Scientific Journal to Authors: Publish in Wikipedia or Perish
tags: science2.0, collaboration

Jigsaw: Visualization for Investigative Analysis
Yet another intelligence/law enforcement-focused visualization application, similar to Palintir, Analyst’s Notebook, or Orion Magic.
tags: intelligence, visualization

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How Gadgets Helped Mumbai Attackers
tags: terrorism, new_media, it

The Mumbai terrorists used an array of commercial technologies — from Blackberries to GPS navigators to anonymous e-mail accounts — to pull off their heinous attacks.

For years, terrorists and insurgents around the world have used off-the-shelf hardware and software to stay ahead of bigger, better-funded authorities. In 2007, […]

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 […]