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Google users dont want to accept these new terms? >> jon, then probably time for them to check out yahoo! or binge because google went ahead and they condensed these 60 privacy policies they had for different services into one privacy policy for all their seesbolts of it are, they will collect all the information you enter when you create an account. then start looking at all the stuff you search or watch or map while youre logged into those accounts to help you out. google says they can actuall...

President. announcing he has formed a presidential exploratory committee. how big was your raise this year? bankers at jpmorgan chase are reportedly in line for a 34% raise after posting record first quarter earnings. what if you could predict the traffic like you predict the weather? a team of researchers at ibm say theyre working on a computer that will predict traffic use in the future. it uses past databases of traffic patterns and sensors that are embedded in roadways throughout califor...

Traffic. >> on the surface, thats the way it appears. what a lot of people dont understand is is the business about monitoring traffic does not necessarily mean that you see the content, because a lot of these things in fact are things that are done about traffic patterns, or things that you can tell technically that doesnt necessarily get into the content of either documents or videos. see this is something also that is changing in the nature of cyberspace. within two years 90% of all informati...

You see the normal traffic patterns. thats before all of this. take a look at this. this is an overlay here from digital globe. look at this, tahrir square, a satellite difference. well if back, tahrir square on a normal day and tahrir square today and the massive demonstrations, this historic day and you see the tent city and the wall-to-wall people, a real transformation. some of the images we got, of course, are just astounding, of people celebrating in the streets. really historic transitsal...

Before and now. >> it really is stark, wolf. we can start by showing you the overall google map on tahrir square. on friday we understand that security forces did, at least, seal off part of the two key bridges that go into the area. the october bridge and the other bridge. they shut off access for other cars and vehicles. were going to map here and show you what tahrir square looks like on a normal day. you see the traffic patterns here. heavy here. moderate to light in other areas. we have an ...

Achieve cost savings, generate revenue and to help achieve safety. these digital plates are not unlike the vanity plates that have been very popular, not just in our state, but throughout this country. and, indeed, in california, theres a whale plate, for example, thats generated $3.8 million from about 125,000 motorists. so we think the potential is there. and this technology would permit a variety of preapproved ads or messages to be displayed only when the vehicle comes to a stop. >> senator,...

Cost savings, generate revenue, and to help achieve safety. these -- these digital plates are not unlike the vanity plates that have been popular, not just in our state but throughout this country. and indeed, in california, theres a whale plate for example. thats generated $3.8 million from about 125,000 motorist. we think the potential is there. this technology would permit a variety of preapproved ads or messages to be displayed only when the vehicles which to a stop. >> senator, i have lived...

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Creates traffic jams, wasted fuel, and pollution. but brian park, a researcher at the university of virginia, says we can do much better. >> 30% better. >> reporter: 30% better? you could improve traffic speed by 30%? >> if you believe in simulations and research shows that. >> reporter: the secret? the lights. park is combining detailed studies of traffic patterns, roadway obstructions and the actual behavior of real drivers in selected areas. >> some are conservative and some are aggressive. >...

That. >> reporter: the secret -- the lights. park is combining detailed studies of traffic patterns, roadway obstructions and the actual behavior of real drivers in selected areas. >> some are conservative, and some are aggressive. >> reporter: to create computer programs to constantly adjust the traffic lights. for rush hour density, special events and weather and much more. and he says, his model proves traffic stops and pollution can be pushed way down, fuel efficiency way up to save the nati...