Can NATO Adapt to Cyber Warfare?

What is the likelihood that NATO would invoke Article Five--NATO’s collective defense clause--in response to a cyber attack? The possibility first entered media discourse back in October 2010 when the German Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on an internal memo in which NATO Secretary-General Anders …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Tuesday November 29, 2011

Steve Jobs' Many Failures (That Led to Success!)

The obituaries of Steve Jobs, understandably, all talk about his huge successes: he became incredibly wealthy, was universally admired, and played a major role in creating life-changing devices. What most of the accounts I've seen give short shrift to, however, is Jobs' enormous number of …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Thursday October 6, 2011

New Ideas from Old Europe

A recent study by the Martin Prosperity Institute ( Creativity and Prosperity: The Global Creativity Index ) makes it clear why a solid, intimate and fruitful transatlantic relationship is needed. While many frantically point to China’s stellar economic growth and hunger for innovation, according …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Tuesday October 4, 2011

Unironic Advice for a Struggling President

Like most readers of this site, I read and study the political polls every day. No matter how one feels about the president, the polls for Obama are not good, and recent decisions on key issues may soothe certain political interest groups, while simultaneously poking a finger in the eye of others. …

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Written by Hank Adler on Monday August 22, 2011

Summer Reads: DiPeso on You Are Not a Gadget

The Internet has been touted as a paradise for individual liberty and democracy – a platform from which every point of view can be heard, a global town hall where the ideas of free individuals are the raw materials for the wisdom of the crowd. Not so fast, says musician, virtual reality developer…

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Written by Jim DiPeso on Sunday August 14, 2011

Russia's Internet Challenge

The successful debut of Yandex, "Russia's Google", on NASDAQ heralds the country's growing IT industry. But can Russian tech compete on a global scale? Yandex, deemed by some to be the “Russian Google”, recently raised some eyebrows when its chief technology officer, Ilya Segalovich, claimed …

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Written by Robin Tim Weis on Tuesday May 31, 2011

Israel's BlackBerry Gap

After a week meeting with senior defense and political officials in Jerusalem, one thing's surprised me: you'll see few BlackBerrys in Israel. Over the last week it has surprised me that there were so few BlackBerrys in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem. In a city that is supposed to be the center of …

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Written by Tim Mak on Friday March 18, 2011

Support Builds for Next Gen Fighter

Obama and the GOP may be at odds over the budget, but on one item -- the F-35 fighter -- there is a growing bipartisan consensus to back the project. America’s in an economic and budgetary crisis and Republicans in the House are being pressured to look more closely at cutting defense spending.  On …

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Written by Elise Cooper on Monday March 14, 2011

NASA Budget Grounds Space Probes

Robotic space exploration accounts for a tiny portion of NASA and the federal government's budgets. Yet, despite their merits these programs face deep cuts. For decades, there was debate among space exploration proponents about the relative merits of manned versus unmanned missions. Enthusiasts …

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Written by Kenneth Silber on Thursday March 10, 2011

Hiding Your Report Card is So Old School

If you goof up at school, don't count on being able to hide your report card. Now teachers are emailing grades and updates straight to a parent's inbox. Writing in the Washington Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon looks at the newest school trend: online grading: When I was growing up in rural …

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Written by Meghan Cox Gurdon on Friday March 4, 2011

Pique Oil

Ever since oil hit $147 a barrel last summer, analysts predicting "peak oil" - the point at which oil production begins sliding inexorably - have had a field day. Perhaps it's true, but the earth doesn't seem to want to cooperate, at least not yet. Case in point: BP yesterday announced the …

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Written by Gusher on Thursday September 3, 2009