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Vivek Kundra has been named the new US Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO). He has indicated that he will also have the role of the Office of Management and Budget administrator for e-government and information technology, for which he had been previously been reported to be under consideration.He served in Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty’s cabinet as the Chief Technology …

Today, Red Hat took a public stand challenging the standards for patenting software. In the Biliski case that is now before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, this patent issue is ripe for consideration. In a friend of the court brief submitted to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in the Bilski case today, Red Hat describes the special …