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Laporte wins TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'

Laporte wins TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'Of course Leo won!When I am fully immersed in the internet daily, and don't know two of the four you show as candidates, who else but the most known would win?I had to look up Molly Wood, and knew that I...

Tags: Leo, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Vote in TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'

Vote in TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'Missing Some Peoplelike Tim Berners-Lee. All of the other candidates would be moot without his research. And you could even add Al Gore for championing the cause. *grin* I'm sure that'd make him happy.RE: Vote in TechRepublic's mock election for 'President...

Tags: mock election, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

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'President of the Internet' Leo Laporte names his cabinet

Leo Laporte won TechRepublic's mock election for "President of the Internet." Now it's time to name his cabinet. Here are his selections. by Jason Hiner

Tags: Cabinet, President, Internet, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Laporte wins TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'

TechRepublic's mock election for "President of the Internet" has concluded and the winner with over 40% of the vote is veteran technology commentator Leo Laporte. See the full election results. by Jason Hiner

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., President, Election, Internet, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Web 2.5: Is it time we elected an Internet government?

As I watched the BBC News last night after getting in from London, I saw riots in China with death tolls surpassing those of the 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy. Mobile phones have "stopped working" and Internet access is "limited" in the area, according to the news reports. ...

Tags: China, Web, Nation, Agreement, Internet, Channel Management, Government, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-07

News to know: Best hardware; Malware; Netbooks; Social CRM

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Paul Greenberg: Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Malware, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Photograph, Netbook, CRM, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Vote in TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'

As a bit of fun on U.S. Independence Day, TechRepublic is running a mock election for "President of the Internet." by Jason Hiner

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., President, Election, Internet, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-07-04

US hosts VoComp to promote open source voting systems

After all the brouhaha over tamper-proof voting machines, the U.S. government has decided to sponsor a competition amongst university researchers to create the best open-source voting system, reports Wired News.The three-day University Voting System Competition in Portland, Ore., July 16-18, has invited teams of researchers from the U.S., Canada, Poland...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-07-16

MySpace to hold mock presidential election

MySpace to hold mock presidential electionMySpace to hold mock presidential electionGreat, now we can have 9-16 year olds predicting the next election result.brilliant!To both of the previous posters, both giving negative feedback... expand your minds. Myspace is reaching an age group that is NOTORIOUS for not voting, or participating...

Tags: MySpace, presidential election

Discussion threads 2007-04-04

MySpace will run mock election in 2008

New Hampshires primary will no longer be the first election in the 2008 presidential race. MySpace announced plans to hold its own virtual election January 1 and 2, 2008, reports News.com. "Iowa and New Hampshire may be selecting delegates, but the MySpace vote will be the first test...

Tags: Government technology, Elections

Blog posts 2007-04-03

MySpace, the election

MySpace is to hold a mock presidential election, open to all MySpace users who reside in the United States, regardless of whether they are eligible to vote in the official ballot. Voting will take place on the 1st and 2nd of January 2008.News.com reports:Although the MySpace votes wont count...

Tags: Politics 2.0, MySpace

Blog posts 2007-04-03

MD OKs Diebold machines for election

Maryland election officials have given the green light to the troubled Diebold electronic voting machines that set the state back $18 million. With that much money at risk, few were surprised to see the machines approved, despite the sound and fury state officials have engaged in since the primary election....

Tags: Diebold Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-09

Outlook unclear for Diebold machines in MD election

Maryland held a mock trial of its Diebold voting machines yesterday, to see whether the companys fixes had solved the rather severe problems the machines suffered in the states primary election. The Baltimore Sun reports: The machines experienced 10 problems yesterday, including someone accidentally kicking out a...

Tags: Diebold Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-04

HP CEO linked to journalist probe

HP CEO linked to journalist probeAnd...they said the titanic could not be sunk. HP's upper crust just got flaked.http://opendomain.blogspot.com/Not exactly illegal, OR morally incorrect...[i]That attachment,..., is believed to have had the ability to track the e-mail, notify the sender if it was opened, and tell the sender if the e-mail...

Tags: Business ethics, Hewlett-Packard Co., e-mail

Discussion threads 2006-09-21

Judge: Google must give feds limited access to records

Judge: Google must give feds limited access to recordsI say turn over 50,000 government URLs and be done with it. nt..Is THAT the way America is going to work now?If someone's worried about porn they get a filter and put it on the home computer. Then if you want to...

Tags: Vertical industries, Google Inc., government

Discussion threads 2006-03-17

Microsoft FAT patent falls flat

Microsoft FAT patent falls flatFAT patentIf the Patent office has found prior art how can Ms ty to justify it? Kind of defeats the object, I can justify as much as I want but if it is prior art then it wont help?Or is the money going to talk in...

Tags: Samba, patent, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-30