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Q: Another Q&A Site? A: Yes, Discovery’s Curiosity.

Peter Kafka in Media on June 20, 2011 at 6:23 am PT

Why is a cable-TV powerhouse launching a question-and-answer site? You won’t find out on Curiosity.com. But you will find lots of other answers, some of which come from famous people.

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Q&A: Vinton Cerf on the Internet's Future

Yun-Hee Kim, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 25, 2011 at 9:19 am PT

Vinton Cerf is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of the Internet and currently holds the title of “chief Internet evangelist” at search giant Google Inc. In Hong Kong for an industry conference, Mr. Cerf spoke with The Wall Street Journal about trends in the Internet space, the implications of the temporary shut down of the Internet in Egypt earlier this month and censorship in China.

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Google: Obama Advisor Chats Through the Back Door

Alexander Eule, Reporter, Barron's Online in News on May 19, 2010 at 10:20 am PT

One of President Obama’s top technology advisors, deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin, a former head of public policy at Google, exchanged emails with the search giant regarding government business, the Washington Post reports this morning, citing internal White House emails and a statement by an Office of Science and Technology Policy spokesperson.

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.

Google to WSJ: I Got Yer Dumb Pipes Right Here…

John Paczkowski in News on December 15, 2008 at 8:02 am PT

Ironic, isn’t it, that Google, one of Net neutrality’s staunchest advocates, has been approaching major cable and phone companies with a proposal that appears to violate the very tenets of that principle? How could a company that has argued tirelessly that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, suddenly reverse course and seek preferential treatment for its own traffic? Short answer: it didn’t.