Social media may be the flavor of the moment for corporate marketers but these tools won’t work for everyone, according to the man who led the social media component of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, saying it was Obama’s message — and not the medium — that carried...

President Obama on Friday said the U.S. government is “not as prepared” as it should be to respond to disruptions caused by computer or Internet attacks and announced that a new cybersecurity coordinator position would be created inside the White House staff. The still-to-be-named coordinator...

President Obama announced plans to establish more stringent national auto mileage standards on Tuesday, a move that will accelerate the arrival of energy-efficient technologies such as hybrid cars and diesel engines. The plan calls for a 5 percent annual increase in car makers’ fleet-wide fuel...

This post was updated several times after 12:30 PDT with industry reaction. President Barack Obama, in his weekly address Saturday, announced the appointment of Aneesh Chopra to serve as the nation’s first chief technology officer. Chopra, who is currently Virginia’s secretary of technology,...

Militant web threat overstated - report WESTERN governments have overstated the role the internet plays in the militant recruitment, and measures to block extremist material are “crude, expensive and counterproductive,” according to an expert report. Any attempts to filter or restrict access to...