KPLU Radio: World War III in Cyberspace

23 February 2010

From NPR and KPLU Radio:
If you think your computer is safe because you’ve installed anti-virus software, you’re wrong. If hackers can break into computers at the Pentagon or Google, they can also sneak into your laptop. Strategic News Service publisher Mark Anderson believes the world is at war and the battlefield is in cyberspace. He [...]

What Is China?

13 January 2010

The following post is a reprint of last week’s January 4 issue of the Strategic News Service Technology Letter.   At the request of our members, we are hereby authorizing distribution of that issue to the general public.  If you find this blog useful, please point to it in your own blogs and writings.
This issue is retroactively [...]

Tech Trends to Expect in 2009

12 December 2008

From BusinessWeek:
Mark Anderson predicts the year’s coming developments, from expanded home entertainment to voice recognition to new, lightweight netbooks
Read the article and watch the video.

Google’s Future

12 May 2008

My friend Richard Waters from the FT interviewed me the other day; he wanted to talk about Google’s future, now that the MS deal with Yahoo had apparently fallen through.  Specifically, he wanted to talk about whether Google would come up with the next big thing, to keep its momentum going.
I reminded Richard that the [...]

The Secret MS vs. Yahoo! Plan

30 April 2008

1. MS stars quit the company and go work for Google.
2. Yahoo stars, ditto.
3. MS disses Yahoo, calls off bid; Yahoo stock first ever to achieve negative numbers.
4. MS stock doubles.
5. Yahoo, now linked at the hip to Google and with a valueless stock, drifts aimlessly through the Saragasso Sea of No Strategy.
6. MS buys Google.  Gets Yahoo [...]