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Despite having over 2.6 million followers on his Twitter account, @BarackObama admitted to a Chinese audience that he has never used the service. “I have never used Twitter, but I’m an advocate of technology and not restricting Internet access," Obama told an audience of Shanghai youth on Sunday. "My thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone," the president added. Then what the heck is he doing on that Blackberry all the time? Playing tetris?
The company said it will publically release the code for their new Frontier Election System in November. “I think Sequoia is recognizing that it won’t do anymore to just urge people to trust them,” said Princeton University computer scientist Ed Felten, “and that people want to know that the code that controls these machines is open and that experts have had a Continue reading Voting Machine Company Sequoia to Publish Source Code
Duke University and the University of Michigan performed a joint study showing that the testosterone levels of male John McCain and Bob Barr supporters plummeted after the results of the 2008 election. Females and Obama supporters did not show a change in hormone levels. "This is a pretty powerful result," said Duke neuroscientist Kevin LaBar. "Voters are physiologically affected by having their candidate win or lose an election." The tests were performed on 183 college-aged men and women on election night. They each chewed a piece of Continue reading McCain, Barr Supporters Lost Testosterone After Obama Election
So http://recovery.gov gets “shortened” to…http://go.usa.gov/liO. Wait, that’s not shorter at all, it’s two characters longer! YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. Granted, this isn’t a bad idea…in theory. First, who knows how long any Continue reading Bureaucratix: U.S. Government Launches Its Own URL Shortener, Epic Fail Ensues
Cloud computing is the technology behind many popular web services, such as Gmail and Twitter. As opposed to traditional server technologies that only use one server, a cloud uses many, both real and virtualized, as one unit. The advantage is that it is scalable, meaning that a user only uses as much as he needs, and that it is (usually) redundant, meaning that Continue reading U.S. Department of Energy to Invest $32 Million in Cloud Computing
The New York Department of Labor initially told her that her Google AdSense revenue was residual, and that it would not affect her unemployment. However, the NYDOL later launched an investigation into her “business” to determine if she is still Continue reading Bureaucratix: $1 Per Day in AdSense Revenue Strips Blogger of Unemployment
If you haven’t been keeping up, let us bring you up to speed. Back during the summer, Apple told Google that it couldn’t play with its favorite toy in the whole wide world, the iPhone. Mommy FCC stepped in and asked what was going on. Apple said Google was trying Continue reading Google Wars: The Death Star Strikes Back
Billshrink.com, a site that helps consumers find ways to save on their cell phone bills, filed its comment on Tuesday. “The plans are complicated,” said Billshrink president and co-founder Schwark Satyavolu, “and there’s no way for consumers to stay on top of that.” Billshrink said in its statement that the average cellphone subscriber overspends by $300 a year. It continued, saying that it had found $800 million Continue reading Billshrink Offers FCC Ways to Simplify Cellular Bills
Now the California Air Resources Board is insisting that automakers make windows more energy efficient. That seems reasonable. A 45% decrease in solar energy entering each vehicle by 2014. Also seems reasonable. A 60% Continue reading Bureaucratix: California “Green” Regulation Will Block Radio Signals Inside Cars
"We do not have authority to impose a fine for violation of the (FTC) Act," Cleland told Kang. Cleland explained that enforcement will mostly be through warning letters, and if things get Continue reading FTC to Bloggers: Don’t Worry, We’re Powerless to Fine You! |
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