Podcast. The aftermath of Katrina. Malik Rahim.

Malik Rahim, a longtime community activist in New Orleans and San Francisco, spoke at an ANSWER forum in San Francisco October 4th. He describes the situation in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the disastrous response by…

Adware: the hidden money trail

Those programs that pelt you with ads and bog down your PC are financed by some of America’s largest companies. Infographic: Follow the money Big firms outsource the ad buys to brokers who arrange for the actual  adware/spyware purchases, often…

Chavez: World faces major energy crisis

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that the world faces an energy crisis but there is little chance of his country and other OPEC members increasing production because they are already pumping near “their capacity.””We’re at the doorway of major…

The Open-Source War

NY Times Op-ed by John Robb, software executive and former Air Force counterterrorist operative. By an open source war he means, among other things, that one side is hierarchical with top-down management while the other side, the insurgents, are networks…