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Article | 8/11/2010 President Obama: offshoring fears are outdated, unwarranted
The perception that Indian call centers and back office operations cost U.S. jobs is an old stereotype that ignores today’s reality that two-way trade...
Article | 11/09/2010 New Yahoo site targets issues in November US elections
Yahoo's news division has launched a new social-networking site that focuses on policy debates driving November's midterm elections in the U.S., with ...
Article | 9/09/2010 Obama calls for permanent R&D tax credit
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Congress to approve a permanent research and development tax credit for U.S. companies as part of a multibil...
Article | 25/08/2010 Group complains when Facebook blocks image of pot leaf
Facebook has blocked a marijuana legalization campaign from displaying the image of a pot leaf in ads on the social-networking giant's site, and that'...
Article | 17/08/2010 Two sentenced in kickback scheme at DC CIO's office
Two former employees of the District of Columbia's Office of Chief Technology Officer have been sentenced to prison terms for their roles in a kickbac...
Article | 14/07/2010 Experts: Smart meters face image problem
Despite the U.S. government spending billions of dollars to encourage electric utilities to roll out the Internet-powered smart grid, the nation is at...
Article | 25/06/2010 Twitter settles FTC privacy complaint
Social-networking giant Twitter has agreed to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging that the company deceived users and p...
Article | 23/06/2010 U.S. government to crack down on piracy
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration will seek to aggressively enforce its intellectual property laws by putting pressure on countries that do...
Article | 9/03/2010 Obama to defend new NASA mission at April summit
In an effort to curb rising resistance in Congress to a new NASA strategy, President Barack Obama will hold a summit next month to explain his vision ...
Article | 5/03/2010 Bill calls for NASA to continue push to Moon
President Barack Obama's plan to push NASA to scrap the contract with commercial companies to build space taxis is meeting with some resistance in Con...
Article | 15/01/2010 White House asks tech leaders how to modernize government
The U.S. government needs to stop wasting money on doomed IT projects and update outdated technology to better serve residents, U.S. President Barack ...
Article | 5/08/2009 Obama administration, new legal research could jack up antitrust heat on Intel
Nvidia Inc.'s charge that sales of its Ion graphics platform are being unfairly hampered by Intel Corp.'s bundling and predatory pricing tactics have ...
Article | 4/06/2009 U.S. accidentally releases list of civilian nuclear sites
A 267-page document listing all U.S. civilian nuclear sites along with descriptions of their assets and activities became available on whistleblower W...
Article | 1/06/2009 Obama's cybersecurity initiative wins praise
U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement Friday of a new cybersecurity push by the U.S. government won widespread praise from the technology industr...
Article | 27/05/2009 Report: Obama to name cybersecurity czar this week
US President Obama later this week will formally appoint a cyber czar to coordinate a national strategy for securing cyber space the Washington Post r...