From Wired, the investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. From New Scientist, Google may know your desires before you do: In the future, search engines could know what you want before you do — if you're willing to trust them with the details of your private life; your online traces are helping fuel a revolution in the understanding of human behaviour, one that's revealing the mathematical laws of our lives; and tired of status updates from people you hardly know? Pay attention and you might find those weak ties more useful than you think. Researcher Danah Boyd argues that Facebook's success is due in part to "white flight" from MySpace. Despite its giant population, Facebook is not quite a sovereign

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