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Warned the u.s. about tamerlan abouts links. they looked into his personal associations but didnt find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine we are teaching the...

Warned the u.s. about tamerlan abouts links. they looked into his personal associations but didnt find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine we are teaching the...

Warned the u.s. about tamerlan abouts links. they looked into his personal associations but didnt find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine we are teaching the...

Warned the u.s. about tamerlan abouts links. they looked into his personal associations but didnt find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine we are teaching the...

Turns out russian authorities warned the u.s. about tamerlan abouts links. they looked into his personal associations but didnt find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we...

Warned the u.s. about tamerlan abouts links. they looked into his personal associations but didnt find enough to consider him a terrorist threat. then when took a trip to are you sha in 2012 to meet with underground groups the fbi missed that. the reason? his name was misspelled on the passenger list. perhaps intentionally. another chance lost to connect the dots. the point is it is one thing to have the data, it is another to understand its significance. >> when we data mine we are teaching the...

Can they? claudia cowan reports. >> when we data mine, were teaching the computer how to go through large amounts of data and look at large patterns and understand what they mean. >> gary angel is head of a company he founded over 15 years ago. that makes, he says, one of the most experienced players in the data mining game. >> im using a tool here called a listening tool. this tool collects information on things like twitter. >> a big part of what the folks here do is scan the web and analyze d...

You had a great guideline how to drive followers and business opportunity. you see it as a great business tool, dont you? >> yeah, i do. and i also think that this whole show, and ive been watching, has been a lot about talking. you know, i think that twitter is the greatest listening tool weve ever seen. i was in a green room listening to martha. i kind of threw up on myself when i heard her say, i just say stuff and people interpret it. twitter.com is the single most thing that anybody in this...

Is the greatest listening tool weve ever seen. i was in a green room listening to martha. i kind of threw up on myself when i heard her say, i just say stuff and people interpret it. twitter.com is the single most thing that anybody in this audience needs to be using. people are talking about you, your business. >> when i put my name in, all i see is streams of abuse. who wants to see that all way? >> listen, i love that you want to talk about little children and all that, but i would much -- >>...

Over. so i immediately tweeted that. >> as well you should. >> thats the definition of obsessive junkie. >> it is. it has an obsessive quality to it. i think its playing itself out in families all over the place. my 5-year-old son will say something cute and say, dont tweet that, mommy. but it is a bit obsessive, and its hard to, you know, create the boundaries because its such a fluid thing and whats great about twitter is how it breaks down boundaries. so to fit it into your life in different ...