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Northern Light Technology Makes Deal WIth C.I.A.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the focusing-on-revenues dept.

Llywelyn writes: "The C.I.A. has evidently written up a contract with the group Northern Light Technology to develop a search engine that can sort through the C.I.A's increasing mound of unprocessed data. Unfortunately, one of the consequences of this is that Northern Light's public search engine is fated for destruction later this month. " It's inevitable, IMHO, that some of this happen - the search engine world is overpopulated right now, and with the economic downturn, more and more companies will move to where they can survive.

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  1. it aint the CIA.... by jeffy124 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    very first line of the article states it's one of their contractors -- In-Q-Tel

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    The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
  2. Not discontinuing search engine business... by gpinzone · · Score: 3, Redundant

    "Unfortunately, one of the consequences of this is that Northern Light's public search engine is fated for destruction later this month."

    According to fuckedcompany.com, they will be converting their search-engine service to a paid-only model.