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Industry IT Spending To Grow, But At Slower Rate in ’13: Celent
Total insurance IT spending globally will continue to grow in 2013—but at a slower pace than in 2012—and most of the money spent will go towards maintenance rather than new projects, Celent ...
Imagining A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to ...
P/C Execs Should Look For Best Fit, Not “Right Answers” From Cat Models
Catastrophe models in the property/casualty insurance sector have been under intense and increasing scrutiny for more than a decade. The 9/11 terrorist attacks, coupled with significant losses from ...White House, Lawmakers Closer On Cybersecurity Bill
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said on Friday negotiations with the White House on a new cybersecurity bill have resumed, and the two sides are not "that far apart" after ...Domestic Drones Reshaping U.S.Crime-Fighting
As U.S. authorities grapple with how to regulate the use of unarmed drones in U.S. skies, a small network of police, first responders and experts is already flying unmanned aircraft. These operators ...AP Asks: Email, Voicemail, Text, No Response. What Gives?
Technology is supposed to make us easier to reach, and often does. But the same modes of communication that have hooked us on the instant reply also can leave us feeling forgotten. We send an email, ...
Google, Spain In Court Over EU Privacy Law; Global Implications Seen
Google did battle with Spain's data protection authority in Europe's highest court on Tuesday, in a case with global implications that poses one of the toughest questions of the Internet age: When is ...Brazil Cyber Crimes Law To Take Effect In April
Long seen as the Wild West of online fraud, Brazil is about to implement its first cyber crimes law in an attempt to protect its rapidly expanding banking and e-commerce industries. But online ...