Obama

Like everyone in IT, I’m all for beefing up cybersecurity. When it comes to government-run system operations, funding usually suffers though. Nevertheless, officials over at the Pentagon are confident that they’re sufficiently protected even though cyber-attacks are a constant on the Pentagon. A couple of days ago I heard that the security of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter had possibly been compromised by cyber-attackers who were able to get information on the F-35 electronics and logistics system that could let enemies protect themselves against the fighter aircraft.

In Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches President Obama finally get around to picking his CTO... Aneesh who?. Not to mention executive foreheads...

More than ever before, we live in an information-generated society. Gone are the days when most folks had to hear “news” not only hours, but even days after events unfolded. Today, we’re privy to up-to-the minute updates that often use live feeds. That said, not everyone in government participates in that type of data exchange. I’m not sure if it’s a generation gap or just a desire to retain the status quo.

The hopeless and impossible mission of H-1B opponents.

The White House's Open for Questions service sought to learn what concerns Americans most. The answer appears to be getting high.

In Thursday's IT Blogwatch, we read while we wait to watch Obama answer questions from around the Interwebs. Not to mention never gonna give you up ...

Yes, you too can be like the White House press corps and grill the president. Just submit a question to the new Obama Web site and hope you get lucky.

The White House launched its Open for Questions service to field questions and concerns from citizens. Obama to respond on Thursday.

America's new CIO, Vivek Kundra, is a huge Google Apps fanboy. Finally, someone who gets it! Or at least someone who thinks like I do.

The current model of companies hosting their own messaging and Apps is going to go by the wayside over the next five years. The recession is only going to exasperate the move to online Apps. And Google is the biggest catalyst in this arena.

In Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches a surprise Obama appointment: a CIO (confounding commentators' CTO conjectures). Not to mention MeggySeq...

In today's podcast: Microsoft testing Kumo search engine; Apple rolls out Nehalem EP-based systems; and Obama taps Genachowski to lead FCC.

In today's podcast: Amazon.com caves in to publishers over Kindle 2; number of Cebit exhibitors drops sharply; and Obama slips spectrum license fee into budget.

Open Source lovers have reason to celebrate: The White House is using the Open Source content management system Drupal for its Recovery.org Web site, which is designed to let anyone know exactly where money from the recently passed stimulus package is being spent. Will there be more Open Source ahead in the White House?

The blogosphere regularly excoriates Microsoft for being a monopoly, but Google, not Microsoft, may be in the cross-hairs of the nation's next anti-trust chief for monopolistic behavior. Last June Christine A. Varney, President Obama's nominee to be the next antitrust chief, warned that Google already had a monopoly in online advertising.

Because President Obama is hanging on to his BlackBerry future generations may lose a significant part of their history.