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Quote of the day: 'Looks like Hiroshima'

August 31, 2005 Mississippi's governor said hurricane-ravaged areas remind him of the Japanese city after the atomic bomb was dropped. TAGS: Mississippi, Governor

Experts: Education key to U.S. competitiveness

April 17, 2007 Science, technology, engineering and math programs need a boost for the country to maintain its edge, panelists say at governors' forum.Photo: An innovation initiative TAGS: Governor, education, competitiveness, math, engineering, science, initiative, talent, Arizona, Silicon Valley, California, U.S., expert, tax

Phone companies win TV franchise battle in Texas

August 10, 2005 The bill, which would streamline the process for phone companies entering the TV market, now goes to Gov. Rick Perry. TAGS: Texas, bill, Governor, TV

Hidden fraud risk in Sarbanes-Oxley?

March 7, 2005 Spotting fraud in huge amounts of corporate compliance data is like finding a needle in a haystack, analysts say. TAGS: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, fraud, compliance, Governor, policy, information technology

Mass. governor vetoes bill for online wine sales

November 22, 2005 Mitt Romney says certain provisions in the proposed law would prevent consumers from purchasing "the bottlings they want." TAGS: Mitt Romney, winery, wine, provision, Massachusetts, Governor, bill, law

Utah governor signs Net-porn bill

March 22, 2005 Governor signs online filtering bill over objections from tech companies and Net service providers. TAGS: Utah, Governor, content provider, e-mail company, Internet provider, service provider, search engine, law, e-mail

Utah governor weighs antiporn proposal

March 4, 2005 Bill requiring Net providers to cordon off "harmful to minors" Web sites goes to governor after tech firms fail to block it. TAGS: Utah, Governor, minor, content provider, Internet provider, e-mail company, service provider, search engine, e-mail

Michigan governor asks voters to fund high tech

February 11, 2005 Jennifer Granholm says a $2 billion bond issue could create 72,000 high-wage jobs in the Rust Belt State. TAGS: Governor, bond, Michigan, nation, biotechnology, chip company, tax, state, budget, Intel

Rival behind Schwarzenegger Web flap

September 13, 2006 Democratic rival to California's governor admits aides nabbed a controversial audio file. But his camp calls it fair game. TAGS: campaign manager, aide, treasurer, Governor, California, password

Philly, Verizon reach accord on city Wi-Fi plan

December 1, 2004 Penn. governor signs closely watched legislation after Philadelphia and Verizon reach compromise on citywide project. TAGS: Philadelphia, Verizon Communications, Governor, legislation, wireless service, Pennsylvania, telephone company, government, broadband, agreement, project

MySpace to host college campus presidential town halls

May 10, 2007 Social-networking site to enable users at home to watch a Webcast, send instant-message questions to candidates. TAGS: Sen., MySpace, News Corp., Governor, candidate, Webcast, town, Rep., event, IM, TV

Did worm infect Alaska candidates' site?

October 26, 2006 A husband-wife team running in the state's governor's race blame a hacker for infecting their election Web site with a virus. TAGS: Alaska, candidate, Governor, worm, Webmaster, call, server, virus, password

Corporate Mozilla gets thumbs-up from industry

August 3, 2005 "If Mozilla wants to do business with corporate entities, it needs to be a corporate entity," says one analyst. Others agree the move is sound. TAGS: Mozilla Corp., entity, RedMonk, Governor, open source, organization, open-source software, Firefox

Answering Bush's competition challenge

February 1, 2006 The State of the Union speech throws down the gauntlet, and Cisco CEO John Chambers says America must respond with alacrity. TAGS: health care, e-health, Governor, electronic health record, Cisco Systems Inc., health, Hurricane Katrina, America, president, information technology, U.S., idea

ESA will sue to block Michigan game law

September 14, 2005 Video game industry's lobbying arm plans to file suit against the governor over legislation banning the sale of violent games. TAGS: Michigan, video game, legislation, Governor, law, Grand Theft Auto, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., bill, sale, games, video

C++ creator upbeat on its future

April 22, 2005 Bjarne Stroustrup claims that the programming language has never been bigger, but not everyone agrees. TAGS: C++ programming language, programming language, Java, creator, C# language, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Visual Basic, survey, Governor, language, developer, programming, Microsoft Corp.

Mass. replaces CIO in OpenDocument fray

January 6, 2006 As acting CIO is named, governor's spokesman says commonwealth is "on track" to use OpenDocument-based software next year. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, CIO, Peter Quinn, Office 12, desktop software, Governor, state, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, spokesman, information technology, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's standardization move divides experts

November 22, 2005 Office's Open XML is "a tactical move by Microsoft to give its proprietary document formats a glimmer of openness," one researcher says. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Governor, open standard, GPL, Microsoft Office, standard, XML, Microsoft Corp., format

Sun promises to open-source Java

May 16, 2006 Sun execs say the question is no longer whether the Java programming language will be open-sourced, but how it should be done. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., JavaOne, open source, Java, OSI, executive vice president, programming language, Governor, IBM Corp., CEO

Net taxes could arrive by this fall

May 24, 2007 Congress is weighing whether to lift a prohibition on Internet taxes, and one senator warns an e-mail tax could happen by this fall. TAGS: tax, Governor, Amazon.com Inc., fall, senator, food, e-mail
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