Author of Seven Seconds and Maximum Impact (aka Circumference of Darkness in the U.S.)
Posted in News on Apr 29th, 2009
From NetworkWorld.com US scientists this week got the go-ahead to build a roughly 1/3-scale model of a stratospheric airship that if completed in-scale will house a floating 15-story radar system capable of detecting and tracking everything from missiles to people from 70,000 feet. read more | digg story
Posted in Research Archive on Apr 26th, 2009
At first glance this might not seem like such a big deal, but on reflection I think a human-versus-computer match on Jeopardy! would be an amazing thing to watch. As I understand the challenge, it’s going to be less about being a vast trivia repository (where the computer could obviously dominate) and more reliant on [...]
Posted in News, Research Archive on Apr 6th, 2009
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that the Obama administration has now formally adopted the Bush administration’s position on NSA oversight re: warrantless wiretapping… In Jewel v. NSA, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is challenging the agency’s dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans. The Obama Justice Department claims in its motion that litigation over the [...]
Posted in News, Research Archive on Apr 6th, 2009
From the Telegraph article, by David Barrett: A European Union directive, which Britain was instrumental in devising, comes into force which will require all internet service providers to retain information on email traffic, visits to web sites and telephone calls made over the internet, for 12 months.” Hundreds of public bodies and quangos, including local [...]
