"The last month and a half Israel has been in a slowly escalating cyber war. But suddenly it stopped on Jan 26, 2011. Since there is more to come gAtO wanted to look at the players I cant tell if the hatred blinds these people but I do see some of the Israeli hackers being a little cautious and thats a good thing...."

"After the first four "real'' battlefields of land, air, sea and now increasingly space, India needs to get very serious about the virtual front as well. The country should begin planning a full-fledged military cyber command, instead of the current piecemeal and disjointed steps to bolster cyber-security, grappling as it already is with incessant online espionage and other attacks from China, Pakistan and others. This was the clear takeaway from the deliberations on cyber-security and cyber-warfare in the high-profile Munich Security Conference on Sunday, even though India hardly figured in the discussions...."

"EU proposals to impose a three-year deadline on local authorities to issue construction permits for new power lines has met with sharp opposition in the 27-country bloc, EurActiv has learned. According to European Commission proposals published in October, local populations would have three years to try to prevent new transmission grid projects being built. Beyond that deadline, the projects would go through...."

"As small satellites that weigh less than 400 pounds proliferate, NASA says it sees potential and challenges in operating them together as a coordinated constellation. To that end, NASA says it's willing to fund "Edison SmallSat" projects worth up to $15 million that demonstrate key technologies such as command and control communications between small satellites. Also of interest are propulsion technologies--specifically utilizing high performance, low-toxicity propellants such as electrical propulsion, solar sail or tethers--and a combination of control systems, sensors and software permitting small satellites to work in close proximity, even physically joining other spacecraft...."

German politicians once again make room for totalitarian barbarism: Most politicians in Germany have gotten the message: The quickest way to spark a career-damaging controversy is to make a facile comment about Nazis or the Holocaust. Media critics and political opponents are quick to pounce. But that isn't the only...