| September 17, 2007 |  |
On Today's BlogMexican Independence Day took place yesterday, and to celebrate our amigos south of the border, we offer some facts and impressions of the country's industrial success. » Read more... | » Comments... You May Have Missed Just When You Thought Spam Couldn't Be a Bigger Pain... As the Web evolves into an increasingly essential part of everyday life, the sheer volume of spam grows exponentially every year -- and so too do the sophisticated tactics used to send it. Now there's an even sneakier one. Rising Cost of Health Insurance Slowing -- But Still Rising Despite slowing, increases in the cost of health insurance premiums continue to be greater than those of inflation and wages, the Kaiser Family Foundation reports this week. Try not to get sick, folks. Data-Mining Program Scrapped Amid Privacy Failings The Homeland Security Department is ditching a controversial data-mining program that was capable of analyzing one billion pieces per hour of "structured" information, such as databases, and one million pieces per hour of "unstructured" information, such as intelligence reports, e-mail, news articles and blogs. Oh, those pesky privacy laws. |  |
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