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The Obama Global Security Scorecard
Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:10 AM EDT
The Obama administration is pursuing a range of objectives in its global security strategy. Chief among these are to (1) reduce anti-American sentiment, (2) uproot terrorist networks in the middle east, (3) undermine Iran's regional status, (4) encourage nuclear nonproliferation.
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McCain's Favor to Obama
Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:51 PM EDT
By announcing Sarah Palin as his running mate the morning after Obama's extremely well-received speech, John McCain may have done the Obama camp a big favor.
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Russia/Georgia: War of the Web
Seeded on Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:12 PM EDT ()
The Kremlin may be subtly encouraging an online war against the West by painting western media as having a disguised anti-Russian agenda. This opinion article argues that it's working, and evident in Russians' online reactions to the Georgian conflict.
Beneath the canopy of the social web lies 3 magnificent music sites
Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:34 PM EDT
If savvy web trends were a forest, lurking somewhere in the shadows of the thriving microblogging grove (Twitter, Friendfeed) would be an unassuming but gorgeous patch of blossoming music sites.
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Out with Google Search, In with the New!
Sun Oct 7, 2007 9:57 PM EDT
These days I find myself using less and less of the traditional Google search and more of other search engines. No, I'm not talking about Mahalo or some new semantic search engine. These other searches I use help me search a sub-community of the internet and hopefully …
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Today's Web 3.0 Nonsense Blogstorm
Seeded on Fri Oct 5, 2007 11:42 AM EDT (radar.oreilly.com)
Perhaps the foremost sage of the Web 2.0 concept, Tim O'Reilly refutes today's attempts at defining Web 3.0, saying that the name is unlikely and the next generation of the web will be more than just new front end technology.
How to Mine for Trends Using Google Reader
Seeded on Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:29 PM EDT (micropersuasion.com)
Steve Rubel writes a compelling piece about Google Reader's new search functionality - and how to use it to stalk, er, data mine information from other users' feeds. There is some interesting potential here, especially in automating these functions.
Kill the Wifi to Increase Productivity
Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:10 PM EDT
Whether you're writing, blogging, or just brainstorming, finding a place to work without internet can give your productivity (and creativity) a major boost.
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How to Read eBooks on your iPhone
Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:45 PM EDT
Recently, I stumbled upon an excellent solution for reading eBooks on iPhone. This solution, while not designed specifically for iPhone, works surprisingly well. The format was originally designed for any mobile device, and it renders very well on iPhone's Safari browser.
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Most Useful Google Bookmarklets
Seeded on Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:45 PM EDT (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
Google's many services become even more useful with the right bookmarklets. For example, the "Send text by SMS" bookmarklet pops open a window to send highlighted text to a phone via SMS, and it doesn't require a browser plugin.
Guest Worker Programs: Establishing a Circular Pattern
Tue May 1, 2007 12:15 AM EDT
Guest worker programs are a popular component of today's immigration reform proposals, and President Bush's plan is no exception.
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Silverlight: The Web Just Got Richer
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:06 PM EDT (TechCrunch)
Two weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled Silverlight, a rich web content development language that competes with Flash. Today at Mix07, Microsoft revealed several additional features, and viewers apparently walked away quite impressed.
Google's new mobile search
Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:51 PM EDT (Lifehacker)
Google unleashed a new API for its mobile search, which uses an approach similar to the new Yahoo oneSearch, in which content is grouped towards the top based on relevancy. In other words, if the search term is more relevant to photos, then photos top the search results page.
Crowdsourcing: A Million Heads is Better than One
Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:42 PM EDT (Read/WriteWeb)
From the article: Crowdsourcing can be looked at as an application of the wisdom of crowds concept, in which the knowledge and talents of a group of people is leveraged to create content and solve problems.
Social Web Crowd Favors Obama
Seeded on Wed Mar 7, 2007 1:31 PM EST (Mashable!)
Barack Obama appears to be the most popular presidential candidate, at least according to the social web crowd. YouTube's featured "YouChoose" channel shows overwhelming page views for Obama. Mashable's writeup also discusses which candidate Digg users favor.
What if Google Made a Yahoo-like Start Page?
Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:17 AM EST (Google)
If Google were a little more like Yahoo in its Start Page design, the outcome might be something like this...
2007 Web 2.0 Predictions
Seeded on Mon Jan 1, 2007 10:24 PM EST (Mashable!)
Mashable presents predictions about Web 2.0 for 2007, including the future of RSS, the continued growth of online video, and the rise of mobile social networks. Any other predictions?
Micro Persuasion: America's New Digital Divide
Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:28 PM EST (micropersuasion.com)
If you're reading this article, you're probably far to the "tech savvy" side of the digital divide, perhaps even to a point that you're naive about just how wide the divide is.
Serializing Novels Online - The Street Performer Method
Seeded on Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:59 PM EST (teleread.org)
To cope with the age of digital piracy, the "Street Performer" model has been applied with mixed success. In this model, authors publish a single chapter at a time with a promise to publish the next chapter once a donation threshold has been reached.
By Some Measures, Blogging May Be Peaking
Seeded on Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:41 PM EST (micropersuasion.com)
While the number of active blogs continues to grow, other key indicators such as posts per day seem to be peaking. If the blogosphere is reaching a peak, it may be because of a rise in social media sites that present an alternate way for people to express themselves.
What is your Favorite Blog?
Wed Dec 6, 2006 12:33 AM EST
Chances are, if you read Newsvine regularly, you also read blogs. Some of us were on the original blogwagon (ok so I made up that word), and others of us only recently found the wide world of blogs.
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The Imminent Demise of the Page View
Seeded on Sun Dec 3, 2006 2:42 PM EST (micropersuasion.com)
Is the Page View a fading metric in evaluating the worth of web properties? Steve Rubel says yes, and he gives it until 2010. The widgetization of the web, he says, will gradually render the page view metric obsolete.
Why Yahoo is Backing Away from RSS
Seeded on Sun Dec 3, 2006 1:59 PM EST (micropersuasion.com)
Several Yahoo web sites that have recently launched do not contain RSS feeds. Steve Rubel suggests that we may see a trend back away from RSS feeds as sites try to get more eyes on their advertisements.
Military Nanotechnology - How Worried Should We Be?
Seeded on Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:13 PM EST (nanowerk.com)
Over 30% of federal spending in nanotechnology goes toward military research and applications, according to this article. In 2000, annual DoD investment in nanotechnology was $70 million. In 2006, it has ballooned to $436 million.
Israel's 'Spy Fly' to Track and Kill Terrorists
Seeded on Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:18 PM EST (Times of India)
Israel is using nanotechnology to create a "hornet-sized" flying robot that will be able to "chase, photograph, and kill its targets". Other weapons that use nanotechnology are also being developed to address terrorism.
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