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• Does Obama really have an internet kill switch?

  By Grant Gross | 29 March, 2011 08:04

  Several bills addressing cybersecurity are on the agenda in Congress this year, including a proposal that would allow the president to shut down parts of the Internet.

• Anniversary special: 5 years of YouTube

  By ARN Staff | 19 May, 2010 12:33

  YouTube is celebrating its five-year anniversary. The Google-owned site was receiving eight million daily views within six months of launch and today has over 2 billion people checking out its site every day.

• Obama selects tech veteran for top cybersecurity post

  By Jeremy Kirk | 23 December, 2009 09:25

  Howard Schmidt was named as the White House's cybersecurity coordinator on Tuesday, a job that was reportedly difficult to fill as the U.S. strengthens its computer security defense.

• Racist image tops Google search results for Michelle Obama

  By Sumner Lemon | 26 November, 2009 07:12

  The top-ranked result for U.S. first lady Michelle Obama on Google's image search engine Wednesday was a racist caricature that depicted her with the face of a chimpanzee, just below a link to a suggested Google search for the terms "Michelle Obama Monkey."

• FBI raids former office of Obama CIO appointee

  By Grant Gross | 13 March, 2009 04:32

  The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has raided the office of the Washington, D.C., CTO and arrested two men there, the FBI said.

• Strike one against White House transparency

  By Grant Gross | 30 January, 2009 08:47

  New U.S. President Barack Obama promised during his campaign to post all nonemergency legislation on WhiteHouse.gov before signing it as a way to allow the public to review and comment on it.

• IBM CEO urges support of $825B US stimulus bill

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 29 January, 2009 08:00

  President Barack Obama's US$825 billion economic stimulus package got the enthusiastic endorsement Wednesday of IBM CEO and Chairman Sam Palmisano and other business leaders.