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disasters
Yahoo Nukes Man's Photos Over Obama Comments
Flickr user Shepherd Johnson was browsing the official White House photostream one night when he decided to post a politically-charged comment. Then another, then another. Soon, without warning, Yahoo's photo-sharing service deleted his account, complete with 1,200 pictures.
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By Ryan TateComment by kitson.harvey: Oh please. Flickr can do what they want -- it's their site. Plus, as I recall, posting someone else's... 7 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Obama CTO's Chummy Confirmation
Aneesh Chopra might have been embarrassed by a medical-records breach in Virginia, but his nomination to White House Chief Technology Officer has been better secured. He can thank the senator on whom he lavished donations. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by freedc: I've heard Chopra speak and was really, really impressed, he seemed really genuinely engaged and I thought he had great... 1 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Is Google Heading For an Antitrust Trainwreck?
Everyone has misunderstood why Google, from CEO Eric Schmidt on down, is cozying up to Barack Obama. It's not out of some likeminded geekiness. It's out of desperation and fear.
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By Owen ThomasComment by FormerEnglishMajor: Terrific incentive for all you guys who want to build a business - as soon as you succeed, Uncle Sam... 6 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Why Can't Obama Find a Good Geek?
The White House has tapped two D.C.-area techies to run the government's tech infrastructure. His CIO, Vivek Kundra, turned out to have a rap sheet. Now his CTO Aneesh Chopra, has a drug problem. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by sample032: In a perfect world, there's only a 0.04% chance two Indians would be chosen for this job in the US... 6 Responses | Other threads
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mysteries
Why Did the White House Delete Bush's Tweets?
Barack Obama's Webheads are getting ready to launch a new Twitter feed for President Change. But the White House already had a Twitter account. It has disappeared down the memory hole. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by jasonelias: Who needs to read that twit Bush's tweets. It's not like he was an oracle of wisdom when he was... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Geeks Gone Mild
Obama's Shoplifting CIO Even Dorkier Than We Imagined
Remember Vivek Kundra, the White House chief geek who nicked shirts from J.C. Penney in his youth? In 2000, four years after his arrest, Barack Obama's future chief indiscretion officer played political fanboy. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Miss Bojangles: I met this young gentleman on EHarmony (how I somewhow managed to get on EHarmony is a whole other story--there... 2 Responses | Other threads
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antitrust
It's Time to Ask if Google's Too Big to Fail
Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently told the BBC that the U.S. should break up banks that get "too big to fail." What about Google? Is it too big — and should the government take action? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by snitch29: Google is the only search engine that delivers the entire web, MSN search for example only shows you what ever... 6 Responses | Other threads
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tesla
Obama Drives Past Tesla Showroom, Doesn't Crack Automaker Special Olympics Joke
Yes, that is "Cadillac One" driving past Tesla's West Los Angeles showroom yesterday and no, President Obama did not stop in for a test drive. [Green Car Advisor] [Jalopnik]
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By Ray WertComment by Ash78: I honestly didn't realize Tesla had a physical retail location. Honestly, it seems kind of silly...a niche maker with more... 18 Responses | Other threads
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vivek kundra
Obama's Thieving Geek Guilty of Bad Taste
Could the White House at least vet candidates for fashion sense, if not their arrest records? Vivek Kundra, the scandal-drenched federal CIO, was arrested in 1996 for shoplifting four dress shirts. From J.C. Penney. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Citizen Kang: Geeks and webheads don't like to admit it, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to be a computer programmer... 4 Responses | Other threads
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media
A Facebook Cofounder's Public Outing
Only a few things will make a chatty entrepreneur stop talking about their next big idea: a lawsuit, an IPO, or a magazine cover story. The last explains Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes's recent quiet period. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by sergegainsbourg: I am pretty sure the results of Obama's campaign are history at this point. I remember hearing somewhere that he... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Vetting
White House Forgives CIO's 'Youthful Indiscretion'
America is a land of hope, where you can steal, plead guilty, have your office raided by the FBI, and still get a job in the White House. Like Vivek Kundra, Obama's CIO! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Excusado: Wait. 20 years ago? The dude's in his 30s. This happened just over 10 years ago, unless there are some... 2 Responses | Other threads
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hires
Obama's Facebook Genius Lands Venture Capital Gig
Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who helped Barack Obama win the election online, has landed a real job, he tells us via Twitter: He's working at General Catalyst Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence. More » -
crime
Barack Obama's CIO a Confessed Thief
In the annals of vetting, this will go down as the most laughable miss ever: Vivek Kundra, the D.C. official tapped by Obama to run government technology, pleaded guilty to a theft charge in 1997.
