From government offices, they obtain computer lists of property buyers.

CNN: TRAPPED IN THE BIG SQUEEZE

Recent high profile data breaches, corporate economic espionage cases and government reports detailing the threat posed by foreign economic espionage in cyberspace have generated more focus on the risks posed by cyber incidents and whether corporations are doing enough to protect their computer systems and intellectual property.

FORBES: Disclosing Cyber Security Incidents: The SEC Weighs In

Fortunately, in 2005, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (in Virginia) upheld federal agents' authority to conduct suspicionless border searches of a person, his personal property and his laptop computer.

WSJ: Roy Altman: Judges For Lax Border Security

The US Supreme Court is nearing the end of the term, with key decisions still outstanding on public displays of the Ten Commandments, on property rights and on computer file sharing.

NPR: Possible Vacancy on High Court

Such solutions deal with only a few of "thousands of related issues, " Upson said, including how to handle product sales to American consumers that take place on American company-owned servers based in foreign countries and how to tax the sale of digital goods and intellectual property such as software and computer-generated music.

CNN: The Internet tax revolt

One of my colleagues has been working on a federal investigation into the systematic compromise of computer infrastructures of law firms that specialize in patents and intellectual property.

FORBES: Internet Security: Whom Should You Trust?

In the 21 years since Hurricane Andrew slammed Florida, insurers, reinsurers and credit rating agencies have come to rely on computer models that generate an array of hypothetical storms and try to predict the extent of possible property damage.

NPR: Coastal Homeowners Stagger Under Insurance Costs