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A US Congressional deal to give President Barack Obama so-called fast-track negotiating authority to accelerate two trade deals with nations in the Asia-Pacific and Europe respectively has broken down, with the Senate voting against granting the president this authority.

US President Barack Obama has dealt a blow to Korean tech giant Samsung in its ongoing patent dispute with Apple, upholding a block on some of its older Android devices.

We’ll know the result on Wednesday afternoon (Australian time). What will a Romney victory in the US presidential election mean to the technology industry?

It's not exactly a replication of Australia's much-criticised NBN but two linked developments in the US this week show that the US Government shares the Australian Government's belief in the need for ubiquitous high speed broadband (the US envisages 1Gbps) and the need to encourage the development of applications and services to exploit this capacity.

A series of tweets by über content creator and empire builder Rupert Murdoch, has caused online controversy by blaming Google for helping to allow piracy to occur, while accidentally claiming universal anger at Optus when he meant POTUS Obama.

Formal proceedings against accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning will commence at Fort Meade in Maryland on Friday 16th December.

President Barack Obama has issued a new National Space Policy for the United States. Obama wants ''¦ space as a stable and productive environment for the peaceful use of all nations.'

The Falcon 9 rocket is ready for its maiden test flight on June 4, 2010. The privately funded rocket, built by the U.S. space transport company SpaceX, is a key commercial component in the future of U.S. space exploration and development.

In what sounds more like the utterances of his predecessor, President of the U.S, Barack Obama has labelled the use of devices such as iPods, iPads, Xboxes and PlayStations as a distraction. In particular a distraction that is bad for the country and democracy in general.

According to an announcement made by Lori Garver, NASA's deputy administrator, on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, President Barack Obama has decided to use the Orion space capsule, one part of the now defunct Constellation Program, as an on-board emergency escape system for the International Space Station.

You might expect the US Government to be on the ball when it comes to security. Expectations are often not met, as has been the case with the official Federal Government employment site it seems.