Tag: STIMULUS

While humanity is increasingly living in urban areas, rural communities are still catching up when it comes to high-speed Web access. After all, being left out of the digital revolution isn't easy when it seems like everyone around the world is experiencing the wonder of online social networks and e-commerce. According to USA Today, farmers in Plains, Texas for instance want better broadband ...

Computing giant Microsoft has found itself at the center of a controversy surrounding the spending of federal stimulus money. Washington governor, Chris Gregoire, OK'd $11 million of stimulus money for a bridge in the town of Redmond that would connect two Microsoft campuses across a six-lane highway. Redmond Mayor John Marchione applied for the stimulus funds after the cost of the project ...

Last night, President Barack Obama took to the Capitol to shed some light on the massive, $800 billion stimulus bill he just signed into law. As you might expect, his not-quite-State-of-the-Union address dealt in part with technology and science, which the president believes are essential to restoring the United States' economy and securing our place in the global marketplace. We know that some ...