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• Coming to a car near you: auto technology at CES

  By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Self-driving cars garner much of the attention, but in reality, we’re years away from tooling around in something like Knight Rider’s KITT. Coming sooner to a…

  Technology

  January 12, 2015
• Obama to focus on cybersecurity issues next week

  Continuing the break with State of the Union tradition, President Barack Obama will spend most of the coming week previewing more of the proposals he will outline in the address, including on identity theft, electronic privacy and cybersecurity, the White House announced Saturday.

  Technology

  January 12, 2015
• Drone revolution draws near, but big obstacles remain

  By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP Business Writer BOULEVARD, Calif. (AP) — The drones are coming. Not as flying deliverymen that bring diapers, books or soup cans to your home, a vision put forth by Amazon CEO…

  Technology

  January 10, 2015
• Apple turns stores into galleries for iPad, iPhone artists

  By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is turning its retail stores into art galleries featuring the work of professional photographers and other artists who use iPads, iPhones and Mac computers…

  Technology

  January 09, 2015
• Pentagon to shutter 15 facilities in Europe, saving $500 million per year

  Realignment won't change overall U.S. presence in Europe, but will close several facilities and add more than 1,000 personnel to support the new F-35.

  Defense

  January 09, 2015
• Apple, developers feasting on people’s app-etite for apps

  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and thousands of mobile software developers are feasting on people’s ravenous app-etite for apps. Users of iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches spent nearly $500…

  Technology

  January 09, 2015
• California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer to retire

  California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, a tenacious liberal whose election to the Senate in 1992 heralded a new era for women at the upper reaches of political power, announced Thursday she will not seek re-election to a new term next year.

  Congress

  January 09, 2015
• ‘Zelda,’ ‘Batman’ among anticipated games due in 2015

  By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Link, Master Chief, Batman and Nathan Drake will be back in action. The leading men are among the protagonists starring in totally new video…

  Technology

  January 09, 2015
• Sony case statements could cause bind, depending on evidence

  By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s extraordinary decision to point fingers at North Korea over the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. could lead to a courtroom spectacle in the…

  Technology

  January 08, 2015
• Don’t sound the death knell for the PC just yet

  By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — A year ago, pundits were declaring the personal computer dead. Smartphones and tablets were cannibalizing sales, and the once-revolutionary PC seemed unnecessary — and boring.…

  Technology

  January 08, 2015
• Want to turn heads at CES? Hire a celebrity

  BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Driverless cars of the future. Every imaginable (and unimaginable) kind of smartphone case. The latest laundry technology, even. Acres of Las Vegas convention center floor packed…

  Technology

  January 08, 2015
• Mark Forman, Vice President for IT Services and Cloud, TASC

  Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is finalizing the new leaders of the House Appropriations Committee. Bloomberg reports today it names staff for the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, the Energy and Water subcommittee, and the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs subcommittee. As the new Congress takes shape, those leaders will prioritize spending for federal IT. Mark Forman is vice president for IT services and cloud at The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC) and he was the first e-gov administrator of the United States. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he shared a Federal IT wish list for the new Congress.

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  January 08, 2015
• Barney Rubel, Former Dean, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, US Naval College

  Critics of the Navy's maritime strategy -- or lack thereof -- are all over the federal defense community. One retired officer tells the U.S. Naval Institute the defense community may not understand what the word "strategy" means anymore. Congressman Randy Forbes has an open letter to chief of naval operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, asking him to lead an effort to restore strategic planning to the Navy. Barney Rubel is former dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the U.S. Naval War College. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said those critics are missing an important piece of the strategy puzzle.

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  January 08, 2015
• FCC chairman hints at utility-style rules for Internet

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler appears poised to propose new rules that would classify Internet service providers as public utilities in a move designed to ensure everyone has the same access to…

  Technology

  January 08, 2015