Slate.com has a short and interesting article regarding the use of data mining and social network analysis by the National Security Agency in its efforts to hunt down terrorists and terrorist cells. Social network analysis is used by the NSA as an effective way to establish links between known and potential terrorists. From the article […]
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The Center for Public Integrity has a public database online, where users can find out which financial and business interests have ties to state politicians. From the site — State legislators directly influence the lives of all Americans. The 7,400 lawmakers in state capitals across the country passed close to 40,000 laws in 2005 alone […]
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Web billionaire Mark Cuban is advising parents on how to better research what their children do with their MySpace accounts and other online activities. From a recent Forbes article — Entrepreneur Mark Cuban has something to say about everything. So as the parent of a young’un, it stands to reason he’s got some opinions on […]
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The Daily Bulletin is reporting that the US Government is keeping Mexican officials informed about Minutman border patrol locations. From the article — While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers, the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Minutemen — and telling the Mexican government where they […]
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Technology Review is reporting on a Microsoft project that would allow map searches in real time. The advanced Microsoft mapping service would use sensors and public input to create up-to-the-minute map searches. From the article — Researchers at Microsoft are working on technology that they hope will someday enable people to browse online maps for […]