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By Owen ThomasComment by notsogreatsatan: Unless I'm getting my math wrong, 22 is pretty old to chalk it up to youthful indiscretion. 5 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Head South, not to Mention Southwest
Can you destroy — or cement — your professional reputation in 140 characters or less? On Twitter, it's easy! Watch and learn from ABC's Jake Tapper, ex-Wonkette Ana Marie Cox, VentureBeat's Eric Eldon and others: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TRexstasy: I want Ana Marie Cox's job. Apparently all she does is drink and go to parties and occasionally poop... 2 Responses | Other threads
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crime
Obama's Top Geek on Leave after Minion Charged with Seeking $6 Million in Bribes
Vivek Kundra, the White House's chief information officer, has been placed on leave after Yusuf Acar, a technology manager in the D.C. government who previously worked for Kundra, was arrested on bribery charges. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by abettertomorrow: Didn't Washington D.C. do a highly publicized transition to Google Apps last year? If Acar controlled hardware/software budgets was... 3 Responses | Other threads
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trendwatch
Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
The moment Aretha Franklin stepped out at the Obamanaugural, people went nuts over the structured beret with large bow" she wore. Now Luke Song, Franklin's longtime Detroit milliner, is getting actual orders for actual hats! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Dickdogfood: Gay men love it, because they all like to think they are strong, proud black women like Aretha on the... 9 Responses | Other threads
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scandal
D.C. Bribery Scheme Unfolded Under Obama Geek's Nose
FBI agents have raided the former office of Vivek Kundra, a D.C. official tapped to be Barack Obama's chief information officer. A Kundra lieutenant has been arrested on bribery charges. But Kundra's clear, we think! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by SidAndFinancy: Are you suggesting that P.T. Barnum had no real accomplishments? He built Madison Square Garden and one of the most... 10 Responses | Other threads
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second acts
Obama's Web Guru, Facebook Cofounder Chris Hughes, Resurfaces
Whatever happened to Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who joined Barack Obama's fledgling campaign in 2007 and powered it to victory using social networking? He's joined a D.C. PR firm. How crushingly disappointing! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I think it's great that Johnny from Cobra Kai stopped fighting with Daniel-San and started a real career. 8 Responses | Other threads
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snits
Update: Writer Used a Researcher to Invent an Obama Wikipedia Scandal
Aaron Klein, the WorldNetDaily writer who invented a scandal about Wikipedia censoring an article about Barack Obama, demanded we retract that claim because, in fact, he had someone else do the work for him. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: This is intriguing. Anyone know of some authoritative articles or websites regarding the whole birth controversy? ""if there is not... 34 Responses | Other threads
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wikipedia
Right-Wing Writer Invents His Own Obama Wikipedia Scandal
Even Matt Drudge gave up on the faux Barack Obama birth-certificate story last fall. But out-there conservative website WorldNetDaily is keeping the fable alive — with a Wikipedia fiction of its own. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Mediahohoho: The title "Jerusalem bureau chief for WorldNetDaily" strikes me as more of clinical diagnosis than anything else. 6 Responses | Other threads
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brain trust
Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
That White House summit of young business leaders actually happened. We know because our new economic saviors are posting their cameraphone pics on Twitter. Here's noted thought leader Ivanka Trump and Twitter founder Ev Williams. More »
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Comment by mew: Shouldn't economic saviors be able to understand cash flow. The question to ask is how does each of these... 6 Responses | Other threads
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wantrepreneurs
Obama's Tech Twit Conference Will Destroy Us All
The nation is in crisis, our economy on the brink. And yet President Change is spending time with a group of technowastrels whose sole noteworthy accomplishment has been to spend other people's money.
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By Owen ThomasComment by turniptable: Is this article supposed to be ironic? I am not entirely sure as to the credentials of these people,... 6 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
How Many Web Gurus Did It Take to Elect Obama?
