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Why computers can’t figure out words

There was a time that when you wanted a quick lunch, you…

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Foreign languages and data streams

When you listen to foreign language you know, it's like you're hard…

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NYT article on IBM’s Jeopardy-playing computer

We've been waiting for months for this New York Times magazine article…

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Data hostages: The emerging business model of Web 2.0

For years, as growing millions blogged, Tweeted, posted videos on YouTube and…

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Keeping count of people (and things)

I learned while researching The Numerati that the Chinese have 11 different…

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The analytics of soccer

  Imagine this, soccer fans. It's a zero-zero tie in the 89th…

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Hugo Chavez should optimize Twitter

Venezuela's charismatic president, Hugo Chavez, is the country's most popular twitterer, with…

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Statisticians zero in on Euro crooner

Kaggle, a British-based platform for prediction contests, has sponsored an unusual statistics…

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Amazon’s foreign publishing push: A customer data play

I'm trying to imagine everything Amazon knows about me. The company's computers…

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The ticket puncher on the train

Waiting for a train this morning, I read a story from yesterday's…

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