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National Space Society: Space-Based Solar Power As an Opportunity for Strategic Security – National Security Space Office Interim Assessment Phase 0 Architecture Feasibility Study, October 10, 2007 Executive Summary Full Report (including Executive Summary), 75 pages, PDF Photos and report of October 10 press conference Still photos and video of SBSP concept Some news reports …
“DogsInDanger.com is a nonprofit national shelter outreach program at the forefront of a grassroots movement trying to help shelters save the lives of millions of innocent dogs…Shelters are the last line for millions of innocent dogs. The public has no idea of the magnitude of this national tragedy. The sad reality is that over four …
Pew Internet & American Life Project: “This morning’s NPR story, Patients Turn to the Internet for Health Information, featured data from [Pew’s] e-patients report, but also some research that has been conducted at the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) at the University of Wisconsin. CHESS researchers Robert Hawkins and Suzanne Pingree talked about …
ICANN: “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will launch an evaluation of Internationalized Domain Names next week that will allow Internet users to test top-level domains in 11 languages… The evaluation is made possible by todays insertion into the root of the 11 versions of .test, which means they are alongside other top-level …
Assessing the Value of Information and Communication Technologies to Modern Terrorist Organizations, by Bruce W. Don, David R. Frelinger, Scott Gerwehr, Eric Landree, Brian A. Jackson Understanding how terrorists conduct successful operations is critical to countering them. Terrorist organizations use a wide range of network technologies as they plan and stage attacks. This book explores …
Press release: “Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt…The top …
62 Days + Almost 3 Billion Pings + New Visualization Scheme = the First Internet Census Since 1982: “Researchers at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, one of the birthplaces of the Internet decades ago, have just completed and plotted a comprehensive census of all of the more 2.8 billion allocated addresses on …
Press release: “The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released its latest report on the internet’s impact on health and health care, “E-patients with a Disability or Chronic Disease.” The new survey data nails down what many people have long suspected – people with chronic conditions are disproportionately offline, but once they are online, …
“Two of the key findings from this years Global Security Survey revolve around an organizations people and a paradox that has been around for years. The weakest link in an organizations security is its people. An organizations people include employees, customers, third parties and business partners. And of those people, the highest number of breaches …
Government Technology: “After over two decades of close interaction with the technology researchers, developers and business industries in New York City, the Industrial and Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC) has released a report regarding the nature and depth of the tech sector in NYC. According to Kunal Malhotra, director of legislation and budget to Council Member …
NOZA: “We have built a searchable database containing more than 26 million charitable donation records (growing by 1,000,000 records monthly). Charities access our database through our website and search for prospective donors for their organizations…Highlights of the new site include: fewer steps to find the data youre looking for; streamlined navigation; additional sorting and viewing …
WORLD PUBLICS WELCOME GLOBAL TRADE BUT NOT IMMIGRATION (144 pages, PDF)- “The publics of the world broadly embrace key tenets of economic globalization but fear the disruptions and downsides of participating in the global economy. In rich countries as well as poor ones, most people endorse free trade, multinational corporations and free markets. However, …
