Both presidential candidates President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney advocate the return of manufacturing back to America.As the nation echoes this sentiment,one Texas-based retail clothing store,Sun&Color,watches her business grow ...
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While the vice presidential debate Thursday night heated up Twitter,it didn't rock the micro-blogging site like last week's presidential debate did. Twitter continued its new role as the modern debate spin room during last night's debate ...
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In the 2012 presidential campaign,Twitter has become the new spin room. The popular social network stepped up to its new role during Wednesday night's debate between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney. Twitter counted ...
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You remember the iPod.The iPod created jobs,but a majority of those jobs were overseas.Electronics manufacturing jobs are mostly overseas,which helps to keep one million workers at China's Foxconn plants busy. In contrast,the majority of ...
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A White House executive order on cyber security is "close to completion," according to Janet Napolitano, US Secretary of Homeland Security. The news comes just weeks after former White House cyber security chief Howard Schmidt said US ...
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On the 11th anniversary of the Sept.11,2001 terrorist attacks,work continues on One World Trade Center,which will rise 1,776 feet to the top of its spire,to become the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Steel has risen to the ...
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In his acceptance speech Thursday night, President Barack Obama drew upon Minnesota's Marvin Windows and Doors for inspiration. "The family business in Warroad, Minnesota that didn't lay off a single one of their four thousand employees ...
As the U.S.and eight other nations negotiate a wide-ranging trade agreement,several digital rights groups said they're concerned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP)will bring back controversial copyright-enforcement provisions pushed by ...
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Construction cranes are shown perched on top of One World Trade Center on June 25.The steel skeleton of the skyscraper has been completed and the next step is adding the glass'skin.''/Associated Press file photo NEW YORK—The steel ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong - At a Computerworld Hong Kong event years ago, I heard a senior executive explain how online retailer Amazon re-engineered their e-commerce process for the Christmas gift-giving season. Like many retail ...
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Computerworld-Attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week is Perse Faily,the CEO of startup EMN8,who will deliver a message on the tech industry's contribution to job growth.When the convention is over,she will head to ...
IDG News Service-The source code of"We The People,"the online system that can be used by citizens to submit their petitions to the White House,is being offered as open source software,an official said on Thursday. "Now anybody,from other ...
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IDG News Service-President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to keep science and technology funding strong following the success of NASA's Curiosity rover landing on Mars. Obama made the commitment in a phone call to the Curiosity team at ...
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The White House has announced that US President Barack Obama is considering issuing orders compelling or encouraging private companies in critical industries to improve their cyber defences. The announcement comes a week after Congress ...
Computerworld-Twitter is looking to take the country's temperature when it comes to the presidential election in November. The micro-blogging site today launched the Twitter Political Index,a tool to show in real time the popularity of ...
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