Cyber-attack on Defense Department computers raises concerns - Annotated
tags: cyberwar

Senior military leaders took the exceptional step of briefing President Bush this week on a severe and widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers that may have originated in Russia — an incursion that posed unusual concern among commanders and raised potential implications for national security.

Defense […]

Mumbai Attack Aftermath Detailed, Tweet by Tweet
Social media coverage of the Mumbai attacks.
tags: social_media, terrorism

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Wired has a story detailing the various social media venues covering the Mumbai terror attacks.  Pasted below are a couple of interesting visualizations, including a Google Map of the attack locations and an embedded chart of ongoing coverage of the attacks on Twitter.  It also displays mentions of Pakistan.  There are early indications that Stratfor’s […]

Army to Invest $50M in Combat Games
tags: videogames

The Army has created a video game unit and will invest $50 million over five years on games and gaming systems designed to prepare soldiers for combat.
Lt. Col. Gary Stephens, product manager for air and ground tactical trainers at Project Executive Office — Simulation Training and Instrumentation […]

Data Catalog - District of Columbia
The District of Columbia is providing RSS feeds as well as mashups of “city operational data,” such as crime reports, building permits, purchase orders, and much more. This seems like a great example of using new media/web 2.0 technologies to increase government transparency.
tags: collaboration, information sharing, new_media, web2.0, e-gov

For […]