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Firms may face new $16,500 privacy fines under White House bill
Many consumers have grown resigned to the parade of privacy breaches that occur when apps or big tech companies like Facebook or Google misuse their…
Read MoreDrone on White House lawn leads to lockdown
A small drone landed on White House grounds late Sunday night, leading to emergency vehicles swarming the area, and the perimeter being…
Read MoreObama pans internet fast lanes, as calls increase to treat broadband as “public utility”
The White House appears to be providing the FCC with fresh political cover in the event the agency decides to defy the cable industry and impose net neutrality rules.…
Read MoreWhite House names two ex-Googlers to top technology posts
Megan Smith and Alex MacGillivray -- two familiar names to Silicon Valley -- will now be top dogs on President Obama's technology team.…
Read MoreWhite House working on privacy guidelines for consumer drones
What should we do about the growing number of camera-equipped drones flying through U.S. neighborhoods? President Obama is developing some ideas.…
Read MoreWhite House pulls plug on controversial Patent Office nominee after tech sector backlash
The Obama Administration has backed away from an unpopular plan to name a Johnson & Johnson executive and patent reform opponent as head of the US Patent Office.…
Read MoreWhite House big data report: 68 fine pages, but no mention of spying
A White House committee released a report on Thursday highlighting the promises and perils of big data, and recommending several courses of action. It's a good background report on big data, but it sidesteps certain tough problems, including domestic spying.…
Read MoreWhite House reportedly testing LG and Samsung smartphones
BlackBerry might lose its hold on the White House to LG or Samsung.…
Read MoreWhite House launches climate data project, calls on data innovators
Finally an easier way to leverage all that disparate climate change data out there. Thanks Obama! Now its time for the tech community to respond.…
Read MoreWhite House announces privacy and big data events at 3 universities
Consumer data issues are suddenly hot as the White House is taking the discussion to the public while, meanwhile, the New York Times is urging it to do more on this "Second Front in the Privacy Wars."…
Read MoreWhite House invites the crowd to fight patent trolls, but it won’t solve the problem
All three branches of government are trying to fix America's broken patent system. Today, the White House unveiled a series of new measures that will help -- though not enough.…
Read MoreThe crisis for government data in a 21st century shutdown
U.S. society depends on open government data. When the government shuts down, that data is at risk, and so are the citizens who rely on it. The Obama administration needs to take action action to restore faith in government data as a civic resource and platform for business.…
Read MoreSuper-troll Intellectual Ventures files new lawsuits as White House moves to curb patent abuse
Neither public shaming nor calls for reform from the highest level of government has dissuaded Intellectual Ventures from its massive patent lawsuit campaign against businesses large and small.…
Read MoreWhite House picks long-time Googler for privacy post (report)
Nicole Wong, a top lawyer with a reputation for standing up for liberty and free expression while at Google and Twitter, is headed to the White House.…
Read MoreWhite House: “It’s time to legalize cell phone unlocking”
As of Jan. 26, it's illegal for U.S. consumers to unlock their own cellphone but that could change now that the White House has showed support for a petition to overturn the rule.…
Read MoreJust as companies and even armies are becoming media entities, so are governments
The Obama administration has shown what is possible when a government becomes a media entity in its own right. But is that good or bad for a free press and for society in general?…
Read MoreWhite House open sources “We the People” petition app
You never know what you'll find on GitHub. Starting Thursday, you could download the source code to the Obama Administration's "We The People" online petition application from the open source repository and start adapting it for your petition needs.…
Read MoreTwitter, World War II and the death of official secrets
The government's attempt to keep the president's trip to Afghanistan a secret was foiled by Twitter -- in the same week that the Associated Press apologized to the reporter it fired 67 years ago for breaking the embargo on the end of World War II.…
Read MoreObama’s big data plans: Lots of cash and lots of open data
The White House released the details of its $200 million-plus annual big data strategy, which includes lots of access to funding and data for researchers.The administration is banking on big data having revolutionary effects on par with the Internet, which federal dollars financed decades ago.…
Read MoreHow energy data will change the future [VIDEO]
In an interview at the Verge Conference last week, Opower's founder and a Senior Advisor to the White House discuss why energy data should be open, how utilities will deal with the influx of big data and how government can help. Check out the video:…
Read MoreWhat you need to know about the 2013 energy budget
The White House sent its proposed budget for 2013 to Congress on Monday, and the plan calls for boosting funding for clean power and energy efficiency, seeks to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies and doesn't seek additional funds for the loan guarantee program.…
Read MoreWhere to watch the 2012 State of the Union Address online
President Obama's State of the Union address will be carried on all the major broadcast networks, as well as on all the cable news channels. But if you're unable to watch on TV, the speech will be available online and on multiple mobile and connected platforms.…
Read MoreThe next big thing for data centers: DC power
Although we live in an AC-dominated world, DC seems poised for a comeback, particularly in data centers. Facebook adopted a DC architecture in its Prineville, Ore., data center. SAP spent $128,000 retrofitting a datacenter at its offices in Palo Alto, Calif., to rely on DC power.…
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