Obama and team set to make their mark on tech
Published: 07 Nov 2008 17:49 GMT
When Barack Obama becomes US president in January, he'll have the chance to mark a new path for the country — and that includes the tech industry. The president-elect drew the backing of more than a few Silicon Valley notables throughout his campaign.
Obama's team has already shown itself to be committed to technology, while the Bush administration has drawn criticism for neglecting technology as an issue and a tool. The question now is: what will Obama's technology policy look like as the US faces some tough economic challenges?
Schmidt rules out role as Obama's tech tsar
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has said he's 'very happy' at the search giant and wouldn't accept an offer to serve as tech chief in Barack Obama's administration [10 Nov 2008]
Obama's search for a national CTO
As Barack Obama's transition team assembles an administration, it could look to one of its own to fill the role of chief technology officer [07 Nov 2008]
Obama appoints tech execs to transition team
Google.org's Sonal Shah and former InterActiveCorp exec Julius Genachowski have been chosen for Barack Obama's transition team [07 Nov 2008]
What the Obama presidency means for tech
Democrats in the White House and Congress may have significant repercussions for net neutrality, trade restrictions and copyright [06 Nov 2008]
Obama election-win sparks rise in malicious spam
Spam messages worldwide have begun exploiting Obama's election win to entice people to download malware, security vendors have warned [06 Nov 2008]
Obama, McCain campaign PCs compromised
Newsweek has reported that the FBI and Secret Service told the presidential candidates that their files were accessed by criminal hackers over the summer [06 Nov 2008]
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