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Doctor Who Tube Map->

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An anonymous reader writes "The London Underground Tube Map to the tune of Doctor Who with clickable links and detailed line descriptions"
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Outgoing Federal CIO Warns of 'An IT Cartel'->

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JohnBert writes "In a wide-ranging discussion with President Barack Obama's top science advisors, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra warned of the dangers of open data access and complained of "an IT cartel" of vendors.

He also believes the U.S. can operate with just a few data centers. Kundra, who is leaving his job in mid-August, offered a kaleidoscopic view of his concerns about federal IT in an appearance before President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

In particular, Kundra is worried about the "mosaic effect," the unintended consequence of government data sharing, where data sets are combined and layered in ways that can strip away privacy and pose security threats. In the age of Facebook and Twitter, where a lot of personal data is already available, government data that may have been "innocuous in the past," can be used to "identify people that may not want to be identified," Kundra said."
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Top Five Flight Health Risks->

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An anonymous reader writes "Flying is, by a huge margin, the safest way to get around. There were only 538 flying related fatalities in the U.S. in 2009, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. That’s less than 2 percent of the 33,808 highway deaths. Still, there is some danger in the air, particularly for frequent flyers, long-haul passengers and anybody who dreams of a tasty in-flight meal."
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