The Internet won the election for Obama, right? President Change's team of online experts are trying to cash in on their expertise. Here are the contenders for the title of "Obama's Web guru." More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by MrDo: Chris Hughes belongs on menwholooklikeoldlesbians 3 Responses | Other threads
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oops
"Obama bin Laden" Error Hits Yahoo's Homepage
It's not just angry rightwingers who mix up "Obama" and "Osama." Yahoo News has joined CNN and the Associated Press in confusing the most powerful man in the world with his terrorist enemy. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by James Paylor: This sounds stupid but Bin Laden is dead, im not 100% sure but i have been watching alot of Alex... 1 Responses | Other threads
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bloggers
White House Liveblogging Could Destroy Blogging Forever
Oh, dear god: The Obama White House is liveblogging itself. What's the point of liveblogging this stuff ourselves when we can just read this stuff in our pajamas? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by GORDONGARTRELLE: This is like the day Borges met Escher and the world ended. It was emosewa. 1 Responses | Other threads
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pop politics
Obama Commerce Candidate's Weird Porn Link
Nobody outside the Valley knows much about Symantec CEO John Thompson, the frontrunner to be the next Secretary of Commerce. But if anyone Googles the software chief, they'll get an eyeful. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Rumpelstilskin: What is a "goo" girl and how do I become one? 3 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
Inauguration Sex Leads To Linguistic Conception
His rocket fetish and bio-weapons research notwithstanding, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson is known for funding invention, not producing it. Funny how some illegal Obama sex changed all that. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by i'm a bottle: Hmmmm. Why were there so many D.C. cops at the party? Do you really need eight of them to... 6 Responses | Other threads
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whiners
Technology's White House of Horrors
Staffers plucked from Obama's campaign operation, used to cutting-edge technology, are finding the White House to be a Mac-free technological museum. In other words, they're learning to work like the rest of America! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by thedecider: Here's a suggestion for the Obamans: Stop whining about the tools taxpayers have paid for, and get to work learning... 18 Responses | Other threads
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yahoo
Jerry Yang Saves His Company
Carol Bartz may have replaced Yahoo founder Jerry Yang as the troubled Web giant's CEO. But he's still on the payroll and the board of directors. And Yahoo could use help. Just not from him! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TrilbyCharybdis: is that Rod Blagojevich in the green baseball hat (over to the right?) more » | Other threads
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gadgets
Most Powerful Man in World Gets Most Powerful BlackBerry in World
Yes, Barack Obama will get a BlackBerry — after some government spook agency puts in an ungodly amount of encryption (and maybe some back doors so they can listen in). More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by cassandra: Ok, but WHAT MODEL is it? Is it a BlackBerry Storm? Bold? Curve? 8800? Inquiring geeks want to know. Social-climbing... 6 Responses | Other threads
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stocks
On Happy Day, Stock Market Is Still Down
Famed business non-expert Rachel Maddow says every time Obama opens his mouth, the stock market goes up. That didn't happen today. The Dow is down more than 210 points and just above 8,000. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by NotChoinski: MSNBC reports Senator Byrd was rushed out of the Capitol with a medical emergency. I'd sell my old Senate codger... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Shut Up, Twitter
Twitter Swears Barack Obama In
What must we note about a moment of history? Surely the medium with which we observe it. In the moment that Barack Obama took the oath of office, Twitter congratulated itself for making it happen.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Crazy Train Express: This is a great day not only for all Americans but especially for left-handed Americans. Clearly America suffers under right-handed Presidents... 8 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
The White House Has a New Webmaster
At noon on the dot, WhiteHouse.gov cut over from George W. Bush's legacy site to Barack Obama's Change.gov. The first blog post of the Obama Administration promises "communication," "transparency," and "participation." It does not allow comments.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Robbie Amburgey: If you're the new webmaster for the President, wouldn't you make sure your first post didn't have a typo... on... 13 Responses | Other threads
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luddites
Obama's Staff Facing Life Without IM
Barack Obama's top strategist, David Axelrod, uses AIM to communicate, as does most of his youthful staff. How will they survive in a government bureaucracy where everything goes down on your permanent record? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by 18thCFox: Here's the thing about not having 24-hour instant access to everyone you know: you learn to manage your time better... 6 Responses | Other threads
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jimmy wales
Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
Jimmy Wales, the scandal-prone cofounder of Wikipedia, thinks Barack Obama's first priority should be creating government websites anyone can edit. Translation: A bailout for makers of wikis. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by thekohser: If you're not put to sleep by it, Jimbo was part of a 2-hour testimony to a Senate subcommittee, regarding... 3 Responses | Other threads
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hackers
Twitter Hacking Epidemic Claims Britney Spears, Barack Obama
Whats going on with Twitter? First Fox News gets hacked, then Britney Spears. Is no one safe from this epidemic?
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By Owen ThomasComment by hamburgerhotdog: julia allison's twitter: please god make it happen. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Inaugural Cash
Google Execs Pay $150,000 for Obama Bash
It's Google's presidency. We're just watching it. Six Google executives, including CEO Eric Schmidt and cofounder Larry Page, have donated $25,000 apiece to fund President Barack Obama's swearing-in party.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Goose Spruce: First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the president. 1 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Google lines up for a government handout
In The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama called his 2004 visit to the Googleplex the "most memorable part" of a trip to California. Google's salespeople are planning to make sure he doesn't forget it.
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By Owen ThomasComment by drinkwater: Not that I'm not skeptical, but I'd wait to judge whether or not this is a good or bad thing.... 4 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook stuck with each other
President-elect Barack Obama has picked Tim Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, rather than former Harvard University president Larry Summers, as Treasury secretary. That makes it unlikely that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who worked for Summers when he ran the Treasury for Bill Clinton, will return to Washington. -
kevin werbach
Obama's net neutrality man plays Warcraft
Supernova conference organizer Kevin Werbach is part of President Change's FCC transition team. I've hung out with the guy, and I never would've guessed he belongs to not one, but two guilds in World of Warcraft. Here's his take on WoW's benefits to grownups: More »
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