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Barack Obama is male, taken, and CC licensed
While John McCain recently complained about Google's application of the DMCA, Barack Obama has been quietly employing a Creative Commons license for his Flickr photostream.
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Facebook usage skyrockets from election activity
While I still maintain that "Obama won the election - not social media," Facebook has just reported in some its usage statistics for leading up to and through election day. According to Facebook:...
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Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?
From Net Neutrality to H1B Visas to data privacy and other economic and policy issues, the next U.S. president will influence many important developments in the technology industry. See what we...
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Health Care IT a promise too far?
When vendors are just sitting down to create an interoperability road map, it's hard to see everyone singing from the same hymnal in just four years.
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Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranch
Verizon and AT&T installed portable cell towers for the sole benefit of Cindy McCain, who suffers from poor cell reception at the McCains' 15-acre ranch near Sedona, Ariz., the Washington...
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The final debate: Don't expect Obama and McCain to spar over net neutrality
When John McCain and Barack Obama take the stage tonight for the final debate before the election, I expect to hear plenty about the economy, domestic issues and foreign policy. What I don’t...
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YouTube: No special DMCA policies for candidates
McCain wants YouTube to give special handling to DMCA takedown notices regarding political campaigns. Today, YouTube gave the campaign the cold shoulder. It seems McCain has run afoul of copyright...
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McCain to YouTube: Respect fair use (at least for pols)
YouTube's speedy response to DMCA take-down notices has been the subject of lawsuits – notably Stephanie Lenz, who with the EFF sued when YouTube deleted her video of her kid rockin' out to a...
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The candidates on tech
Wired has the obligatory candidates-on-tech piece today. They look at five key tech issues – broadband, H1B, green tech, net neutrality and spectrum – although TechPresident notes the list is...
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Jackson Browne and Copyright
Jackson Browne's decision to sue the McCain campaign over the use of one of his songs in a TV ad in Ohio raises serious "fair use" issues. Why can authors (such as myself) lift whole paragraphs...
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If McCain skips debate, there's always Google In Quotes
John McCain just called for postponement of Friday's debate until the financial crisis is solved, as the Boston Globe reports. If that happens, there's always Google In Quotes, a Labs project...
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McCain wants bailout package online, defends Fiorina as working girl
As legislators struggle with a $1 trillion bailout (including the $300 billion already spent on Bear Stearns and AIG) for Wall Street, John McCain called for the details of the proposal to be put...
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Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?
Did John McCain invent the BlackBerry? Well, no one actually said he did, although the Telegraph headlined a story as such. As the LA Times reports the episode, here's what happened: Asked by...
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'John McCain invented the Blackberry'
A fabulous little story posted to Comcast explains how one misguided adviser (exactly who is he advising?) for Republican presidential nominee John McCain claims that the dear senator helped...
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Worst news for McCain is not from Denver
The news is that even a milder form of McCain's skin cancer puts patients at increased risk, not just for more skin cancers, but for other cancers as well.
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Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent
John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy...
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Will the EMR movement become a political divide
Countries that are much further along in adopting EMR technology are now seeing pushback, mainly over the issue of centralized storage.
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McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisy
File under lying in the bed you made: Jackson Browne is suing John McCain, the national Republican Party and the Ohio Republican Party for copyright infringement, the LA Times reports. At issue:...
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Paris for President: Energy crisis solved
Slightly off-topic but call it proof that YouTube still has a role to play in politics. Always ready to ride a publicity wave, Paris Hilton has responded to John McCain's famous ad juxtaposing...
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McCain VP choice may frame health care debate
Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota offers a more ideological approach. After vetoing a Democratic reform plan this year, he has proposed his own plan which is heavy on the tech.
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