"The watchword, really, of our national intelligence strategy is 'integration,' " Negroponte said in a luncheon speech at the National Press Club.

Intelligence Director Says His Office Is Making Progress

Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte defended his first year on the job yesterday by saying he has made progress in integrating the work of the 16 agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community, adding it will take time "remaking a loose confederation into a unified enterprise."

Negroponte Cites 'Innovations' in Integrating Intelligence

For the U.S. intelligence community, the warning lights are blinking red.

Fix the Intelligence Mess

eBay has had talks with both Yahoo and Microsoft to determine whether one of them might be a suitable ally against common threats from Google, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday.

"After years of working closely with the search giant, eBay last year became alarmed as Google started assaulting its turf in multiple ways," the report said, including creation of a competing classified advertising service, the report said.

eBay, threatened by Google, seeks help from Microsoft

"For the foreseeable future, the majority of our growth will be through ads," Google chief executive Eric E. Schmidt said in an interview. The worldwide ad market is $600 billion to $800 billion, and online ads still make up only 5 to 10 percent of that, which means that Google and other online companies could still make massive gains.

"We have unmatched reach in audience, and that's why [advertisers] come to Google."

Google's Ad-Grabbing Pushes Profit Up 60%

Google returned to favor among investors yesterday as its profit for the first quarter increased 60 percent, well above expectations.

Google Posts 60% Gain in Earnings

This memestream is one month old now, and more than 660 posts long. Here's a selection of the items that other people picked up or commented on. (I'd like a filter for this built into the site ...)

The General's Revolt
Playing science's genetic lottery | CNET News.com
Life in the Green Lane
The Desert One Debacle
The Case for Evolution, in Real Life
Condi and Rummy, by Tom Friedman
Bush Explains Why Fukuyama Is Wrong
Massachusetts Sets Health Plan for Nearly All
Chax 1.4 – Mac OS X – VersionTracker
A Pandemic of Fear
YouTube - danah on O'Reilly Factor
Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment
News Corp. (hearts) MySpace | FORTUNE
The Playboy Legacy | OpinionJournal - Taste
As Scams Go, This Is a Gem
A Better Idea, By Francis Fukuyama and Adam Garfinkle
Porn star's wine passion gets plaudits
The War Among the Conservatives
Terrorist 007, Exposed
Stephen Roach (from Beijing) | Morgan Stanley
Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad?
The Girls Next Door
Google Finance
A Hunt for Genes That Betrayed a Desert People
Justices Reach Out to Consider Patent Case

Do you think a 4% re-recommendation rate is acceptable? That seems pretty low to me.

Are people getting anything out of the posts that they see but choose not to personally recommend?

The ABL is a Boeing 747 aircraft being equipped with a high-powered chemical laser to destroy ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Boeing Co. of Chicago is the prime contactor on the effort.

As envisioned, the aircraft would fly in a figure-eight pattern over an area deemed a likely site of a missile launch. Onboard infrared sensors would detect the launch and feed that information into a computer that would direct the laser turret to point at the ascending missile. The turret would then fire two lower-powered solid-state lasers—one to track the missile and one to measure atmospheric distortion—before shooting the high-powered chemical laser at the target.

SPACE.com -- Officials Map Out Test Milestones for Airborne Laser

What is this thing?

cin-o-matic is a tool to help people decide what movies to go see or rent.

Why would I want to use it?

By providing a lot of information about a lot of movies in an easily scannable, filterable, and sortable format, users are quickly able to see what movies may interest them and if they're playing in their area or available on dvd/video. If not, users can add movies to their Watch List and be notified when movies become available.

What's the Watch List?

The Watch List is a way for you to keep an eye on movies of interest that aren't yet playing in your area or released on DVD/Video. When they do become available, you can be sent an email notification.

cin-o-matic

Know Thyself, Work Hard and Don't Get Emotional
The Investment Process Is Methodical
Stay Objective and Independent
Investment Discipline Is Key
The Past Is Not Necessarily Prologue to the Future
Risk and Reward Should Be Assessed Properly
Knowledge of Accounting Is a Must but Meetings with Management Have Little Value
Be Open to Others' Ideas but Rely on Your Own Analysis
Only Invest/Trade When Distractions Are Limited
Read and Learn From the Best

My Tenets of Investing