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Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions a radically changed internet five years from now: dominated by Chinese-language and social media content, delivered over super-fast bandwidth in real time. Figuring out how to rank real-time social content is "the great challenge of the age," Schmidt said in...

Cisco Systems took another step to expand its computer hardware businesses on Tuesday by forming a broad partnership with EMC, a maker of storage equipment and software. The two companies announced on Tuesday that they had created a joint venture called Acadia that would work to...

House leaders on Friday called for an "immediate and comprehensive assessment" of congressional cybersecurity policies, a day after an embarrassing data breach that led to the disclosure of details of confidential ethics investigations. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said...

Regulation 2.0 will be shaped as a direct response to the shortcomings of existing regulatory regimes, the potential of emerging technologies and the desire to incorporate state and non-state actors into regulatory regimes. Regulation 1.0 is based on prohibitions defining the wrong things in society...

On the subject of tech and education, academics and executives are worried about many divides. There’s the growing divide between kids who have access to technology and those who don’t; kids who participate in creating content with technology at home and school, and those who can’t;...

Regardless of your political philosophy, the role of government in today’s economy is a reality in most if not all countries. The challenge for elected and government officials, in my opinion, is not the need for regulatory change, but how will they use technology...

The former information technology manager for the Janesville School District is wanted on suspicion of buying $215,000 worth of computer software from companies he or his friend owned. Brandon M. Keirns, 31, Milwaukee, is accused of transferring money the school district paid the companies into his...