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Thursday, April 11, 2013 News   |   Commentary   |   Slideshows   |   Reports   |   Videos   |   Events   |   RSS Feeds   MUST READ Military Intelligence Tries To Tame Data 'Monster' By Jeff Bertolucci University workshop featuring experts in ontology, the study of the nature of existence, will try to answer how the military can extract useful information out of huge unorganized collection of intelligence data. Federal IT Budget To Increase In 2014 DOD tech budget is flat, but major civilian agencies will see more investment. California Expands Use Of MOOCs California expands edX "blended" classroom experiment, sees increase in course pass rates. Airplane Takeover Demonstrated Via Android App Software hack lets researcher control aircraft navigation and other systems; avionics manufacturers stress that presentation exploited training software. 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