February 18, 2016 Purpose unclear. Why are the FBI *really* trying to subvert encryption? Tim cook says Apple will fight a federal order to help the FBI hack an iPhone. Â An earlier version of this page has…
April 5, 2012 An OP-ED by Richard Clarke on China http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/opinion/how-china-steals-our-secrets.html This is better written than most ‘chicken little’ pieces, but please can we have ‘history’ of how most nations, including the USA, have…
March 6, 2012 Naval War College uses Russian software for iPad course material http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120305_6368.php The Navy’s premier institution for developing senior strategic and operational leaders started issuing students Apple iPad tablet computers equipped with GoodReader software in…
July 21, 2011 Economic Impact: Patent trolls chase app developers out of the U.S http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Kootol-joins-Lodsys-as-a-patent-troll/?kc=LNXDEVNL072111 The Debt ceiling crisis will pass; even if there is a crash, the USA can recover from it … IF its core economic…
April 19, 2011 Congressman blames U.S. unemployment crisis on iPad http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/congressman-blames-us-unemployment-crisis-on-ipad/9968?tag=nl.e539 In it U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr (D-IL) blasts Apple and Steve Jobs claiming that the iPad is responsible for killing thousands of…
April 28, 2009 Swine Flu Issues – insufficient discrimination The trouble with some people is that they make some deceptively reasonable comments that don’t stand up under critical analysis  With an ailing economy…