Al Gore
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Election 2000: The Web watches
News Voters check the Internet to track the latest developments in the race between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush.
Election sites more popular during recount
News One of the greatest cliffhangers in American politics has sent millions of update-starved workers to election and candidate Web sites, with far more day-after visits than on Election Day.
More tech executives join Obama transition team
News President-elect Barack Obama is enlisting more veterans of the tech industry to help his transition team evaluate federal agencies.
Tags: Government, Transition Team, Leave, McKinsey & Co., chairman, FCC, Cellular Telecommunications, Reed Hundt, co-chair, vice president
Al Gore backs environmental top-level domain
News Al Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, are supporting a group applying for the top-level domain .eco.
Tags: Domain names, Domain, ICANN, Al Gore, entrepreneur, partnership, Internet, Web Site, alliance, Web
Gore: Wireless access to info means power
News Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's address at CTIA 2009 covers many of his usual themes regarding need for environmental change, but it also provides a history lesson on communications.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Leadership, Green IT, North Korea, wireless industry, Wireless Access, Wireless, CTIA, Al Gore, wireless technology
Google.org exec leaves to tackle urgent threats
News Dr. Larry Brilliant is leaving the search giant's nonprofit arm for the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund to tackle nuclear proliferation, water shortages, and other issues.
Tags: Human resources, Inconvenient Truth, Google Inc., Officer, University of Michigan, Al Gore, Global Warming, Middle East, exec, advisor
Steve Jobs on the greening of Apple
News In one of his first post-leave interviews, Apple CEO Jobs says the impact of products, not the emissions of factories, is what counts, and that it's time to focus on a company's results, not its lofty goals.
Tags: Green IT, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Carbon Footprint, energy efficiency, hiring, Dell Computer Corp., PC, Steve Jobs
Obama's search for a CTO
News As President-elect Barack Obama's transition team assembles an administration, it could look to one of its own to fill the role of chief technology officer.
Tags: Government, Executive recruiting, Human resources, Cybersecurity, Google Inc., Transition Team, Policy, Al Gore, Washington, CTO
Al Gore: It's not just about the planet
News In talk promoting his book, Al Gore looks for fixes beyond renewable energy and draws link between environment, energy, and U.S. economy.
Tags: Green IT, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Oil, geothermal energy, plug-in electric car, electric car, wind energy, economic crisis, Middle East
No email privacy at White House; 'gwb' signs off
News George W Bush earlier this year sent his final personal email to 42 of his closest friends and family members after White House lawyers told him his new job would mean no privacy for email messages
Apple postpones developers conference
News The company, which also changed the show's venue, wants its Worldwide Developers Conference to coincide with the release of a preview version of Panther--the next update to its OS.
Revised draft of relaxed encryption rules circulates
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In search of the old Electoral College try
News Voters who may have dozed in high school civics class the day the Electoral College was explained appear now to be catching up on that subject online.
White House gets peek of proposed Microsoft breakup plan
News Justice Department officials yesterday briefed members of the White House economic team and counsel's office on their proposedplan to divide Microsoft into two companies in hopes of sparking competition in the software industry.
US presidency listed for sale on eBay
News With confusion increasing over who will be the 43rd president of the United States, one eBay auctioneer has put the presidency up for bid.
