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it's Wednesday februari 13 2013 i'm dan seifert and this is 90 seconds on the verge brought to you by the semi-aquatic north american river otter last night President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address and technology was on his mind the president called for further investment in science and technology saying quote now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the space race he also announced a much-anticipated executive order intended to address cybersecurity threats in return Congress reintroduce a controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and protection act today that bill originally stalled in the Senate last year but we'll see what happens this time around it looks like HP is getting back into mobile and its using Android according to read right hewlett-packard is currently working on an Android powered tablet the company is also considering adding smartphones to the mix despite its failure with webos smartphones and tablets two years ago at last we'll finally have some choices when it comes to android devices finally gaming company valve is looking to shake up your living room but it's going through some internal changes as well last night engineer Jeri Ellsworth took to Twitter to announce that she'd been fired Ellsworth was known to be working on controllers for valve so-called steam box devices val traditionally doesn't fire staff but Ellsworth is said to be one of up to 25 different people that would let go and what one employee called a quote great cleansing while thou has yet to confirm the layoffs at least eight people have disappeared from its online staff directory and that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow faux pas patterns for your LED fashion don't over blink people