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy’s Last Safe Haven

Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy’s Last Safe Haven One of the oddest bits of news to emerge from the economic collapse of Cyprus is a corresponding rise in the value of Bitcoin, the Internet’s favorite, media-friendly, anarchist crypto-currency. In Spain, Google (GOOG) searches for “Bitcoin” and downloads of Bitcoin apps soared. The value of …

Winslow Wheeler: F-35 Treason Infects GAO — Integrity Lost

Last week, GAO defended itself, as it should have, at the Foreign Policy website against my criticisms of its latest F-35 report.  This week I responded, also at Foreign Policy.  In sum, GAO’s retort to my article makes me even more concerned about the state of affairs at GAO than I was before.  Find my original article, …