Algorithm determines 'ideal' VP candidates for Obama, McCain
A U.S. company, Affinnova, has used technology developed at MIT to determine the best vice presidential picks for Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain in this year's presidential election. Ironically, the same person topped both lists. Read more...

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Sports tech: Algorithm predicts Celtics will beat Lakers in NBA Finals

SEC moves toward requiring interactive data filings

Xerox touts erasable paper, smart documents

'Revolutionary' collective intelligence of users touted at Web 2.0 Expo

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IT hits the highway: Big rigs go high tech
From GPS and handheld computers to enhanced vehicle monitoring and safety systems, emerging technologies are poised to transform the trucking business.

Been audited lately? Blame the IRS's massive, superfast data warehouse
Thinking of fudging a bit on your tax return in these troubled times? Don't do it unless you feel smarter than the IRS's 150TB Compliance Data Warehouse, which is responsible for a marked improvement in the agency's ability to spot potential fraud.

In-house Counsel
When a law firm gets hit with a discovery request of millions of files, its CTO takes the case

7 cheap ways to manage your online reputation
Hiring a professional online reputation management service is expensive. Do it yourself for free.

Mining the blogosphere to craft a reputation
Boosting the bottom line isn't always about cutting costs or improving distribution channels. One company found success by building a better online community.

Online reputation management is hot -- but is it ethical?
Search engine optimization vendors and other companies can help corporations and individuals monitor and manage their online reputations. But are they crossing ethical boundaries by tinkering with Web search results?

Opinion: Reducing your data through categorization
Reducing the number of e-mails and attachments that need individual attention means doing a better job of categorizing and identifying the data.

Opinion: Taking IT shops from marginalized to virtualized
Columnist Steve Duplessie says that by creating a virtual infrastructure -- a connection between the application and data -- we can solve most of today's primary IT problems and re-establish a tighter bond between IT and business.

Disaster Recovery Is a Disaster
Disaster recovery systems fail about half of the time, Mark Hall learns. But a new tool could help.

Pharma industry touts cure for data security ills
Every security professional is intimately familiar with the Law of Unintended Consequences; sometimes it even works in their favor. Case in point? The data-protection advances that RxHub needed to build to protect their real-time data-transport operation.

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