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Barack Obama takes office as the 44th president with an agenda that includes a fresh take on technology.
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Obama lays first piece in energy policy puzzle
The president's first moves on environmental regulations signal a sharp change in direction and a bet that stronger emissions standards will yield technology innovation in energy.(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)
January 26, 2009
Akamai: Video streaming record set during inauguration
President Obama's inauguration didn't set all-time Internet traffic records, but that it did mark the most simultaneous streaming-video viewers in the Web's history.• Inauguration Day, by the numbers
• Photos: Obama inauguration viewed from space
• Counting the crowd with satellites, balloons, math
• Obama inauguration traffic not good for everyone
• Podcast: Washington's other tune: Hail to the new tech chief
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
January 21, 2009
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Obama signs stimulus plan, touts clean energy
President signs massive government stimulus package, saying it's a start to a cleaner energy infrastructure. But analysts still see real hurdles to transforming the energy business.
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Energy and efficiency intact in stimulus bill
Tens of billions of dollars for renewable energy and energy efficiency in direct investment and tax incentives are packed into a compromise bill.
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Online groups: Dr. Dean should run Health Dept.
He still has online steam. Although President Obama is reportedly considering other choices for secretary of the department, online liberals are calling on Howard Dean, who is a doctor.
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Energy Department's Chu prepares to spend
As stimulus package moves ahead, Energy Secretary Steven Chu intends to speed up process for giving DOE loans, which are vital to commercializing new energy technologies.
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Greenpeace: Stimulus plan cuts carbon emissions
How much does the economic stimulus plan help climate change? A Greenpeace-commissioned study finds that the clean-energy provisions will have a significant impact.
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Obama DOJ pick: RIAA lawyer who killed Grokster
President's latest pick for a senior Justice Department post is Donald Verrilli, the lawyer who pulled the plug on Grokster, sued Google on behalf of Viacom, and represented the RIAA in a file-sharing case against Jammie Thomas.
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What Judd Gregg bodes for high tech
President Obama's pick for commerce secretary has sided with business groups on Internet taxes and H-1B visas--and the FBI regarding encryption.
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Stark relief: White House, VP's residence now visible in Google Maps
Google drops maps that censor federal residences in favor of new, clear versions.
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White House e-mail down for a day
Obama staffers suffer from a server outage that stopped the flow of e-mail for most of Monday.
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Obama lays first piece in energy policy puzzle
The president's first moves on environmental regulations signal a sharp change in direction and a bet that stronger emissions standards will yield technology innovation in energy.
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Video: Obama's new 'BlackBerry'
CNN got a demo of the Sectera Edge, a highly secure, NSA-approved smartphone that could be the replacement for President Obama's beloved BlackBerry.
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First e-mailing prez: Obama keeps his BlackBerry
White House spokesman confirms that as part of a "compromise," the new U.S. president will be able to hang on to his RIM device, making him the first to use e-mail.
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Obama's Whitehouse.gov: Frozen in time?
President Obama promised the most open and transparent administration in history. But his own White House Web site shows that it's not always easy to translate campaign promises into reality.
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Obama to .gov agencies: More Internet openness
The still-to-be-named CTO for the federal government will be given 120 days to make U.S. agencies "harness new technologies" and become more open to the public.
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FLO TV gets high marks on Inauguration Day
During the inauguration in Washington, D.C., MediaFlo's FLO TV worked perfectly and finally convinced me of the value of mobile TV.
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Poll: The next video-streaming record breaker?
Help us predict which event will make simultaneous streaming-video viewership surpass the record set the day President Barack Obama took office.
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Akamai: Inauguration sets video-streaming record
About 7.7 million video streams, primarily live, were being viewed just after Barack Obama took the oath of office, content delivery network says.
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Much ado about Whitehouse.gov's new openness
President Obama's new White House Web site has been lauded for being more open than former President Bush's. There's just one problem with that theory: it's wrong.
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Obama inauguration traffic not good for everyone
Sure, some sites were way up. But people stopped buying.
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Satellites, balloons, and math used to count inauguration crowd
The accuracy of counting crowds for events like the presidential inauguration is improving thanks to cameras on satellites and aerostat balloons, but projections still vary.
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Wireless and the inauguration
CNET's Natali Del Conte reports from Washington, D.C., on how wireless carriers like Sprint Nextel are mobilizing for the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Cyberprivacy in an Obama USA
Cyberprivacy advocates have welcomed the prospect of an Obama presidency. But they may want to wait before popping the champagne corks.
Will Obama usher in universal broadband access?
ZDNet's Sumi Das talks to Sam Diaz about his response to a report ranking the U.S. 15th in the world in broadband adoption.
Can Obama bring tech respect to Washington?
ZDNet's Sam Diaz talks about how President-elect Barack Obama will use technology when he becomes president.
What tech now expects from Obama
There's a long list of particulars the technology industry wants to know about from the incoming Obama administration.
'60 Minutes': Obama and the presidency
President-elect Barack Obama speaks with Steve Kroft about his thoughts and goals as our nation's next commander-in-chief.
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Art: Ellen Ng
