Google, MSoft, IBM, HP, Oracle, Intel (chips), National Security and Perceived Internet Threats

U.S. Strategy: Control The World By Controlling The Internet A Chinese Perspective, by Chen Baoguo, August 24, 2010 In May 2009, Microsoft announced on its website that they would turn off the Windows Live Messenger service for Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea, in accordance with US legislation. In January 2010, Google, the company …

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. …

NIGHTWATCH Extracts: China-Fiji, China Carriers, Venezuela-Colombia Re-Set

Below the line: Full Extract on China-Fiji, Fiji as Potential Base of China in South Pacific Full Extract on China Carrier Force and Implications in Region Full Extract on Venezuela-Colombia Reconciliation Phi Beta Iota:  It’s a shame no one will fund NIGHTWATCH to do Global Coverage, because it is consistently more intelligent than all the …

NIGHTWATCH Extract: US “Strategic Decrepitude” vis a vis South China Sea–US Navy goes wee wee wee, Hilary Clinton Does the Gerbil

China-US-South China Sea: The Chinese government reacted angrily on Monday to the announcement by US Secretary of State Clinton that Washington might step into a long-simmering territorial dispute between China and its smaller neighbors over sovereign rights to the South China Sea. Speaking Friday at a forum of Southeast Asian countries in Vietnam, Clinton apparently …

NIGHTWATCH Extracts: US Foreign Policy Confused

Koreas Comment: The White House statement presented the exercises in the context of routine behavior among Allies, timid and defensive. The Defense Department and UN Command statements indicated the exercises are pointed, aggressive and intended to be intimidating. The two statements neutralize each other because reassurance always trumps vigilance. Undermining both statements is the fact …

Worth A Look: Association for Intelligence Officers

Phi Beta Iota: Apart from Intelligence Online out of Paris, we regard the Association for Intelligence Officers (AFIO) in the USA, along with the Society of Competitive Intelligence Progressionals (SCIP) as being among the best of the best.  Below is the table of contents from their latest newsletter.  Anyone can join as a subscriber, at …