http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/39/all xx http://www.itworld.com/government/85920/senators-call-transparency-copyright-treaty-talks Two U.S. senators have asked President Barack Obama's administration to allow the public to review and comment on a controversial international copyright treaty being negotiated largely in secret. http://www.itworld.com/government/85920/senators-call-transparency-copyright-treaty-talks#comments Government Legal News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:10:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85920 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/85941/future-us-innovation What does a "contemporary research model" for innovation look like? http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/85941/future-us-innovation#comments Business Government Tech & society Opinion innovation PARC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:18:53 -0500 ITworld staff 85941 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/85893/european-parliament-adopts-telecom-laws-after-bitter-debate After two years of often bitter debate, the European Parliament approved a raft of new telecom laws Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/networking/85893/european-parliament-adopts-telecom-laws-after-bitter-debate#comments Government Networking News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:10:01 -0500 ITworld staff 85893 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/85860/eu-drops-qualcomm-antitrust-investigation The European Commission has closed its antitrust probe of Qualcomm's patent licensing practices after Ericsson and others withdrew their complaints, the regulator said Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/85860/eu-drops-qualcomm-antitrust-investigation#comments Government Legal Mobile & wireless Networking News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:09:51 -0500 ITworld staff 85860 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/85811/video-games-help-stem-learning-united-states In support of President Obama's call for a renewed focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) have teamed up with Sony Computer Entertainment America, Microsoft, and the MacArthur Foundation and announced a number of efforts to motivate students. The organizations are aiming to leverage the interest that kids have in video games and inspire them through a series of STEM-related design competitions. This is part of the administration's extensive "Educate to Innovate" program, outlined today. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/85811/video-games-help-stem-learning-united-states#comments Government Personal tech News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:39:52 -0500 ITworld staff 85811 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/85809/obama-backs-us-return-math-science-tech President Barack Obama said today that more has to be done to encourage students to take up in math, science and technology disciplines, while indirectly warning of the global competition for highly skilled jobs. http://www.itworld.com/business/85809/obama-backs-us-return-math-science-tech#comments Business Career Government IT management/strategy News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:09:55 -0500 ITworld staff 85809 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/85792/is-federal-stimulus-money-being-used-it-hardware-not-hiring Congress allocated $787 billion earlier this year in a stimulus package President Obama signed in an effort to jump-start the economy. So where are the IT jobs? http://www.itworld.com/business/85792/is-federal-stimulus-money-being-used-it-hardware-not-hiring#comments Business Career Government IT management/strategy News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:10:06 -0500 ITworld staff 85792 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/85755/mobile-groups-protest-proposed-net-neutrality-rules A month ago, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission began a proceeding to create formal net neutrality rules for broadband providers, and the proposals have generated serious debate in the telecom community. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/85755/mobile-groups-protest-proposed-net-neutrality-rules#comments Government Internet Mobile & wireless Networking Analysis Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:10:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85755 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/85613/broadband-stimulus-grants-delayed The two government agencies in charge of doling out broadband stimulus cash have pushed back the dates for when they'll start handing out grants. http://www.itworld.com/networking/85613/broadband-stimulus-grants-delayed#comments Business Government Networking News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:10:55 -0500 ITworld staff 85613 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline#comments Business Government Green IT Legal Mobile & wireless Operating systems Personal tech Security Software Windows Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:14 -0500 ITworld staff 85605 at http://www.itworld.com