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Google’s Public Policy Chief To Be Deputy CTO for Obama Administration
Google’s head of public policy, Andrew McLaughlin, will join the Obama administration as deputy chief technology officer, according to a report by the New York Times. McLaughlin will assist former Virginia Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra, who President…
May 29 2009, 10:28pm | Comments
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Google’s Schmidt and Microsoft’s Mundie Appointed As Obama Tech Advisors
Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, and Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, have been named to President’s Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). According to a statement released by the White House, PCAST is…
April 27 2009, 5:41pm | Comments
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"Welcome to the Oval Office, Please Check Your BlackBerry at the Door" [Image Cache]
Baskets like this one are scattered throughout the West Wing to collect BlackBerrys, iPhones, RAZRs or any other bleepy-bloopy things visitors to the Oval Office have in their pockets. [Callie Shell/Time]
April 24 2009, 1:40am | Comments
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This weeks T-shirt of the Week is ‘Houston’. After eight years with a doofus in charge of this ship, finally there is a glimmer of hope. We’ve now got a pilot who might finally be able to…
February 5 2009, 4:57pm | Comments
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The Secrets of Obama's Email [The President's Email]
Obama won the fight to keep email and his BlackBerry. Now, knowing the president's email address is a privilege reserved for the truly elite. The NYT explains this, and other juicy details about Obama's email. We've all seen…
February 2 2009, 1:00pm | Comments
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UK’s Directgov Giving Change.gov A Run For Its Money
Directgov.com, the UK government’s one-stop supersite for citizens, has opened up idea generation by allowing developers around the country to share ideas on how to build a word-class online hub for all national government services. The Directgov site,…
February 2 2009, 1:00am | Comments
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Lego Obama Presidential Inauguration Brings Hope to Bricks Too [Inauguration]
There's also hope and change in the land of the brick: Behold the Presidential inauguration of Barack Obama in Lego bricks, complete with every single character that will be at the Capitol, including Lego Oprah. They have every…
January 20 2009, 1:16pm | Comments
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Obama's BlackBerry May Be Replaced With a Giant Windows Mobile Brick [Politics]
Obama's maneuvering to keep his beloved BlackBerry is far from over, but it's worth noting one possible outcome: that the Prez may be stuck with one of the NSA's approved WinMo handsets. CNET has found out which phones…
January 14 2009, 11:15am | Comments
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Why Twitter Will Go Mainstream In 2009
Today Dennis Goedegebuure from The Next Corner (follow him at @TheNextCorner) makes some predictions about Twitter in 2009. 2008 showed an unbelievable growth for Twitter as THE place for microblogging. With competitors like Pownce closing their doors, it…
December 29 2008, 1:11pm | Comments
