President Obama

Remember Obama’s National Broadband Plan? Neither Does Anyone Else.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 20 at 5:26 am PT

Two years after the introduction of the National Broadband Plan, a new study finds that not many more Americans have fast access at home than they did before.

Obama: Don’t Worry Internet, I Got Your Back on That SOPA Thing

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 14 at 4:00 pm PT

The White House signals that it doesn’t like the controversial SOPA bill. Here’s one writer who’s not the least bit surprised.

Obama Likes the Internet, So He’ll Probably Veto SOPA if It Gets That Far

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 26, 2011 at 2:25 pm PT

Will he or won’t he?

Fujitsu Supercomputer Remains World Champ, but IBM and Intel Are the Real Computing Kings

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 14, 2011 at 5:58 am PT

The latest edition of the semiannual Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers is out. Strangely, there’s no movement among the Top 10, and yet there’s still plenty to talk about.

Nvidia Chips to Power World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 11, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

The U.S. government announces plans to build the next great supercomputer. What’s new is that its main computing element will come from Nvidia.

IBM Stakes $1 Billion on Hope of Spurring Small Business Buying

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on September 8, 2011 at 2:59 am PT

Big Blue is hoping to prod small and medium companies to boost their tech spending with a billion dollars worth of easy credit.

In the End, a Lack of Tech May Have Helped Bring Bin Laden Down

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on May 2, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

A key clue leading up to the attack that brought Osama bin Laden to justice was a lack of a phone or Internet connection on his property. By forgoing modern communications technology, he may have drawn attention to himself.

Video: Marc Benioff Answers His Critics, With A Little Help from Jim Cramer

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 4, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff took to Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” show to answer some criticisms about the way he’s running the company and to bang the drum on cloud computing.

First Oscars Event for "The Social Network": Nominations

Liz Gannes in Social on January 24, 2011 at 10:51 pm PT

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday will announce this year’s Oscar nominations, which are expected to include the Hollywood version of the founding of Facebook, “The Social Network.”

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Twelve Tech CEOs Descend on the Capitol

Ben Worthen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 9, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen are among a dozen technology-industry chief executives who will spend the next 24 hours in Washington lobbying government officials there on issues including intellectual-property protection and data protection laws.