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  • August 2008

    • Feds Compile Database on Border-Crossing US Citizens

      Washington Post  |  Aug 20, 08 4:22 AM CDT

      Feds Compile Database on Border-Crossing US Citizens

      (Newser) - The federal government has begun tracking the border crossings of US citizens and building a huge database with the information, the Washington Post reports. The data collection, made possible by machine-readable documents, has alarmed privacy groups. The government plans to keep the information for 15 years and share it with investigators whenever needed. More »

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Senate Backs Product Safety Crackdown

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 7, 08 2:45 AM CST

      Senate Backs Product Safety Crackdown

      (Newser) - The Senate has passed a tough new product safety measure covering toys, household appliances and thousands of other products. It would ban lead in toys, increase civil penalties for hazardous products tenfold, enable more state regulation and create a database of dangerous items on the market. It also sets up a confrontation with the White House, which in the past has sided with manufacturers who oppose the bill, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »

    • Government Typos 'Kill' Thousands

      MSNBC  |  Mar 1, 08 9:08 AM CST

      Government Typos 'Kill' Thousands

      (Newser) - It's not easy being dead—just ask Laura Todd. The Tennessee woman is one of an estimated 12,000 people a year the government declares dead—often because of a typo in the Social Security database—when they're still very much alive, MSNBC reports. The error can create a financial mess and is just shy of impossible to correct. More »

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      death  • Social Security  • Medicaid  • government  • database  • bureaucracy  • red tape

  • January 2008

    • Comcast Launches Web Film, TV Trove

      Reuters  |  Jan 8, 08 7:41 AM CST

      Comcast Launches Web Film, TV Trove

      (Newser) - Comcast will offer more than 3,000 hours of film and television titles on a new online venture called Fancast. Users will also be able to use the hub to tap into the vast IMDB database, seek TV listings, and find their way to TV shows and theatrical releases available elsewhere. Agreements with several large content providers allow for comprehensive offerings. More »

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      movie  • cable TV  • Comcast  • database

  • December 2007

    • Oracle Blasts Forecasts With 35% Profit

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 19, 07 6:25 PM CST

      Oracle Blasts Forecasts With 35% Profit

      (Newser) - Database software-maker Oracle surprised analysts today, reporting its income surged 35 percent in the second quarter to $1.3 billion, thanks to the success of new programs and customer-support contracts. Experts had expected sales of approximately $5.03 billion, Bloomberg reports, but the company boasted sales of $5.36 billion—pulling in a profit of 25 cents per share. More »

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      Silicon Valley  • software  • Oracle  • tech stocks  • Larry Ellison  • database

  • August 2007

    • Google Wants You To Map Businesses

      Infocommerce  |  Aug 17, 07 3:56 PM CDT

      Google Wants You To Map Businesses

      (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 »

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      Google  • employment  • workers  • data  • database  • freelance

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