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Silicon Valley rallies against SOPA, says the bill would cost jobs

Posted January 18, 2012 - 10:27 pm

About 200 of Silicon Valley’s technology-employed rallied in front of San Francisco’s city hall Wednesday, protesting the U.S. House bill called the “Stop Online Piracy Act”—or SOPA, and its mate in Senate, PIPA.
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SOPA and PIPA video cheat sheet

Posted January 18, 2012 - 11:16 am

In case you've been too watching cat videos or playing Skyrim, here are some quick videos that explain SOPA and PIPA so you can sound smarter at the water cooler.
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SOPA explained in cartoon form

Posted November 28, 2011 - 4:05 pm

Have you been following the SOPA soap opera? Yeah, me neither.
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Idaho National Laboratory staff on how to avoid industrial attacks

Posted October 6, 2011 - 10:08 pm

A group of experts from the Idaho National Laboratory are playing hackers bent on industrial destruction.
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President Obama stumps for jobs bill at LinkedIn town hall

Posted September 27, 2011 - 1:52 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama visited Silicon Valley Monday to answer questions about creating jobs in America.
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MIT researchers aim to improve aircraft carrier effciency [video]

Posted August 17, 2011 - 10:29 am

The DCAP system helps humans and computers work together to improve military operations.
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NASA video envisioned space colonies by 2000

Posted July 18, 2011 - 2:01 pm

Space colonies predicted; instead we got iPods...
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Congressman blames iPad for killing jobs

Posted April 18, 2011 - 9:40 am

Is there an app available where we can replace our politicians?
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Obama meets Jobs, Zuckerberg, others in Silicon Valley [video]

Posted February 18, 2011 - 10:22 am

U.S. President Barack Obama was in Silicon Valley on Thursday night to meet a handful of the biggest names in the tech industry. Among the subjects likely discussed at the closed meeting was the president's plan to invest in research and development to boost America's high-tech competitiveness.
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