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Way-In enables real-time crowd sourcing of opinion (in a fun way) If you have not yet checked out WayIn, you might want to head over there right now. WayIn allows you to post quick polls and quickly crowd source opinion. While it is still a small service, they have big goals (and the back-end to [...]

Editor’s Note: This CTOvision.com post was written by  DaveWalker, a highly regarded security professional and inventor in the UK with a focus on design and implementation of multilevel and cross-domain IT security (“MLS”)-bg.   This is something I posted to a Sun internal discussion group a while back; it stirred a little interest back then, but given the [...]

Bug Bounty Programs Encourage Responsible Disclosure From Hackers The idea that you might pay someone else to keep quiet a vulnerability while you fix it may seem a bit backward to some in computer security. It would also seem to invite attacks on infrastructure. It’s no surprise, then, that many companies with technological products don’t [...]

[Editor's note: This update by Hudson Hollister is cross-posted on the Data Transparency Coalition's blog -bg] Yesterday, thirteen tech companies and one nonprofit organization launched the Data Transparency Coalition.Our ambition is to be the main private-sector voice for federal data reform. We want the government to publish its information online and use consistent data identifiers and markup [...]

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“But, but, but…it’s too big!!!” Insert obligatory “that’s what she said” joke here. In the past few weeks, bloggers from BetaNews, Gizmodo and TechCrunch have ripped apart the Galaxy Note (and devices like it). You can find their posts here (1, 2, and 3). They have gotten slammed in the comment sections, but I am [...]

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is a US government agency, part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. IARPA invests in high-risk/high-payoff research programs that have the potential to provide our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage over future adversaries. Although IARPA is involved in many activities of interest, one I [...]

More complete, effective, and efficient information and IT sharing across the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) is a leading goal for the Directorate for Information Management and Chief Information Office (DS), which recently released its strategic vision for the next 5 years.  The first goal laid out in the plan is to “facilitate and enhance information sharing [...]