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  'Wastebook' of government spending highlights overpriced routers, robot squirrels, and other tech programs gone awry

  By Chris Welch on October 16, 2012 06:11 pm + 55 comments

  Senator Tom Coburn has released a 200-page document that assails a number of government spending Continue reading…

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  Grooveshark wins DMCA argument in dispute with Universal Music

  By Louis Goddard on July 11, 2012 08:40 am + 20 comments

  A judge has handed controversial music streaming service Grooveshark a major win in a dispute with Continue reading…

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  Federal ban on cellphone use while driving sought by US Transportation Secretary

  By Scott Lowe on April 28, 2012 01:24 am + 76 comments

  New legislation proposed by US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood aims to elevate state bans on Continue reading…

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  US House passes bill to make federal spending data available online

  By Amar Toor on April 26, 2012 07:44 am + 19 comments

  The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that will enable users to keep track of federal Continue reading…

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  US alcohol and firearms regulator abandons BlackBerry for iPhone, other platforms

  By Chris Welch on February 29, 2012 05:22 am + 17 comments

  RIM's mobile marketshare among US federal agencies has been dealt another blow with news that the Continue reading…

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  Aneesh Chopra, first US Chief Technology Officer, resigns

  By Sean Hollister on January 27, 2012 05:46 pm + 23 comments

  Two and a half years after being sworn in as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Continue reading…

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  Researchers find federal prisons vulnerable to Stuxnet-like hacking

  By Joseph Parish on November 8, 2011 04:34 pm + 5 comments

  Industrial control systems like those targeted by Stuxnet are actually used in many places, Continue reading…