Privacy advocates and search industry watchers have long warned that the vast and valuable stores of data collected by search engine companies could be vulnerable to thieves, rogue employees, mishaps or even government subpoenas.
But within a few months, IS controlled a vast and valuable swathe of territory across northern Syria and Iraq.
This is the new world of big data and insurance, where social media websites are vast sources of valuable information just waiting to be plundered.
He pointed out, however, that the volume of videos "is so vast that finding valuable references may be a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack".
The coral bleaching event sweeping the globe and destroying vast tracts of valuable coral reef is now officially the most widespread in recorded history, and is likely to continue for an unprecedented third year, according to the US weather agency.
The EEA said in a statement that "Europe is still wasting vast quantities of valuable resources by sending them to landfill", echoing earlier warnings from Janez Potočnik, the EU commissioner for the environment, that failure to use resources wisely could trigger a fresh economic crisis.
Between Teledesic and ICO, Mr McCaw is also sitting on vast amounts of valuable spectrum; among his ideas to make use of it is a network of terrestrial base stations that repeat satellite signals, reaching users in places such signals cannot go, such as inside buildings.The best prospect for satellites that transmit Internet data may be variations of what is already in orbit.
Furthermore, a vast amount of valuable, current research does not focus on problems or technologies that present immediate commercialization opportunities.
Microalgae, a large and diverse group of unicellular photo- and heterotrophic organisms, have significant potential for production of a vast array of valuable products for diverse industries.
Described as one of the UK's worst natural disasters in modern times, the Great North Sea Flood inundated 1,000 miles of coastline and left 380 square miles of land submerged under seawater, ruining vast areas of valuable farmland.
