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Obama to Name Wheeler to Head FCC

President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a former top lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries to lead the Federal Communications Commission, two people familiar with the matter said.

Syrian Pro-Government Hackers Take Their Fight to CBS and Twitter

Seeking attention as events get more serious.
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Obama Gives a Shout-Out to MEET, the Israeli-Palestinian Youth Tech Project

The MIT-backed effort was one of the original Global Voices chosen for D: Dive Into Mobile.
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Obama’s Cybersecurity Order Aims for a Restart With Congress

The president talked about attacks on computer networks in his State of the Union speech, too.
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As Attacks Mount, Governments Grapple With Cyber Security Policies

Why do governments in Europe and the US respond so differently to questions about cyber security when a unified approach would make more sense?
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American-Made Titan Tops World Supercomputing List

If this doesn’t make you want to chant “U-S-A! U-S-A!” what will?
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On Google, a Political Mystery That’s All Numbers

Google’s quest to guess what we want before we want it has produced an unusual side effect: A disparity in the results the company presents about the presidential candidates.

How Obama or Romney Should Have Answered the iPad Question

When CNN’s Candy Crowley asked why iPad and iPhones can’t be made in America, here is what one of the candidates — either one — should have said in response.
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Twitterville Likes Romney’s VP Choice, for Now

If tweets were votes, it looks like Mitt Romney would have had an edge today.
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SCOTUS Decision + ObamaCare = Internet Fun (And Not So Much)

For those who tweeted that they now want to move to Canada over the Supreme Court’s backing of President Obama’s health care overhaul: They have an even bigger public health care system!
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