The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Big Data Myths Debunked by Gartner Research The article titled The Truth About Big Data on Datamation was posted September 26, 2014 and debunks some of the myths surrounding big data. Gartner, tech research firm, has collected data on the plans of organizations for big data. The most hopeful information may have been for businesses …
Robot Writers Flood the Web If you are reading this, it is likely that you look to the Internet for bit of news that inform your opinion on trends, technology, news stories, and the like. And most would assume that those stories and articles are crafted by humans who have an interest and experience in …
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Quote to Note: Users Want Relevant Results October 6, 2014 I highlighted this remarkable, earth shaking statement from “Google+ Is Hurting the Internet.” Here’s the passage: …they [users] prefer to get the most relevant results. The information appears in a Web page presenting “objective study results” conducted for a European group. The target is poor, …
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Buzzword of the Day: Dark Data Big Data. Biggish Data. Now dark data. The idea plays on the silliness of the dark Web; that is, it is information that is “there”, but you don’t know about it. Well, get with it, pilgrim. Datameer used this term in “Shine Light on Dark Data.” Here’s the definition: …
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New York Times Online: An Inside View Check out the presentation “The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com.” I was surprised at some of the information in the slide deck. First, I thought the New York Times was first online in the 1970s via LexisNexis. I thought that was an exclusive deal and reasonably profitable …
Federal Agencies Perpetually Battle Connectivity Loss This may be stating the obvious, but ComputerWorld declares that “IT Outages Are an Ongoing Problem for the U.S. Government.” The article cites a recent report sponsored by Symantec and performed by MeriTalk, which runs a network for government IT workers. Though the issues that originally plagued HealthCare.gov were …
Russian Content: Tough to Search If Russia Is Not on the Internet Forget running queries on Yandex.ru if Russia disconnects from the Internet. Sure, there may be workarounds, but these might invite some additional scrutiny. Why am I suggesting that some Russian content becomes unsearchable. Well, I believed the story “Russia to Be Disconnected from …
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