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Criminals Focus on Weak Link |
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2:02 pm EDT, Aug 2, 2003 |
Cloaking himself in nine aliases and Armani jackets, he was a smooth, multilingual master of the con. [Previously,] small-time crooks had made crude forays ... but in its size and technical sophistication, investigators say, [this] is a con of an entirely different order. No one can say precisely how much is lost ... In fact, no government agency knows how many, ... where, ... or who ... A former president said: "You write your story and [the industry] will hate it because it will say, `Be careful where you stick your card.'" "When I found out what he was doing I thought, `Ah, the perfect scheme.'" "They would go in, hit one, get on a subway, then go to the next one." "Our hard and fast policy is we just don't discuss these sorts of things," a spokeswoman said. "We build a 10-foot wall, and they build an 11-foot ladder." Criminals Focus on Weak Link |
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The Augmented Social Network | First Monday |
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8:09 am EDT, Aug 1, 2003 |
Could the next generation of online communications strengthen civil society by better connecting people to others with whom they share affinities, so they can more effectively exchange information and self-organize? Could such a system help to revitalize democracy in the 21st century? This paper proposes the creation of an Augmented Social Network (ASN) that would build identity and trust into the architecture of the Internet, in the public interest, in order to facilitate introductions between people who share affinities or complementary capabilities across social networks. The ASN is not a piece of software or a Web site. Rather, it is a model for a next-generation online community ... Remember that paper you were going to write? This is it. The Augmented Social Network | First Monday |
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Poindexter to resign in coming weeks following terror futures flap |
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4:21 pm EDT, Jul 31, 2003 |
Retired Adm. John Poindexter, who created a firestorm this week with his plan to create a futures market that would capitalize on predicting terror attacks, will resign in coming weeks from his post at the Pentagon, a senior defense official said Thursday. Did I call that or what? Who says predicting the future is unreliable? AOL Time Warner scolds its own employee, Justin Frankel, one too many times; Frankel resigns in protest. DARPA scolds its own employee, John Poindexter, one too many times; Poindexter resigns in protest. Poindexter to resign in coming weeks following terror futures flap |
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Terror Trading Site Goes Bust |
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9:58 pm EDT, Jul 29, 2003 |
The Pentagon's new terrorism futures market is suddenly a thing of the past. "It is a very significant mistake." "This Poindexter program is still a runaway horse that needs to be reined in." "It is totally unauthorized as far as we are concerned. It's really a serious mistake on the part of DARPA." Sound familiar? This meme just in: DARPA is the new AOL Time Warner, and John Poindexter is the new Justin Frankel. Also, you have to appreciate the buzzworthy reference to Seabiscuit. Terror Trading Site Goes Bust |
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Pentagon Prepares a Futures Market on Terror Attacks |
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7:40 am EDT, Jul 29, 2003 |
The Pentagon office that proposed spying electronically on Americans to monitor potential terrorists has a new experiment. It is an online futures trading market, disclosed today by critics, in which anonymous speculators would bet on forecasting terrorist attacks, assassinations and coups. I know misdirection technique, and my style is much better ... Pentagon Prepares a Futures Market on Terror Attacks |
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MCI Faces Federal Fraud Inquiry on Fees for Long-Distance Calls |
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| Topic: Computer Security |
10:33 am EDT, Jul 27, 2003 |
Justice Department officials have evidence that MCI may, in effect, have "laundered" calls through small telephone companies, and even redirected domestic calls through Canada, to avoid paying access fees or shift them to rival long-distance carriers, according to people involved in the investigation. The lawyers told the investigators that the tests also showed that the billing codes that are transmitted with telephone calls in data packets had been doctored. Canada. Where Americans go for cheap prescriptions, cheap phone calls, and more. MCI Faces Federal Fraud Inquiry on Fees for Long-Distance Calls |
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Patents in the Knowledge-Based Economy |
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| Topic: Intellectual Property |
9:07 am EDT, Jul 26, 2003 |
National Academies Press will soon publish this book, which includes a section on patents in software and biotechnology. You can read the book online now for free, or you can wait and buy a copy when it's published. Patents in the Knowledge-Based Economy |
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U.S. Commander Confirms Search for 2 Top Targets Is Over |
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| Topic: Current Events |
9:14 pm EDT, Jul 22, 2003 |
Acting on a tip from an Iraqi that Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, were holed up in a palatial residence in the northern city of Mosul, United States troops surrounded the house today and killed the two men in a ferocious shootout that gradually shredded the walls providing them cover. U.S. Commander Confirms Search for 2 Top Targets Is Over |
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9:04 pm EDT, Jul 22, 2003 |
This is an incredible movie. See it. Take kids. If you don't have kids handy, go see it by yourself. Yes, it's *that* good. Five out of five stars. Movie: Whale Rider |
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The Global Course of the Information Revolution | RAND |
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| Topic: Technology |
12:30 pm EDT, Jul 19, 2003 |
Advances in information technology are heavily influencing ways in which business, society, and government work and function throughout the globe, bringing many changes to everyday life, in a process commonly termed the "information revolution." This book paints a picture of the state of the information revolution today and how it will likely progress in the near- to mid-term future (10 to 15 years), focusing separately on different regions of the worldNorth America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. The Global Course of the Information Revolution | RAND |
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