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Researchers Question Privacy of Usage-Based Auto Insurance
A study by a handful of university professors in Colorado claims user-based insurance tracking programs installed in millions of vehicles can collect data that shows where drivers are going, ...
Adobe Says Source Code, Customer Data Stolen By Hackers
Adobe Systems Inc. said on Thursday that hackers had stolen source code to some of its most popular software and data about millions of its customers. Security experts worry about the theft of source ...
Monsanto Acquiring Weather Data Modeler, Farm Insurer Climate Corp. for $930 Million
Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, agreed to buy The Climate Corp. for about $930 million to provide farmers with weather data and agronomic modeling to boost yields and manage risk. ...
Moving Beyond Golf Balls and Diapers in Cleaning Up Energy Disasters
Diaper liner, sawdust, golf balls and shredded tires -- these are some of the items used to try and contain the oil and nuclear disasters that marked the end of this century's first decade and the ...
Federal Trade Commission Moves Closer to Studying ‘Patent Trolls’
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday took another step toward a comprehensive study of "patent trolls" - companies in the business of buying and asserting patents - to see if they are hurting ...
Travelers Launching Low Cost, Segmented Product in New Personal Auto Strategy
The Travelers Companies Inc. is adopting a new strategy to become more price-competitive in personal auto insurance. Travelers' CEO Jay Fishman explained his company's personal auto strategy at the ...Hacker Group in China Linked to Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Firms: Symantec
Computer security experts have discovered a group of highly sophisticated computer hackers operating for hire, a U.S computer security firm said, and it linked the group to some of the best-known ...
Trigger Finger: Apple Fires Biometrics into the Mainstream
By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc. is offering a tantalizing glimpse of a future where your favorite gadget might become a biometric pass to the workplace, mobile ...