If you’re going to meet the president for dinner, one of the first questions might be, “what to wear?” Apparently, that question was not on the mind of Steve Jobs, CEO (albeit on medical leave) of Apple, Inc. Mr. Jobs sat at the presidents left hand and was adorned in the usual black mock turtleneck. more »

In the aftermath of last night’s State of the Union speech, the fallout was not limited to partisan rhetoric. Technology companies, such as Sprint, issued statements letting the President know the company supported many of the to-dos listed in the speech. Are these signs of support just publicity stunts with mere platitudes? Let’s find out. more »

According to a new bill that describes the internet (in its entirety) as a U.S. “national asset,” President Barack Obama could possibly have powers to seize control and/or shut down the internet. But don’t start worrying yet; this plan is only to give the president such immense powers only in times of national emergency. Who more »

Last week during a two day distracted driving summit, President Obama signed an executive order banning federal employees from texting while driving when in government vehicles. In addition, the DOT will ban texting and restrict the use of cell phones by truck and interstate bus drivers. To further drive the point home, school bus drivers more »

If you are a developer, you better watch the content you post on Facebook or else you could be on the receiving end of a Secret Service investigation. This has occurred after a third party application was pulled that allowed users to create Facebook polls. A recent poll that was placed on Facebook posing the more »

There have been quite a few security issues in the news this past week. Let’s take a look at some of the top stories: Hackers wasted no time in exploiting the release of the much anticipated MMS functionality for the iPhone. AT&T finally made it available on Friday (September 25, 2009), and experts say that now that 6 out of the top 10 search results for search phrases involving the keywords iPhone and MMS are malicious, directing to sites that try to push fake anti-virus scareware.

West Virginian Senator Jay Rockefeller is working on a bill that would give President Obama control over the Internet in the event of what he terms a “cybersecurity emergency.” The bill would allow him to declare such an emergency and take control of private-sector networks. It doesn’t however specify what would constitute such an event more »

Young talent that would ordinarily be flocking to Silicon Valley are heading for new an exotic pastures: military companies. The government is pushing hard into the cyberwarfare arena and with the recession hitting tech industries hard, their high paying jobs have dried up. Almost all of the big military companies, including General Dynamics and Raytheon, more »

“U.S. Government Broadband, Inc. now bringing you the World Wide Web at lightning speeds.” Wait – the U.S. Government provides broadband? But, the Government isn’t a telecom — yet. A member of the Obama Administration is supporting the idea of a U.S. tax-subsidized public broadband network. Just imagine, high-speed internet everywhere, even in the most rural parts of the country. Plus, this isn’t your ordinary cable internet – when they say high-speed, they are talking 100 times as fast as what we have now.

So, theoretically, you could sit back and stream HD movies to your laptop, even if you’re in the middle of nowhere. Isn’t that what we all want? For most of us, the answer is yes, but, is such a large-scale telecom project possible? Well, Australia and Singapore are already in the process of successfully implementing such a network and Britain and the Netherlands are making their own network plans.