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60% of Americans get news about the presidential election from television: 60% of Americans say they get most of their news about the presidential election from television (local, cable and network outlets combined), down from 68% at comparable points in the 2004 and 2000 campaigns, according Pew Internet & American Life Project. By this measure, the internet is still a secondary...; Tags: Presidential Election, News, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB; Blog posts 2008-02-13
Albright on her new book, 'Memo to the President Elect': From the role the Internet plays in presidential campaigning to American tech companies and their rights abroad, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright lays down her vision for the future of American politics. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with Albright about policy, her favorite gadget, and why she feels she...; Tags: News.com, Internet, E-mail, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Madeleine Albright, news, presidential election; Videos 2008-01-28
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
French Presidential Counter (widget): This counts down the time until the first French presidential election tour.; Tags: Counter, Presidential Election; Software downloads 2007-03-29
Hack a (fictional) presidential election: Explore some of the most timely and pressing topics in technology and computer security today within the framework of an entertaining fictional scenario in this sample chapter from cyber-thriller The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency. Investigate the ins and outs of reverse engineering, cryptography, buffer overflows, and...; Tags: Chapter, Presidential Election, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms; Book chapters 2006-12-13

Images: Watch six TV shows at once: Dish Networks tried out the feature during the 2004 presidential election and the Summer Olympics.; Tags: TV & Home Theater, Summer Olympics, Dish Network, presidential election, network; Image galleries 2005-08-30
Images: Watch six TV shows at once: Dish Networks tried out the feature during the 2004 presidential election and the Summer Olympics.; Tags: TV & Home Theater, Summer Olympics, Dish Network, presidential election, network; Image galleries 2005-08-30
55.05 mln watched Presidential elections, 89.8 - Super Bowl: Presidential election night coverage among the six major national news outlets - ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC - totaled a 34.5 rating and averaged 55.051 mln viewers between 8 and 11 pm, according to estimates released late Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research. That places the aggregate...; Tags: Presidential Election; Blog posts 2004-11-04

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Yahoo and Icahn Reach Agreement: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn, the activist investor who has been waging a proxy contest to unseat the board and push Yahoo closer to a deal with Microsoft. Yahoo said Mr. Icahn will join the board himself. The board...; Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers: Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...; Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja: Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninjaLiberties"Mr. Future President, while you’re at it, could you also do something about all of the civil liberties we’re losing because of the ‘war on terrorism’? That’d be great. Thanks!"that is the point of Cyber Czar - censor what...; Tags: SECURITY, cyber-security measure, comprehensive cyber-security measure, Obama, cybersecurity; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018: Since my blogging buddy Harry Fuller is on vacation this week, I need to pick up the gauntlet and ensure that we've got some good political fodder for those of you who want to debate the existence of global warming and the necessity of reducing our dependence on foreign oil....; Tags: San Jose, Mr., Al Gore, Fossil Fuel, Gore, Blogging, Investment, Internet, Finance, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja: Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...; Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-18
AMD CEO Ruiz out; Can Meyer turn it around?: Updated: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz has stepped down and the chipmaker has named chief operating officer Dirk Meyer as its new leader. The news comes amid the latest financial miss for AMD--a second quarter loss that missed estimates by a wide margin. Meyer's job: Restore credibility. According...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Product Momentum, Asset Management, Research & Development, Processors, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-17
We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer: We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...; Tags: open source, MSFT, Steve Ballmer; Discussion threads 2008-07-12
From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two seconds: From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two secondsFaking Presidential Press Passes is Cool?I don't really get the whole context of this story, but it seems to me that you are actively engaged in developing fake press passes for presidential events. Isn't that a crime? Could it place...; Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Backups, stunned outrage, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-07-12
From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two seconds: Or how a guy bragging about forging press passes for American Presidential events casually admits he was slowed .... by WIndows crashes and backup failures. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Template, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-12
Email preservation standards extremely lax, GAO finds: Email preservation standards extremely lax, GAO finds.....Can we say DUH! It has been pointed out time and time again that the Bush administration has absolutely no respect for the Constitution nor do they care to adhere to the laws they create. The "we are above the law" mentality and the...; Tags: preservation standard, Email preservation standard, e-mail, General Accounting Office, U.S. Congress; Discussion threads 2008-07-10
Top 10 things Michael Arrington should do to protest Microsoft's bad behavior: TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is miffed. Microsoft crossed a line by ganging up on Yahoo with Carl Icahn. Arrington outlines his case, but the last sentence is what intrigued me: "I'm all for a merger. But I won't stand by quietly while Microsoft destroys what's left of...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Help Desk, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, It Operations, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Microsoft-Yahoo on again?: Carl Icahn and Steve Ballmer announced plans today for Microsoft to acquire some or all of Yahoo if the current board was ousted in an upcoming election on August 1st. While they didn't come out and say it was a done deal, it does appear that Microsoft is still interested...; Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-07-07