Data Mining

Data Mining You

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Data Mining, Central Intelligence Agency, Obama Internet, Obama CIA, Internet Safety, Internet Security, Government Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism, Internet Privacy, Online Privacy, Counterterrorism Guidelines, Obama Counterterrorism, Politics News

In these last years, while so many Americans were foreclosed upon or had their homes go "underwater" and the construction industry went to hell, the intelligence housing bubble just continued to grow.

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Stranger Danger 2.0

Susan Maushart | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Data Mining, Smartphones, Digital Media, Kids, Parents, Parents News

If you thought your child's smartphone was just sitting innocently in his backpack ... think again.

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Don't Be Naked

Marty Kaplan | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Data Mining, Google, Datamining, Facebook, Media News

The breadth and depth of the information we're casually volunteering is fueling a burgeoning industry. But no one who's planning to make money off that data seems to be offering us equity in Big Brother, Inc. in exchange for X-raying our identities.

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One Small Step for Privacy...

Susan Landau | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: United States v. Antoine Jones, Gps Ruling, Data Collection, Google Date Collection, GPS-Tracking Device Supreme Court, Supreme Court Tracking, Supreme Court Gps, Data Mining, Data Tracking, Technology News

If highly invasive data can be collected by third parties and then used, how easily can individuals function in the modern world?

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Best of TEDTalks 2011, #9: Beware Online 'Filter Bubbles'

Eli Pariser | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Internet, Tedtalks, Video, tedtalks2011, #18ideas, Internet Censorship, Data Mining, Google, Internet Freedom, Technology News

There's a shift in how information is flowing online -- and it's invisible. But if we don't pay attention to it, it could become a real problem.

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Eli Pariser On 'Filter Bubbles'

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Google, Internet, Video, tedtalks2011, #18ideas, Internet Freedom, Internet Censorship, Data Mining, Tedtalks, Technology News

jQuery(function($) { $('#ad_sharebox_260x60').prepend(''); }); In this special year-end collaboration, TED and The Huffington Post are ex...

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A New Creative Industry: Your Digital Identity as a Star

David Nordfors | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Social Networks Identity, Virtual Identity Cloning, Virtual Identity, Online Identity Data, Online Identity, Virutal Cloning, Digital Identity, Digital Cloning, Technology News

As kids we all liked when story characters jumped out of the books and started moving around in the world of real people. Here is how it can be done.

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Can This Startup Make Local Search Smarter?

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Google, Search Engines, Data Mining, MIT Startups, Facebook, Search Startups, Local Search, Locu, Rene Reinsberg Locu, Rene Reinsberg, Online Menus, Local Search Startups, Small Business News and Trends, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Walmart Small Business, Small Business News

In the not too distant future, Internet search engines and social networks will have access to data that will allow users to see in real-time the item...

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Farewell to Oblivion. Hello, Virtual Me.

David Nordfors | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Data Mining, Facebook Timeline, Facebook, Artificial Intelligence, Dating, Family, Technology News

Bid farewell to oblivion, to be gone and forgotten before long. Prepare to say hello to your virtual self, who will be coming instead.

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The Cost Of Lost Privacy, Part 1: How Google and Data-Mining Drive Economic Inequality in Our Nation

Nathan Newman | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Google, Internet Privacy, Datamining, Online Advertising, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Data Mining, Mortgage Crisis, Online Privacy, Google Privacy, Google Antitrust Investigation, Google Private, Technology News

Why has economic inequality increased so radically over the last generation? Because in an age of information what is unquestionably true is that control of that information is extremely unequal -- and that inequality drives broader economic inequality in our economy.

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The Chromebook: Cut the Cord and Join the Clouds

Tanya Jo Miller | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Data Mining, Google Chromebook, Google, Safety of Cloud Computing, Privacy, Cloud Computing, Ipad, Google Chrome, Technology News

The Chromebook, if it catches on, is pushing us to the clouds in a very new way. Which sheds light on Google's free-love attitude toward intellectual property, copyright protection and data ownership.

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Why Don't You Profit When Pharmacies Sell Your Prescription Data?

Jake Whitney | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Walgreen, IMS Health, Data Mining, Class Action Lawsuit, Facebook, Prescription Data, Cvs, Sorrell, Politics News

The battle over prescription data has been raging since 2006, and it is more than just another skirmish in the ongoing war over information privacy. The sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship is at stake.

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Data Mining: How Companies Know Your Personal Information

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Data Mining, Data Mining Examples, Data Mining Companies, Data Mining Software, Data Mining Techniques, Data Mining Tools, Online Privacy, Technology News

Each of these pieces of information (and misinformation) about me is sold for about two-fifths of a cent to advertisers, which then deliver me an Inte...

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Friendship, trust, and the bottom line

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friend, Hunch, Friend Trend, Relationship, Living News, Trust, Research, Data Mining, Breach of Trust, Breaking News, Friendship, Social Media, Online, Software, New York Times, Jenna Wortham, Technology, Breaking Living News, Healthy Living News

As often as I Google and check out Trip Advisor, Zagat, or Amazon for advice or product ratings, I'm just as likely to turn to a friend. Some of my ...

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The Age of Data?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Data Universe, Data Entry, Data, Data Visualization, Data Mining, Smarter Ideas, Slidepollajax, Technology News

In these videos, IBM experts walk through how analytics can be brought back to earth to have some practical implications -- anything from managing neonatal intensive care to diverting traffic -- using data in the right way can quite simply, make things work better.

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From Facebook To Casebook... Privacy Violations Spark Legal Action

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Canadian privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart is prosecuting Facebook for giving members confusing and misleading information in its end user agreement.

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Twitter Tweets Up Brazil's Digital Divide

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law Berners-Lee, Google, Russia, Globo, Pdsb Steve Jobs, India, Flashmob, Twitter, Berlusconi, France, Serra, Orkut Azeredo, Latin America, Data Mining, Sentiment Mining, Facebook, Twitterati, Internet Privacy, Millenials, Epoca, Lula Edelman, Marketing, David+Weinerger, China, Brazil, World News

Twitter, the trendy message service that can eat up your privacy faster than a school of piranhas, is flaunting Brazil's tough Internet laws in an effort to mine digital gold.

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A Former FBI Agent Joins the ACLU -- and Finds Symmetry in Opposition

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Data Mining, Aclu, Fbi, Fisa, Warrantless Surveillance, Bill Richardson, Domestic Spying, Politics News

Mike German was a once-politically conservative crack undercover agent who has found a new home at the ACLU, where he uses his insider knowledge to hold his former employer's feet to the fire.

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