Technology & Analytics
Obama Orders Patent Changes to Combat Abuses
President Barack Obama announced a series of actions aimed at protecting technology, finance and retail companies from lawsuits and demands for fees by businesses that abuse the patent system. The ...
European vs. U.S. Hurricane Models: Which Is Better?
When forecasters from the National Weather Service track a hurricane, they use models from several different supercomputers located around the world to create their predictions. Some of those models ...
New Tool to Shed Light on Costs of Blackouts
Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) and The Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER). (HSB) have formed an alliance to provide a product that assesses blackout risk in the United States. ...New York Regulator Requests Details on Insurers’ Cyber Security Plans
New York's top financial regulator has asked some of the largest U.S. insurance companies to disclose details on their preparedness for cyber attacks, following a similar request to major banks ...
DriveID Can Block or Track Driver’s Mobile Use
Fleet managers and parents of teenager drivers were given another weapon in their battle against distracted driving on Tuesday. That's according to Cellcontrol, the maker of technology to stop ...
Twitter Tweaks Security to Thwart Hackers After Media Company Hits
Twitter Inc. unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The ...
Executives See Cloud Collaboration Aiding Execution, Innovation
Corporate executives increasingly look at cloud collaboration as a way to increase productivity, speed up business results and improve collaboration across functions. Sixty-four percent of more than ...Karen Clark & Co.’s New Tool Creates Realistic Hurricane Footprints, Tailored Loss Estimates
Just in time for the 2013 hurricane season, Karen Clark & Co. (KCC), a catastrophe risk and modeling firm, has released a scientific tool for creating hurricane tracks and wind speeds. Named ...