Read more data mining stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7595/data-mining.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:40:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70130/fbi-database-tracks-hotel-reservations-car-rentals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig Brother alert: A data-mining system set up by the FBI ostensibly to catch terrorists is quickly growing into a database that tracks the comings and goings of ordinary citizens. The database has tens of thousands of records from private corporations, including some Wyndham hotel reservations, Avis car rentals, and...http://www.newser.com/story/70130/fbi-database-tracks-hotel-reservations-car-rentals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 17:51:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68343/no-child-left-unrecruited.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe military is using a host of behind-the-scenes methods—including the No Child Left Behind Act—to gather information on high school students for recruitment, writes David Goodman in Mother Jones . A little-known provision in NCLB, for instance, requires schools that get funding to supply recruiters with info on all...http://www.newser.com/story/68343/no-child-left-unrecruited.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 15:32:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61238/google-mentor-dead-in-freak-swimming-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Stanford computer science professor who mentored Google's founders has drowned in his swimming pool, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rajeev Motwani, 47, who could not swim, drowned at his Atherton, Calif., home, leaving a wife, two daughters, and many admirers in Silicon Valley. “It's a rare combination to...http://www.newser.com/story/61238/google-mentor-dead-in-freak-swimming-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 15:43:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20864/feds-forge-national-crime-dragnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLaw enforcement agencies all over the country are building a new information "dragnet" that will dramatically boost data-sharing, the Washington Post reports. This month the Justice Department will begin hooking up local and county police forces to the new federal National Data Exchange, creating a "one-stop-shop" that will let investigators...http://www.newser.com/story/20864/feds-forge-national-crime-dragnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Mar 2008 11:23:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17986/company-yanks-online-cell-directory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagData company Intelius scoured business records and other sources and managed to compile around half the cellphone numbers in America, MSNBC reports. When it put those 90 million numbers online, available to anybody paying a $15 fee, people were outraged. Consumers were shocked to find their private cellphone numbers were...http://www.newser.com/story/17986/company-yanks-online-cell-directory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 Feb 2008 5:47:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16297/airline-sleuths-dig-up-data-to-save-lives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAirlines and air safety investigators have a new way to snoop for clues that can help avoid future accidents, the Washington Post reports. While they once depended on crash remains for evidence, they have now gone digital, pursuing daily probes of thousands of computer records and pilots' reports to dig...http://www.newser.com/story/16297/airline-sleuths-dig-up-data-to-save-lives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Jan 2008 19:30:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14298/data-digger-arms-pols-with-dirt-on-voters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolitical data miner Aristotle Inc has worked for every president since Reagan, 200 House candidates last year, and several current presidential hopefuls. Now the firm’s founder is debuting technology that breaks ground in accessing private information—revealing voters’ income, house value, conviction history, and even online behavior. One privacy hawk...http://www.newser.com/story/14298/data-digger-arms-pols-with-dirt-on-voters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Dec 2007 23:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/5835/cia-wal-mart-fox-news-purge-wiki-entries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new data-mining tool has tracked the identities of the anonymous users who make edits to Wikipedia entries—and revealed that Wal-Mart, voting-machine magnate Diebold, and even Fox News have tried to bowdlerize or spin their appearances in the online encyclopedia. And they're not the only ones, Wired reports.http://www.newser.com/story/5835/cia-wal-mart-fox-news-purge-wiki-entries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Aug 2007 13:33:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5105/dni-exposes-broader-spying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe executive branch has had more authority to spy on citizens than yet reported, the Washington Post revealed today. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell explained yesterday that the controversial NSA warrantless wiretapping and data mining program was only one element in a broader series of secret surveillance activities issued...http://www.newser.com/story/5105/dni-exposes-broader-spying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Aug 2007 16:42:38 CDT