Tag Archives: data

Hackers did get into BetFair’s customer data, but BetFair kept quiet about it. — [LINK]

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Betfair is in for a rough ride over data theft. Thanks for one faithful reader for the tip.

Posted in Exchanges & Markets | Tagged BetFair, bettors, client data, clients, customer, customer data, customers, data, database, gambler data, gamblers, The Sporting Exchange | Leave a comment

–> data science & predictive analytics <– — [INTERVIEW]

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

1. DATA MUNGING: slice and dice, transform, extract and work with data in a facile, fluid way. 2. DATA MODELING: taking a set of data and being able to develop a hypothesis about a pattern in the data and to … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Inventions & Innovations, Research, Science | Tagged analytics, business intelligence data mining, cusiness intelligence team, customer analytics, data, data mining, data mining meta-algorithms, data modeling, data munging, data science, data scientists, data visualization, database, predictive analytics, text analytics and text mining | Leave a comment

There is no great stagnation, professor Cowen. — [NEW TECH]

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Amazing new tech for the new MacBook Air: CAM is a part of spintronics logic integrated circuit technologies that utilize the negative properties of electrons together with the spin magnetic moment. The new CAM utilizes the vertical magnetization of vertical … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations, Science | Tagged Apple Mac, Apple Macintosh, CAM chips, circuit technologies, data, data storage, electrons, Information Technology, innovation, innovations, inventions, MacBook Air, Macintosh, NEC's CAM chips, physics, Science, storage | Leave a comment

FaceBook acts as a de facto information gathering source for US intelligence agencies such as NSA, CIA and FBI. — [VIDEO]

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

More.

Posted in Ethics, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, data, database, espionage, FaceBook, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Google, Julian Assange, National Security Agency, NSA, people database, personal data, privacy, private data, spying, US intelligence agencies, WikiLeaks, Yahoo! | Leave a comment

Emmanuel Todd predicted the Arab Spring by looking at demo data. — [VIDEO IN FRENCH]

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Emmanuel Tood @ Wikipedia – Tyler Cowen has a book review. Sorry, it is only in French, but I hope it gets translated on the Web

Posted in Economics, Politics, Research, The Global Economy | Tagged Arab countries, Arab Spring, Arabs, data, democracy, demographics, Economics, Emmanuel Todd, Politics | Leave a comment

Google Prediction API gives you access to Google’s sophisticated machine learning algorithms to analyze a wide range of data and provide predictions for likely outcomes. — [FORECASTING TECH]

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

You can build a predictive model to find hidden patterns in financial data, or else. –> Google Prediction API – Machine learning for your business.

Posted in Forecasting (Science & Practice), Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged algorithms, API, APIs, data, economic data, financial data, forecast, forecasting, forecasts, Google, Google Prediction, Google Prediction API, Information Technology, innovation, innovations, invention, inventions, machine learning, machine learning algorithms, predicting, prediction, Predictions, predictive model, predictive models, Software | Leave a comment

Apple is NOT collecting your iPhone’s geo data. — [DEBUNKING]

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

- 3 Major Issues with the Latest iPhone Tracking “Discovery” – by Alex Levinson UPDATE: – Apple’s Q&A on the iPhone geo services. – Q&A: Jobs and Apple Execs on Tracking Down the Facts About iPhones and Location

Posted in Ethics, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, data, geolocation, hidden tracking systems, Information Technology, iOS, iPhone, personal data, privacy, tracking systems | Leave a comment

Jim Rogers on Ben Bernanke… –and it’s not pretty. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy | Tagged 60 minutes, Ben Bernanke, CBS News, commodities, credit, currencies, data, economy, employment, Fed policy, Federal Reserve, fiscal stimulus, fraudulent data, fraudulent public data, growth, housing, inflation, Jim Rogers, jobs, long-term growth, Money, money creation, money printing, Politics, public data, Reuters, unemployment, US currency, US dollar, US economy, US government, US politics | Leave a comment

TV documentary on WikiLeaks – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

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Posted in News, Politics | Tagged data, democracy, governments, Open, People, secrets, SVT, television, TV, video, WikiLeaks | Leave a comment