Intel on Thursday morning said it was going to spend $884 million to buy Wind River Systems, which makes software for embedded devices. Embedded devices are machines that don’t look like computers but have computers inside, be they factory robots or portable music players.

I had a chance to sit down this week with Aneesh Chopra, the newly confirmed chief technology officer of the United States. My first question, of course, was “What does the nation’s C.T.O. ...

The Obama presidential campaign made groundbreaking use of social networking sites and other tools to organize its supporters. President Obama has promised to use similar technology to bring citizens into government. ...

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