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You probably already know about existing employee monitoring software that can capture your keystrokes or screenshots or track which websites you visit while on the clock — but a new patent idea from Microsoft would take workplace surveillance one step further with software that can actually analyze human behavior.

The recession may have left unemployment rates a mess and killed the housing market, but if you’re looking for a silver lining, here it is: we’re all better shoppers now because of it.

It's a done deal, or it will be Thursday when the Major League Baseball owners approve Drayton Mclane's sale of the Astros to a group of investors led by Houston businessman Jim Crane.

A Department of Transportation rule implemented in April 2010 prohibits airlines from keeping passengers sitting on a tarmac for more than three hours — a rule it says an American Airlines affiliate has since violated so frequently that it’s now been slapped with a $900,000 fine, the first such fine handed down since the edict took effect.

While facial recognition technology has been used to enhance security — for example, to spot known terrorists in crowds — it’s now poised to become the next big thing for personalized marketing and smart phones.

The Obama administration has announced its five-year offshore drilling plan, which includes emphasis on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Alaska.

How do dying trees affect the state's economy you ask?  Well, stop and think about all the things and stuff that's made from forest products. From lumber and building materials to paper products, to thousands of jobs,the forest products industry is a major driver of the Texas economy.  If trees are dying off, we all feel it.

According to a new study, waiting at home for deliveries or scheduled repairs to cable, phones, internet service or utilities costs Americans a staggering $37.7 billion a year in lost income.