Barack Obama
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Online tools must serve business purpose
News Digital media tools must be tied back to business goals, and are not a means to an end, says external online director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Internet, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Tool, Singapore, best practice, ROI, Advertisement, social networking
Obama, Satyam won't spell outsourcing doom
News India's outsourcing market will survive recent accounting scandal and U.S. President Barack Obama's promise to bring jobs back, say industry watchers.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Outsourcing, India, job, U.S., industry, information technology, accounting
Mixed reviews for Obama's transparency vow
News In 100 days, some say the president has made significant steps toward fulfilling a promise to propel the use of technology in government. Others say he hasn't lived up to it yet.
Tags: Policy and management, Federal Government, RIM BlackBerry, Google Inc., e-mail, White House, Internet, Web Site, George W. Bush, president
Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN
Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...
Obama meets with technology CEOs
News A handful of chief executives in the industry, including IBM's Sam Palmisano and Motorola's Greg Brown, meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the economy.
Tags: Federal Government, Hardware, Software, Investments, Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Business plans, Motorola Inc., Applied Materials Inc., Samuel J. Palmisano
'Obama worm' probably a student prank, experts say
News Worm that spreads via USB drives and network shares and only displays picture of president once a week, appears to be more of a nuisance than a real threat, security watchers say.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Federal Government, Malware, Security, Worm, Trend Micro Inc., USB Flash Drive, Internet Worm, Computer, network
US on hunt for 1,000 cybersecurity experts
News US Department of Homeland Security has been given the go-ahead to hire the staff in a push to improve the country's response to cyber incidents.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Security, Network security, Cybersecurity Expert, Cybersecurity, network, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Internet Attack, Information Security
Obama names science and technology team
News U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has named leaders in climate change, cancer research, and genetic research to head his science and technology team.
Tags: R&D, Defense/military, Federal Government, Politics, Science, Human Genome Project, Oregon State University, Defense/military, John Holdren, Eric Lander
Observing the US automated elections
Blogs Before boarding my Philippine Airlines flight to San Francisco last Sunday night, a document inspector at the Centennial...
What difference a tech-savvy president maketh
Blogs In a typical newsroom where every journalist is fighting for a space on the front page, there are often days when you do...
Web video round table sheds light on upcoming problems
News Video executives discuss where Web video is going, and some of the hurdles facing it in 2009.
Tags: Advertising, Adobe Systems Inc., broadcasting, Video, Storage, Internet Video, Bay Area, Advertisement, Ma, HD
Report: Acting US cyberspace chief resigns
News Melissa Hathaway, who was considered a leading candidate to fill the post permanently, says she's resigning for personal reasons.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity strategy, Bush Administration, e-mail, White House, Homeland Security, Wall Street Journal, strategy, spokesman
Intel to invest US$7B in US facilities
News CEO Paul Otellini told a Washington audience that economic recovery will take smart, significant investments from both the public and private sectors.
Tags: Investments, Mobile processors, Processors, Intel Corp., Investment, Paul Otellini, Manufacturing, Washington, recession, job
US President hints at cybersecurity shakeup
News Announcement that cybersecurity official from former U.S. President George W. Bush's administration will conduct a review of cybersecurity efforts, may indicate authority will shift from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House.
Tags: Security, Defense/military, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Bush Administration, Defense/military, Hathaway, White House, Homeland Security, CNET Networks Inc.
Will green energy wilt from lack of funds?
News The financial specialists that convert tax credits into capital to build new windmills and solar farms have all but disappeared.
Tags: Green IT, Budgeting/cost control, Earning reports/forecasts, Renewable Energy, tax credit, tax equity, U.S. Senate, wind energy, Renewables Player, equity
