You might have noticed my post the other day about USAID. The agency is “waiving” iPads through security requirements straight into field use by government officials. I wondered what they possibly could be doing with the iPads, besides trying to annoy Secretary of State Clinton. Now I get it. They have drafted Elmo into service. … Continue reading USAID sends Elmo to Pakistan
Reuters gives us a story that says America is losing the “cyberspy vs. cyberspy” competition to China. They provide some amusing evidence to show how the scores are being tallied: In mid-2009, representatives of the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations, a nominally-independent research group affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security, contacted James A. … Continue reading Lewis Thumbs Cyber Nose at Chinese
A wise and weathered security executive many years ago told me a picnic is nice with people who have their head in the clouds but the group’s food is safer with at least one person who watches the ants. CSO Online reminds me of this when they strike out in a recent post and condemn … Continue reading The Breach Bully Dilemma
Gary Taubes gives an extremely thorough and supportive review in the NYT of Robert Lustig’s argument that sugar should be evaluated as poisonous. It’s a sticky issue (pun intended) as illustrated with feats of acrobatic marketing by the junk food industry. In the early 1980s, high-fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in sodas and other products … Continue reading The Poison of Sugar