“It was like a guy in a garage who was thinking of taking on the biggest names in the business,” Mr. Andreessen recalled. “What he was doing shouldn’t have been possible, but we see a lot of that out here and then something clicks. He was clearly supersmart and very entrepreneurial, a person who saw the world and the status quo as malleable.”

coverage of a panel of “Daily Show” writers and an agenda for a typical day on the program

“Technology commentator Mario Armstrong talks with Renee Montagne about President-elect Barack Obama’s positions on key technology issues: broadband access, posting government documents online and tech jobs. Obama is expected to appoint a technology czar.”