More than 99% of requests for content data came from US law enforcement agencies.
Most of the other requests were for non-content data such as login names, IP addresses or other low-level identifiers.
By comparison, in dealing with the vast realms of low-content data, just about the only way to cost-effectively refine down to the good stuff will be through high-powered data compression.
As was admitted by Google in response to an inquiry from the Commissioner for Data Protection, content data of unencrypted Wifi connections had also been recorded in the course of this activity.
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But the search giant admits that since 2007, it has also been collecting content data from unsecured networks, a result, it says, of accidentally implementing experimental code that a developer created in 2006.
Microsoft added in a follow-up blog post that IE 8 users are protected by default from the attack by Data Execution Prevention, a safeguard designed to prevent content data from being misinterpreted by a program as executable commands.
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The development and implementation of new storage and memory architectures, combined with evolved storage system management can play an important role in controlling the growth of data center power use even as the total amount of content in data centers grows.
Forbes already utilizes Narrative Science, an innovative technology company, to create rich narrative content from data.
The bulk of digital content in data centers will remain on magnetic storage media either hard disk drives or magnetic tape.
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Netflix saves money and time and offers higher quality streaming by replicating and caching its content at data centers across the U.S. (and now Canada) to be as close to its customers as possible.
HDDs used to store content in data centers is used more efficiently that those in personal computers and so the growth potential is more moderate for content stored in centrally managed repositories rather than in individual computers.
These big data applications require managing, protecting and analyzing large and complex data content.
But recent content collection and data processing advances are changing the game rapidly.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) strictly prohibits the interception of content and traffic data and limits access to stored communications (such as emails).
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"A major trend is increasing cellphone capacity for data content, " Shah notes, adding that the new iPhone from Apple will only spur demand for more available content.
The growth of information that is available on-line has led to a great number of new businesses and opportunities ranging from cloud storage to content delivery to data analytics.
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Recent economic uncertainty, combined with a trend toward content growth on remote data centers (cloud storage) and the use of this content on mobile devices, is impacting the demand for digital storage capacity.
Whether it is storage systems architectures or storage devices enabling big data applications the growth of content is increasing the amount of large data sets that enterprises must work with.
But Professor Briffa said using data such as magnesium content in shells, otherwise known as "proxy data", over long periods raised a number of potential problems.
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The content operation supplies the data which appears on Reuters screens used by investors.
It is the product of thousands of content licensing agreements with data providers in hundreds of cities and countries.
Content in a personalized data store may be accessible to the user via transfer such as moving, streaming, or download.
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The need to access rich data and content is being driven by a highly mobile and increasingly connected user base.
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This allows for consumer specific applications where combining published content with related user data on a convenient, single volume is desirable.
The process of contextualizing our curated content has a big data story all its own, told amongst advertising legends, coding sorcerers and the bravest of businessmen.
Ecommerce sites, social networks and digital content providers using customer data to personalize user experiences must walk a fine line to ensure those experiences are authentic and non-intrusive.
Well, you need look no further than the company's latest Transparency Report, which details instances of content removal and user data requests over a six month span.
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This approach to opening data and content means organizations can consume the same web APIs to conduct their day-to-day business and operations as they do to provide services to their customers.
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