Unsurprising.
Although buying into the myth that open-source intelligence is "free" may be a cost-cutting gesture too far:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/exclusive-us-spies-buy-stake-in-twitter-blog-monitoring-firm/
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Bonus items: "You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web. The findings, presented Oct. 19 at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggest that Internet training can stimulate neural activation patterns and could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults."
More here: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--fiu101509.php
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"It was like a billion fanboys' heads exploding in unison."
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/exclusive-us-spies-buy-stake-in-twitter-blog-monitoring-firm/
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Bonus items: "You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web. The findings, presented Oct. 19 at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggest that Internet training can stimulate neural activation patterns and could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults."
More here: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--fiu101509.php
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"It was like a billion fanboys' heads exploding in unison."