All news, All about Intellipedia!

Why is it news that Google sells to the Intelligence Community? Would it be news if Google sold servers or donated (for that matter) to a group that is looking to end world poverty?

Or are they just piggybacking on Intellipedia's success (not that Google needs it)?

Or could it be just opportunistic PR for Google. Personally, I think it's the latter since I doubt that Google only recently started pursuing government work. 

It also helps to have a CIA Intellipedia expert, like Sean Dennehy, comment about Intellipedia in the same article (though he does not necessarily endorse Google). It adds to Google's credibility (again not that they need it).  

Don't get me wrong, I like Google. I just wanted to point out their cleverness! :) Looks like their innovation does end in the server room! ;-)

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Check out the Vietnamese blog post!

Actually there's not too much to see there, it is basically an extract from the San Francisco chronicle article, but you have to admit that Vietnamese letters look pretty cool! :) 

You may also want to check out the Marginal Revolution blog entry on Intellipedia which the above blog post refers to. The author, Alex Tabarrok, mentions that he wrote a blog post about a Decentral Intelligence Agency in 2004 and he suggested the use of blogs and wikis back then. It is also good to hear that Alex Tabarrok is delighted to hear about Intellipedia. Positive news is good!

What do you think about a Decentral Intelligence Agency?

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