The LATimes noticed that someone took the websites of the government of Georgia off line
Analysts say the online attacks, which appear to have begun well before Russian tanks rolled in, resembled the work of garden-variety cyber pranksters. Georgian government websites were overwhelmed with swarms of data, and some were defaced by hackers. There was no […]

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The biggest thing I remembered about Theodore Roosevelt, who everyone called Teddy but his friends called TR, was his quoting of the African proverb of carrying a big stick and walking softly.  He was the first president of the new American century and presided over a period of change and vast social revolution in public […]

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Free MediaOnline.org San Francisco, August 17, 2008 — Since Russia invaded Georgia earlier this month, four Voice of America Georgian broadcasters in Washington, D.C. have fought exhaustion to keep programming on the air.  With VOA Russian radio programs already shut down as a result of cuts ordered by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, they are […]

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Helen Thomas is a press legend, she has harangued 9 presidents, John F. Kennedy had to deal with her in 1961, and George W. Bush is still trying to find a way to answer her probing, and potentially embarrassing questions. Helen Thomas is hell on wheels if you are a politician and want to hold […]

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Musharraf has always shown great concern for the economy of the country. Indeed economic progress was self professedly the most important objective of his military coup. He then seemed to have great dislike for his predecessors for they had been responsible, in his view, for bringing economy into “deep trouble”. His economic objective stated in […]

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My husband thinks I am stupid, but I am not. So when he told me that we were going to review a live concert I asked “so who are we going to see”? I have been a country music fan for many years, and while I may not know every act out there, I was […]

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I am too cheap to pay for anything other than a basic cable plan.  Therefore, I get both C-SPAN channels, local channels and ESPN.  There are two things I miss from an expanded cable package.  The first is the ability to see my favorite baseball team play all their games (Go Twins! Currently tied atop […]

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The Wall Street Journal has reported that an Indian company is suing a blogger for defamation. A Wired blog is predicting a win for that company.
In case you aren’t familiar with the case. Here’s a quick run-down:

“Toxic Writer”, an anonymous blogger, made some comments about the company
The company, Gremach Infrastructure Equipments & Projects Ltd., is […]

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Back in May when the California Supreme Court struck down the ban on gay marriages ruling that it was unconstitutional, Ellen decided to announce on her own talk show that she and Portia were going to get married. When she made the announcement she received a standing ovation from her audience.
In June Ellen gave Portia […]

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On the opening day of the BlackHat 2008 conference, Symantec did an anonymous survey of the attendees to discover exactly what they thought would be the hot security topics in the upcoming year.
While no one can predict the future, I found some of this fairly interesting.
The sample group consisted of IT managers, security researchers, and […]

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It’s increasingly unfashionable in some circles to celebrate your Britishness in England. A significant section of the Conservative Party are English Nationalists who think that it is smart to deny their Britishness - to his credit David Cameron is not one of them and he is on record as a supporter of the Union. The […]

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The Gerhard Schroeder faction in Germany, and there are a whole lot more of them than you would care to imagine, can’t seem to find anything wrong with anything New Old Russia does.

Whether it’s the murder of critical journalists in Moscow or political opponents with polonium in London, convenient “technical” and other difficulties with […]

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