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Obama includes broadband, smart grid in stimulus package

President-elect Barack Obama laid out his plan for a huge economic stimulus package, with broadband rollout, an Internet-based smart energy grid and computers for schools as part of the plan.

| News | Government | 01/08/09 at 3:58 pm |


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Vietnam pushes open-source software for government use

Vietnam's government will mandate use of several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country tries to reduce the use of pirated software.

| News | Government | Open Source | 01/08/09 at 1:55 pm |


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US investment in IT would create jobs, group says

A $30 billion investment by the U.S. government in broadband, health IT and smart energy grids would create or retain nearly a million jobs, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C., think tank.

| News | Government | 01/07/09 at 5:03 pm |


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US in danger of losing green-tech competition, experts say

The next industrial revolution will not be in IT, but in ET -- energy technology -- and the U.S. is in danger of missing the boat, two green tech experts said Wednesday.

| News | Government | Green IT | 01/07/09 at 2:51 pm |


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