Citadel rivals called 'pirate ship of illegal activity' Oct 10, 2009
Citadel's lawyers claim that Teza is a competitive enterprise that has been recruiting talent, building databases of historical and real-time market, constructing a super-fast trading engine and developing trading signals and strategies in an effort to be able to engage in high-frequency, low-latency trading. Such trading, theoretically, would allow it to predict the price of a financial instrument one second in the future and profit from that. (Crain's Chicago Business)
This Is Your Lifelog Sep 7, 2009
Microsoft opted not to develop its own suite of commercial lifelogging products given other priorities, so he and Gemmell moved on to other projects, such as building databases for cancer research. But even as he walks the streets of San Francisco, Bell still wears his SenseCam and feasts on the data of his life. (BusinessWeek)
Beware, your datas on sale May 3, 2009
Beware, your datas on sale. Web search enhanced by. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Database to help B-N teachers learn more about their students Apr 13, 2009
The concept of building databases on students is catching on at the state level too. The state does not have a standardized system for handling data it already has to collect, such as who receives special education or free or reduced-cost lunches. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Government plans travel database Feb 7, 2009
Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said: "The government seems to be building databases to track more and more of our lives. "The justification is always about security or personal protection. But the truth is that we have a government that just can't be trusted over these highly sensitive issues. (BBC News -- UK)