UK surveillance plan to go ahead
The Home Office says it will push ahead with plans to ask communications firms to monitor all internet use. Ministers confirmed their intention despite concerns and opposition from some in the industry. The proposals include asking firms to retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook.
Classified Bids Submitted For UK UAV
Three companies are vying to secure an unmanned air vehicle demonstrator contract at the heart of the British Defense Ministry’s so-called Novel Air Capability Vision, but details of their respective proposals for the program are being treated as classified.
BAE Systems, missile manufacturer MBDA and Cranfield Aerospace are understood to have submitted proposals at the end of October. The contract for the selected concept could be awarded early in 2010.
Investment in Commercial Spaceflight Grows to $1.46 Billion Industry Study Reveals
Total investment in the commercial human spaceflight sector has risen by 20% since January 2008, reaching a cumulative total of $1.46 billion, according to a new extensive study performed by the Tauri Group and commissioned by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.
WTO fuels fast growth of China’s high technology sector
China’s entry into the World Trade Organization has had a far-reaching effect on the country’s high technology sector. With the government gradually ceding control of the technology sector to encourage market competition during the past decade, companies have discovered the real potential of Chinese consumers.
Securing The Cyber Supply Chain
Security pros draw a line at the firewall–what happens “out there” might be beyond their control, but a secure perimeter is intended to protect the data and systems within. That view, however, fails to take into account the role of developers, vendors, customers, users, and others along the supply chain of IT systems, hardware, and software coming into the enterprise. A new school of practice advocates a more encompassing approach to security that leaves none of those touch points unchecked.
Communism’s Defeat, 20 Years Later
If college freshmen were to engage in a mental exercise similar to their professors’ and attempt to understand the world as their elders see it, they might want to start with the story of Chris Gueffroy, a 20-year-old East German who, not unlike many American college students, wanted to see the world beyond his neighborhood. When he tried to cross into West Berlin in February 1989, East German border guards shot him, an action for which their government commended them. Had Gueffroy crossed the border nine months later, he would be alive today.
The Victory of the Cross
As we remember in gratitude the demise of the Berlin Wall and the defeat of Soviet Communism, let us also remember that when human freedom and dignity were under assault during the Cold War, Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan were in agreement that the spiritual nature of man and the freedom to know God were central to defining humanity and decisive in defeating tyranny.
Why Obama Decided to Skip Berlin
The President’s failure to attend the celebrations is of a piece with his refusal to use the power of the Presidency to advance political liberties around the world. Perhaps we shouldn’t have expected Barack Obama to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall, when he wouldn’t meet with the Dalai Lama when the latter was in Washington, DC in October
China’s ‘netizens’ hold authorities to new standard
Almost every form of open dissent is outlawed in China, but mass protests organized online are increasingly putting pressure on police, judges and other officials — and getting results.
Rising Debt, Sinking Security
It turns out that neither nuclear weapons nor terrorism may be the greatest threat to American prosperity and security. Instead, it may be something we hear very little about in the mainstream media: our burgeoning national debt.
China’s mobile Internet users top 181 million
According to the survey, mobile news, mobile chatting as well as mobile searching ranked the top three most popular mobile Internet applications, accounting for 90.8 percent, 47.9 percent and 46.9 percent of the user base respectively.
Sensors May Warn Troops of Vehicle Damage
Scientists at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center are researching armored vehicles made with built-in sensors that automatically report when they are damaged.
Ex-Palm trio loads up on Vitamin D
The great thing about security cameras is the fact that they let you record things without needing to have a human being physically there. The downside is that, in most cases, it takes a human being to figure out whether there is anything interesting there. Sure, there is motion-sensing technology, but such systems are often fooled by animals, cars, or even by a tree rustling in the wind. Three former Palm executives think they have some software that could help shake things up. Their company, Vitamin D, is releasing a public beta on Monday of software that can detect and isolate human motion, potentially allowing the growing number of surveillance cameras out there to be a whole lot more useful.
Video – National Homeland Defense Foundation Symposium Keynote Address, LTG Thomas Metz
The war against improvised explosive devices via the National Homeland Defense Foundation Library.
Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Bart R. Johnson Speech at National Homeland Defense Foundation Symposium
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Worth Watching: Christopher Albon, NHDFoundation
