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GOP Moves to Block Net Neutrality

Monday, September 21, 2009

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposal that would require Internet service providers to treat all network traffic equally was met with resistance by Republicans on Capitol Hill today. FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski is expected to unveil a policy that advocates network neutrality this week. If the policy is implemented, providers would no longer be able to [...]

The Web Does Not Equal More Civic Engagement

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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The Web is not the answer to increased civic participation, according to the results of a study released Tuesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Instead, as in offline activities, those engaged are still basically older and more wealthy than the citzenry at large. For example, 35 percent of adults making more than $100,000 a [...]

In Case of Emergency, Should the White House Control the Internet?

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Cnet’s Declan McCullagh has a good story up on a Senate Bill sponsored by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) which would give the White House the power to disconnect private computers from the Internet in the case of a cyberemergency. McCullagh says that the bill, a revised version of one floated last spring, remains troubling [...]

Health Care Reform becomes Comedic Gold on Twitter

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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The U.S. debate over President Obama’s health care reform proposals has taken a humorous turn on Twitter today. Tweets making light of some of the more outlandish claims that are being made by the President’s political opponents have become trending topics: Under Obamacare and #Obamacarefacts. Here’s a sampling of some of the wittier remarks. @WinstonUK Under Obamacare two [...]

Tech, Politics, and Ed = TechPolitik

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Ed Oswald is Technologizer’s most prolific, longest-serving blogger who isn’t named Harry, which is pretty good evidence that he’s deeply interested in personal technology. If you know Ed, then you’re aware that he’s as interested in politics as he is in tech. Now he’s combined these two passions into a new blog called TechPolitik (a [...]

5Words for May 4th, 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009

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Never assume RIM is toast: BlackBerry Curve outells the iPhone. Two trends conspiring against Microsoft. 11.6″ EeePC on its way. Navigon exits North American market. “Houdini’s” a great phone name. MySpace formulates its turnaround strategy. Myst for iPhone: It’s humongous! WiiMotion Plus on sale. The White House gets social. The world’s lamest cell phones.

Digg This: The White House’s Social Media Experiment

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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Reviving an experiment it conducted during the transition, the Obama administration is using a Digg-style collaborative system called Open for Questions to collect questions for the president to answer. Here’s why it’s doi–oh, heck, wouldn’t you prefer to hear it from the horse’s mouth? Open for Questions lets registered users submit questions [...]

Obama’s Broadband Initiative off to Slow Start

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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While President Obama has made much of his efforts to bring broadband in the US up to par with other countries — his Administration is spending $7.2 billion on it — it appears the initiative is not off to as fast a start as some of Obama’s other programs. The government held a informational meeting at [...]

Law Proposed to Make Camera Phone Sounds Mandatory

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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I really couldn’t figure out how to title this one. Here’s the deal. New York Republican Rep. Peter King seems to think that forcing manufacturers to make the camera *click* sound mandatory will somehow protect children from predators. Called the Camera Phone Predator Alert Act, King is making the claim that Congress has found “that [...]

My.BarackObama.com’s Porn-and-Malware Problem

Monday, January 26, 2009

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An online community burgeoned out of Barack Obama’s use of Web 2.0 technologies during his campaign for the U.S. presidency. Supporters flocked to My.BarackObama.com to share blogs, videos and organized events. In the wake of that success, malicious hackers are leveraging the site in a socially engineered scheme to infect PCs with a trojan. The hackers [...]

The ObamaBerry: It’s Real!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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Yes, you can be the President of the United States and a denizen of the 21st century, apparently–at least when it comes to cell phones. The U.S. government has figured out how to mod a BlackBerry for super-secure communications, giving President Obama the ability to use the gizmo he feared losing for routing and personal [...]

Xbox Live Gets Into Inauguration Day Spirit

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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After a hard day’s work, and a bit of watching the Inauguration Day festivities, I popped on my Xbox to find some of the presidential pomp and circumstance billed prominently for free viewing over Xbox Live. The handful of video clips include the swearing in of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the performance by Aretha Franklin [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Presidents of the United States

Monday, January 19, 2009

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On Tuesday, Barack Obama will make history when he’s sworn in as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. Let’s pause to reflect on how how we got here: Here are the president-elect and his forty-three predecessors (counting Grover Cleveland as two presidents, of course). Click on any or all of ‘em, and [...]

Should the U.S. Roll Out Free Nationwide Wi-Fi? It Depends on Which Administration You Ask.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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The lame duck Bush administration is flapping its wings in opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) free, national wireless Internet plan. Meanwhile, U.S. President- elect Obama is assembling a team to execute a plan to broaden the availability of high speed Internet access in the United States. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the [...]

Best. Game About a President-Elect. Ever.

Monday, November 10, 2008

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Three words: Super Obama World. And some screens after the jump–yes, those are pigs in lipstick.

Technology in the Obama Era

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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So it’s official: Come January 20th, Barack Obama will be president of the United States of America. What will that mean for technology? The Obama campaign site has a tech section that provides some clues. A very quick summary: –Obama will appoint the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer. –He’ll support Network Neutrality. (Which is a somewhat squishy concept, [...]