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More Kids Take Grown-up Drugs in Obesity Fight

Critics say it's a poor substitute for good diet and exercise

New York Times New York Times Jul 26, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors 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 cholesterol-lowering drugs for kids as young as 8. More »

Pirate Bay Treasure: Total Web Encryption for Privacy

Project could protect all data exchanged between computers from prying eyes

NewTeeVee Jul 10, 08 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 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 to video or music downloads, from prying eyes. More »

More about:  Internet • file sharing • encryption • BitTorrent • data • Internet privacy • The Pirate Bay

Justice Breyer's Records Leaked in File-Sharing Snafu

Investment firm staffer leaked data with music

Washington Post Washington Post Jul 9, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - An 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 Breyer. Users as far away as Colombia downloaded the data, which can be used to open lines of credit. More »

More about:  file sharing • identity theft • data theft • data • Stephen Breyer • Limewire • peer-to-peer

OPINION

Google's Data Avalanche Trumps Scientific Method

No need for theories to connect the data—data all anyone really needs

Wired Wired Jun 24, 08 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 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 scientists. The petabyte revolution that lets Google conquer advertising is transforming science, he says. More »

More about:  Google • scientific research • data

Feds Forge National Crime Dragnet

Link data of local
police agencies for instantaneous search

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 6, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Law 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 search millions of records in seconds and make previously unsuspected connections. More »

GE Money Loses Data on 650,000 Credit Card Holders

Missing customer info raises data breach fears

Associated Press Associated Press Jan 18, 08 4:29 AM CST
(Newser) - GE 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 been used, said a GE Money spokesman. More »

More about:  credit card • General Electric • data • JCPenney • personal privacy • data storage

New Web Trend Sparks David vs. Goliath 2.0

Web giants mobilize to stop developers from 'scraping' their content

Wired Wired Dec 31, 07 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Some call it “scraping,” others call it “importing.” Either way, it’s a controversial process pitting independent software developers against the titans of the cyber world: Techies compile, or scrape, loads of data from search engines and social networking sites and pool the data on their own websites, Wired reports. Some companies, relishing the increased traffic, love the service. More »

More about:  Google • Microsoft • Facebook • eBay • Amazon.com • Craigslist • data • spiders

25M Britons' Private Info
Lost in Mail

Parliament told addresses, bank data may be in wrong hands

BBC BBC Nov 20, 07 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Two computer discs containing the personal details of 25 million British citizens are missing, the chancellor of the exchequer told Parliament today. There’s no reason to believe the names, addresses, and bank info were stolen by criminals, but citizens were told to beware of “unusual activity.” Several MPs gasped as they learned info on all UK families with children under 16 was in the open, the BBC reports. More »

More about:  Great Britain • resignation • Alistair Darling • data

Google Wants You To Map Businesses

Search giant will hire everyone to collect data at $10 a pop

Infocommerce Aug 17, 07 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is hiring—and you don't even need to know html. The search giant wants locals to visit pizza joints, ice cream parlors, drugstores, and other businesses as part of a Herculean effort to build a commerce database. An army of freelancers will collect the data, snap a digital photo, and then send it to Google for $10 a pop, reports InfoCommerce. More »

More about:  Google • employment • workers • data • database • freelance

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