Communications Policy Challenges for Obama
The FCC is Devising Spectrum Auctions, and Obama May Issue a Cybersecurity Executive Order
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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.
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Live Updates on Election Technology Issues
Voting machine problems reported in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Old touch-screen devices, lack of paper backup, and piles of absentee ballots could cause havoc.
Why You Can’t Vote Online
Fundamental security problems aren’t solved, computing experts warn.
Efficiency Breakthrough Promises Smartphones that Use Half the Power
A startup says it's cracked a decades-old efficiency problem dogging wireless communications.
As Sandy Bashes the Northeast, Emergency Communications Remain Flawed
Federal efforts to create a better network for emergency services after September 11 remain unfulfilled.
Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves
A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown “encouraging” results.
EmTech: Reebok and MC10 will Launch an Impact-Sensing Skullcap for Sports
A flexible electronics startup, MC10, lifts the veil on its first commercial product, in partnership with Reebok.
A Bandwidth Breakthrough
A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure.
What Google Knows About the Presidential Race
Political insight: people lie to pollsters, and probably on Facebook. But not to Google's search bar
