Read more data stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9647/data.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:09:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66223/todays-sexy-job-statistician.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget the nerdy image: In today’s digital world, statisticians are hot, the New York Times reports. Big firms like Google need number-crunchers to parse piles of data, and they’re willing to pay for it—a statistician with a PhD can rake in $125,000 in his or her first year...http://www.newser.com/story/66223/todays-sexy-job-statistician.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 10:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65086/secret-batman-tech-heroes-protect-internet-prof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Internet keeps functioning thanks to the efforts of an army of unsung heroes, a Harvard cyberlaw expert told a tech conference yesterday. The professor used as an example Pakistan's attempt last year to take YouTube offline—the site went down across the world, but volunteers from a tech forum...http://www.newser.com/story/65086/secret-batman-tech-heroes-protect-internet-prof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 9:08:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56707/you-skipping-ads-tivo-plans-to-sell-that-info.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWatch out Nielsen, here comes TiVo. The company that allows you to skip ads and store shows on its digital video recorder plans to sell your viewing habits to stations and advertisers, USA Today reports. Unlike Nielsen, TiVo can sell second-by-second breakdowns of the shows and ads people watch. But...http://www.newser.com/story/56707/you-skipping-ads-tivo-plans-to-sell-that-info.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 18:59:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33433/more-kids-take-grown-up-drugs-in-obesity-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors are prescribing drugs to more and more children to treat conditions related to obesity, the New York Times reports. Data released by pharmacy plans show that medication for Type 2 diabetes has seen the biggest increase—151% from 2001 to last year. And this month, a pediatricians group recommended...http://www.newser.com/story/33433/more-kids-take-grown-up-drugs-in-obesity-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Jul 2008 12:33:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32052/pirate-bay-treasure-total-web-encryption-for-privacy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe founders of hugely popular torrent site Pirate Bay have announced ambitious plans to develop technology to encrypt all web traffic to ensure users absolute privacy, reports NewTeeVee. "Transparent end-to-end encryption for the internet"—or IPETEE—would protect all information sent from or received by a PC, including instant messaging...http://www.newser.com/story/32052/pirate-bay-treasure-total-web-encryption-for-privacy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Jul 2008 2:46:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31966/justice-breyers-records-leaked-in-file-sharing-snafu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn employee at an investment firm made much more than music available when he used a company computer to access the file-sharing site Limewire, reports the Washington Post . He also made it possible for users to access records of 2,000 of the firm's clients—including Supreme Court Justice Stephen...http://www.newser.com/story/31966/justice-breyers-records-leaked-in-file-sharing-snafu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Jul 2008 10:08:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30760/googles-data-avalanche-trumps-scientific-method.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe data avalanche Google made possible has buried the scientific method, Chris Anderson argues in Wired , begging the question, “What can science learn from Google?” We’re in the “Petabyte Age,” he argues, when massive amounts of data obviate need for models and theories—the imperfect, if useful, imaginings of data-starved...http://www.newser.com/story/30760/googles-data-avalanche-trumps-scientific-method.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Jun 2008 18:38:16 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/16720/ge-money-loses-data-on-650000-credit-card-holders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGE Money has lost a computer tape with the personal information of up to 650,000 customers of JC Penney and other retailers, reports the AP. The tape went missing in the warehouse of a data storage company. There's "no indication of theft" and none of the data has yet...http://www.newser.com/story/16720/ge-money-loses-data-on-650000-credit-card-holders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jan 2008 4:29:57 CST