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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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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 » -
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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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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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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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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. -
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. -
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 » -
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 » -
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? -
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. -
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. -
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 »



































