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DARPA-SAIC Program Aims to Combat Insiders by Tracking Online Activity

DARPA-SAIC Program Aims to Combat Insiders by Tracking Online Activity

A research project led by SAIC Inc. is working on a program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that can detect suspicious online behavior before an insider creates chaos, according to a report from Defense Systems.

The Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales program seeks to create, adapt and apply…

ABI Research Projects $39.5 Billion Will Be Spent on Smart City Technologies by 2016

ABI Research Projects $39.5 Billion Will Be Spent on Smart City Technologies by 2016

ABI research reports that the $8.1 billion spent on smart city technologies in 2010 is projected to reach $39.5 billion by 2016.

There are currently 102 smart city projects worldwide including 35 in North America all containing the six dimensions for a smart city: smart economy, environment, governance,…

Mass. Attorney General Bans Internet Cafe Gambling

Massachusetts attorney general office filed emergency regulations Wednesday declaring illegal gambling at cyber cafes and “phone-card” videogaming terminals statewide, The Telegram reported.

According to the attorney general office, establishments such as cyber cafes sell Internet time or phone cards as a pretext for criminal online gambling. Customers at cyber cafes pay to gamble on a computer, usually playing a video slot machine or similar game….