News to know: Intertainer patent suit; Vista's RAM issues
Headlines of the day:Intertainer Patent Lawsuit Names Leading Technology Firms (Apple, Google, Napster).Speaking of lawsuits does Apple have a music monopoly issue?
A few things to note: WeatherBill's idea of selling insurance for folks that can't get it--ask any Allstate customer in a flood zone how easy it is to get dumped--is timely. But the concept of hedging weather risk is nothing new. Meanwhile, if I'm a business seriously looking to minimize my weather risk I'm going to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which has a bevy of weather derivatives to trade.