Obama Announces Plan to Shore Up U.S. Cyber Defenses
President uses State of the Union address to launch effort to protect infrastructure against a "growing threat."
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David Talbot
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I’m MIT Technology Review's chief correspondent, keeping an eye most often on the world of information and communication technologies—and asking my kids when I don’t understand what’s going on. Recent projects have taken me to Kenya to write about mobile-phone-based health initiatives, and Germany to explore how they’ll ramp up renewable power while closing down nuclear plants. My 2008 feature on the Obama campaign’s social-networking operation was selected for The Best Technology Writing 2009.
David Talbot's Stories
LTE-Advanced Is Poised to Turbocharge Smartphone Data
By combining data from multiple antennas and frequencies, ultrafast wireless technology is poised to turbocharge 4G.
Buying Bluefin Will Give Twitter a Piece of TV’s $72 Billion Ad Market
The analytics startup will help Twitter understand how its users react to particular shows and advertisements.
How to Build a Nanotube Computer
IBM creates a new way to make faster and smaller transistors.
When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber?
Google may choose to expand its service, but there’s little incentive for established players to come up to speed.
BlackBerry’s New Phones Score Points on Technology
Despite some novel features, the smartphone maker will struggle to regain market share.
Akamai Moves to Optimize TV
The company thinks it can clean up the cluttered landscape of apps that augment TV shows.
DARPA Wants to Remake Manufacturing
The military research agency hopes to design and build an amphibious tank from scratch in three years.
In a Bid to Keep Voice Alive, AT&T Courts Developers
The carrier hopes that encouraging innovation will prolong the life of its voice business.
Your Gadgets Are Slowly Breaking the Internet
The Internet isn’t robust enough for the ongoing explosion of connected devices. Now labs around the country are scrambling for solutions.
