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The data miners know no bounds
From an original New Scientist article
What the data miners are digging up about you - tech - 28 November 2008 - New Scientist
Much effort is expended finding new ways to gather data on people. A company called Umbria uses software to analyse millions of blog and forum posts every day, using sentence structure, word choice and quirks in punctuation to determine the blogger's gender, age interests and opinion. That knowledge can be a valuable tool to people launching new products, or politicians seeking votes.
From an original New Scientist article
What the data miners are digging up about you - tech - 28 November 2008 - New Scientist