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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
Patient privacy in peril?
News New U.S. legislation urging doctors and hospitals to keep electronic, rather than paper, health records may not go far enough in shielding sensitive information.
Tags: Privacy, Insurance Company, Privacy, medical record, public health, Record, electronic health record, insurance, Washington, health insurance
US regulator questions cloud computing security
News U.S. federal and international regulators have suggested they may have to re-examine privacy and security standards to take into account cloud computing.
Tags: Data security, Security, Google Inc., European Union, Cloud Computing, FTC, Regulator, Marc Rotenberg, Washington, data protection
Augmented reality: Not that real yet
News Why iPhone apps that act as a digital guidebook aren't quite ready for prime time and is a step down from using conventional mapping and search applications.
Tags: Smart phones, GPS receiver, Phone, App, Smart Phone, McDonald's Corp., GPS, Smartphone, Washington, Apple iPhone
Why US Justice Dept wants more on Yahoo search deal
News Microsoft and Yahoo's move to condense the number of serious players in the search market could prompt the U.S. Department of Justice to impose conditions on the deal.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Web services, Web Page, U.S. Department Of Justice, search engine company, Washington, Yahoo Search, Search Technology, merger
Texting and tweeting through Obama's swearing in
News Inauguration planners are turning to Twitter and text messaging to keep things organized when President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in January 20.
Tags: Web sites, Politics, Location-based services, Apple Inc., Twitter, Ceremony, Text Messaging, District of Columbia, Emergency Management, Washington
TomTom countersues Microsoft in patent dispute
News The car navigation device maker responds in a court filing Thursday, accusing Microsoft of violating four of its patents.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Microsoft Corp., Patent, TomTom, GPS, Virginia, Linux Kernel, device manufacturer, software
Jobs' health re-ignites privacy rights debate
News Apple's CEO is recovering from liver transplant which he underwent two months ago, according to a Wall Street Journal article.
Tags: Apple Inc., Conference, Privacy, Washington, CEO, Tennessee, job, shareholder, Wall Street Journal, health care
Report: Yahoo CEO search narrowing
News Yahoo is close to narrowing the field of candidates down to a few, with former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin among the mix, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, PDA phones, India, Yahoo! Inc., InfoSpace Inc., Bay Area, CTIA, Washington, CEO
Washington leaders meet with tech execs
News Executives from companies belonging to the group TechNet met with congressional leaders and White House officials on Wednesday to talk innovation, immigration, and patents.
Tags: Business plans, Regulations, Executive, Republican, Broadband, U.S. Senate, Microsoft TechNet, U.S. President Barack Obama, Washington, CEO
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
Fiorina 'seriously considering' bid for Senate
News Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says her varied experiences would be an asset if she were to pursue political office.
Tags: Politics, Technology, ICANN, Immigration, Carly Fiorina, U.S. Senate, Washington, CEO, Adobe PDF, health care
Google-backed tool detects Net filtering, blocking
News A new open platform from Google, the New America Foundation and PlanetLab allows consumers to monitor their broadband connection for Internet-provider interference.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web 2.0, 3G (Third Generation), Bluetooth, Google Inc., BitTorrent, Tool, Broadband, Net Neutrality
Microsoft suit alleges ex-worker stole trade secrets
News Startup CEO is accused of getting hired by Microsoft under false pretenses in order to steal information to use in a patent lawsuit against three Microsoft partners.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Software, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Patent Suit, patent litigation, Lawsuit, attorney, OEM
US President on cybersecurity: We're not that prepared
News U.S. President Barack Obama announces new White House cybersecurity coordinator job, and says the government will not monitor private sector Internet communications.
Tags: Security, Government, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, computer, Washington, White House, network, Internet, agency
