Clinton to get a warm Silicon Valley welcome after techies play hardball politics and win

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President Clinton's relationship with Silicon Valley executives is back on track. Clinton enjoyed solid support from many high-tech executives in his first election campaign, but the relationship was strained in Dec 1995 when the President succumbed to pressure from lawyers and vetoed a bill that would have made it easier to sue companies over securities fraud issues. The veto was overridden, but the executives were disappointed in his position on this issue. Clinton has now made amends by opposing a California ballot proposition that would make it easier for plaintiffs to sue companies over securities-related issues. Trial lawyers are now angry at Clinton because of his new position, but Silicon Valley executives are dining with Clinton and planning to provide financial support for his reelection campaign. The trial lawyers have given over $2 million to the campaign, but a dinner that raises $500,000 is impressive and California is a pivotal part of the President's reelection strategy.

Computer industry, Forecasts and trends, Political activity, Industry trend, Clinton, Bill, California, Silicon Valley, Political issue, Activism, Political protest

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This contraption is no weird golf cart; it's a new marine: the Corps is testing robots as battleground spies; but they don't shoot

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The United States Marine Corps is testing a robot that can perform remote surveillance duties. The robot is called Robo-Spy and is manufactured by Robotic Systems Technology Inc. Robo-Spy is a small all-terrain vehicle outfitted with video cameras with night vision capabilities, infrared and acoustic sensors, and detectors for poison gasses. The robot is not armed: it is designed to operate as an advance scout to detect enemy positions and target positions and tanks for artillery fire. Robo-Spy is controlled remotely be an operator who wears an elaborate headset that includes video monitors enabling him to control the vehicle as though it were a video game. The Marine Corps has ordered 14 of the vehicles, which it officially calls Surrogate Teleoperated Vehicles.

Research, Industrial research, Technology application, Military aspects, Robots, Remote control, United States. Marine Corps, Research and Development, Military, Robotic Systems Technology, Robotic Systems Robo-Spy (Robot)

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