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13th September 2001

Oleada de atentados en EEUU

Interactive Flash graphic describing the terrorist acts of 11 Sep 2001. Also, why the buildings fell: Reconstrucción de la caída de las torres. (In Spanish.)

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13th September 2001

Terrorism: WTC/Pentagon INFOGRAPHICS

“In many cases, more effective than just words and photos, infographics can quickly help us grasp information and timelines in a visual and easy-to-follow manner. This log is dedicated to presenting those graphics created to explain the terrorist acts against the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.”

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13th September 2001

Terroren preger hele verden

Newspaper front pages from around the world show how print journalism reported the terrorist attacks on America.

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13th September 2001

Oleada de atentados en EEUU

Interactive Flash graphic describing the terrorist acts of 11 Sep 2001. Also, why the buildings fell: Reconstrucción de la caída de las torres. (In Spanish.)

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13th September 2001

ResearchBuzz 911 Coverage

“We are working to gather resources on the events of 9/11 and will make them available on this page as we get them. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims of this tragedy.”

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13th September 2001

Red Rock Eater Digest - Attack

“We do need to improve security, but we should not understand the need for heightened security in a broad, vague way as a cultural imperative. We do not need a police state, and we should not militarize our society. Rather, we should view security as a design problem. We have an opening now, a brief window when the airlines cannot undermine improved security in their own commercial interests. Maybe we can also force Microsoft to design its products in a secure way, rather than exposing us to the severe information security problems we’ve seen in the last few months with its fundamentally shoddy architectures. We should take advantage of this opening to redesign our aircraft, buildings, software, and institutions in a rational way. Consider some examples…”

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13th September 2001

Red Rock Eater Digest - Attack

“We do need to improve security, but we should not understand the need for heightened security in a broad, vague way as a cultural imperative. We do not need a police state, and we should not militarize our society. Rather, we should view security as a design problem. We have an opening now, a brief window when the airlines cannot undermine improved security in their own commercial interests. Maybe we can also force Microsoft to design its products in a secure way, rather than exposing us to the severe information security problems we’ve seen in the last few months with its fundamentally shoddy architectures. We should take advantage of this opening to redesign our aircraft, buildings, software, and institutions in a rational way. Consider some examples…”

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13th September 2001

Terrorism: WTC/Pentagon INFOGRAPHICS

“In many cases, more effective than just words and photos, infographics can quickly help us grasp information and timelines in a visual and easy-to-follow manner. This log is dedicated to presenting those graphics created to explain the terrorist acts against the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.”

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13th September 2001

Terroren preger hele verden

Newspaper front pages from around the world show how print journalism reported the terrorist attacks on America.

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