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Obama Wants a Wireless Broadband Network for Everyone

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 26, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Technology references were numerous in the president’s speech to Congress last night. His call for for a national wireless broadband network will reignite a long-simmering debate over spectrum allocation, pitting TV broadcasters against the FCC.

Daily Beast's Tina Brown Brags About "Interesting Discussions" With Newsweek

Peter Kafka in Media on October 6, 2010 at 7:13 am PT

How are things at the Daily Beast, which turns two today? Awesome, says Tina Brown–so awesome that Barry Diller may end up pawning the thing off to Newsweek and new owner Sidney Harman.

Exclusive: Skype Founders Keep on Punching–File Injunction Against Volpi and Index

Kara Swisher in News on October 14, 2009 at 7:04 am PT

Joost and Joltid filed a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures, where Volpi now works as a partner, asking that he not use knowledge or confidential information he got at the video start-up in current dealings with Skype. The move is yet another legal attack from the founders of Skype, who were on the losing side of the $2 billion deal to buy the Internet telephony giant from eBay.

Where in the World Is America's CTO?

Kara Swisher in News on February 11, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

With the naming of Oracle President Charles Phillips to President Barack Obama’s 16-Member Economic Recovery Advisory Board a few days ago, another Silicon Valley tech mandarin fell off the list to become America’s first chief technology officer. The job–which was promised by President Barack Obama during his campaign and underscored when he released a memorandum on transparency and open government that outlined some of the CTO duties the day after he was sworn in–remains unfilled. While everyone is rightly focusing on the economic crisis, inquiring minds still want to know who is getting the job as head geek.