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Meet Tom Wheeler, the man who could control your digital life

By Chris Ziegler on May 2, 2013 01:12 pm + 53 comments

"Do you want to go to work in [the Obama] administration in any way?" "No," Tom Wheeler responded. Continue reading…
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Google and Eric Schmidt go to Burma to promote internet freedom

By Carl Franzen on March 22, 2013 06:36 pm + 37 comments

The Southeast Asian nation Burma (also known as Myanmar) has historically had some of the most Continue reading…
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FCC chairman Julius Genachowski announcing plan to step down on Friday

By Chris Ziegler on March 21, 2013 07:01 pm + 28 comments

The Wall Street Journal is citing an "FCC official" in a report that Julius Genachowski — the man Continue reading…
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Eric Schmidt challenges India to invest in an open internet

By T.C. Sottek on March 19, 2013 03:59 pm + 59 comments

Following a visit to North Korea, Eric Schmidt has continued his impromptu pan-Asia internet freedom Continue reading…
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Sony board chairman Howard Stringer to retire in June

By Dieter Bohn on March 8, 2013 08:22 pm + 33 comments

The chairman of Sony's board, Howard Stringer, will be retiring in June, according to the Financial Continue reading…
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Bill Gates calls for more innovation at Microsoft after past mobile 'mistake'

By Tom Warren on February 18, 2013 12:52 pm + 381 comments

In an interview with CBS This Morning, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has admitted that the software Continue reading…
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A month after Google settlement, FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz announces his resignation

By Jeff Blagdon on February 1, 2013 12:59 am + 43 comments

Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz is resigning later this month. The chairman tells T Continue reading…
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Samsung hands vice chairman position to chairman's son Lee Jae-yong

By Sam Byford on December 4, 2012 08:23 pm + 42 comments

Samsung has promoted Lee Jae-yong, the only son of controversial chairman Lee Kun-hee, to vice Continue reading…
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King of Samsung: a chairman's reign of cunning and corruption

By Sam Byford on November 30, 2012 11:01 am + 657 comments

If Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee takes a moment this weekend to reflect on the past 25 years, he Continue reading…
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Google's Eric Schmidt says Android vs. Apple is the 'defining contest' while dismissing Microsoft

By Aaron Souppouris on October 11, 2012 06:09 am + 810 comments

Google chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt is bullish on his company's chances to beat Apple in Continue reading…