U.S. Details Some Data-Mining Programs, Hints at Others
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News analysis: From probably helpful to definitely secretive, there's a whole lot of information being gathered and sifted. A pair of reports shed light on the government's data-mining programs.
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Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints
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Blog: U.S. government asked to do more research on coal
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The U.S. government unveiled plans  on Thursday for a revised computer-based program using personal  information to identify airline passengers who may pose a  threat to air travel.
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The Department of Homeland Security is testing a data-mining program that would attempt to spot terrorists by combing vast amounts of information about average Americans, such as flight and hotel reservations. Similar to a Pentagon program killed by Congress in 2003 over concerns about civil liberties, the new program could take effect as soon as next year....
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US researchers say they have developed a more accurate way of predicting heart disease risks in women.
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The Bush administration wants better information from inventors and to allow public scrutiny of applications.
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Basic knowledge can help you comprehend releases of economic data.
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A federal agency examines forensic tools to help law enforcement extract data from handheld gadgets.
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High-tech companies are working with the U.S. government to develop a secure data-sharing system.
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Finding reliable statistics on the web isn't always easy, but a massive central data source called Nationmaster.com offers a handy way to search multiple stats repositories.
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Several chocolate makers said that they had learned U.S.    investigators were looking into industry pricing practices.
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Storage analytics tools provide managers the facts they need to support what might otherwise be viewed as a risky technical recommendation.
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Homeland Security ditches a 2003 data-mining program created to monitor immigration, customs, border protection and biological defense after investigators find it was tested with data about real people without meeting privacy requirements. DHS says the Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement program was too time-consuming to use.
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Important details in little-seen government reports.
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Portable hard drives from Apricorn, Logitech, and Microsoft use both fingerprint recognition and data encryption technologies.
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Its e-mail program will trade data with social-networking sites.