Obama appoints YouTube (Google) as secretary of video
It’s great that President-elect Barack Obama is delivering his regularly scheduled Saturday address in both audio and video form. After using the Internet to help him get elected and connect with younger voters, it’s clear that his team will continue to exploit the media to deliver its messages and stimulate dialog.
Obama has chosen to [...]
Dear Mr. Obama: Consider These Tech Policy Priorities
MEMO
To: Barack Obama
Re: Technology policy priorities
Mr. President-elect:
Congratulations on your inspiring victory. With the economic crisis, the ongoing wars, and other looming issues, technology policy may not be at the top of your priorities list. However, we believe technology issues deserve strong consideration in the early days of your administration. The economic future of [...]
Hackers leverage Obama win for massive malware campaign
Hackers have seized on the results of the U.S. presidential election to launch a major malware campaign that tries to trick users into installing an update to Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash, but actually plants a Trojan horse on unprotected PCs, security experts warned today.
The malware blitz stems from spam messages touting Sen. Barack Obama’s [...]
Bloggers get feisty in the wait for election results
While Election Day involves a good deal of waiting for results, bloggers won’t be kept silent until the polls close.
Partisan Web sites on the left and the right kept busy on Tuesday documenting and rebuffing allegations of intimidation tactics, saying one last goodbye to President Bush, and throwing mud at each other.
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Obama Shows Bigger Lead in Polls That Include Cell Phones
Political polls that include cell phone users show Obama leading McCain by an average of 10 points, versus just over five points in land-line-only surveys, notes a Sunday survey put together by Nate Silver, founder of the electoral projections site FiveThirtyEight.
The survey shows a snapshot of 15 polls conducted on behalf of media [...]
