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Hollywood Studio Execs Upset That President Obama Didn't Stay Bo...

Techdirt  Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:49

Apparently, some Hollywood studio execs are so annoyed by the White House's statement against the current drafts of SOPA/PIPA that they're telling the press that they won't donate to President Obama's re-election campaign:

But Hollywood moguls told me they “didn’t kn


 

Poker Player Obama Seizes Online Poker Sites?

Techdirt  Mon, 04/18/2011 - 14:54

One of the big stories on Friday was the Federal Government's questionable decision to seize the domain names of some of the biggest poker sites in the world.


 

House Rejects FCC Net Neutrality Rules

InformationWeek Internet News  Mon, 04/11/2011 - 04:45

President Obama has threatened to veto legislation overturning the agency's ability to regulate broadband Internet traffic.


 

Social Media: Facebook Cozies Up to Obama and Congress

Digg / Tech Industry News  Fri, 04/01/2011 - 05:53

Social-networking powerhouse Facebook is one of many tech firms expanding their presence in Washington, but Mark Zuckerberg and his company's overtures are raising some eyebrows


 

Watchdog to Obama: Schmidt policing online privacy is like Madof...

Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 03/21/2011 - 06:16

Will Eric Schmidt go from being Google CEO to being Obama's voice on privacy as the next Commerce Secretary?


 

October, 2010 Digg Dialogg with Marissa Mayer of Google

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 11/02/2010 - 13:33

What happened when President Obama visited her home and a rooftop sniper showed up? How will the Google TV change our TV viewing habits? Is Google Skynet?


 

Why civil liberties matter - an open letter to the Obama adminis...

Linux Today  Tue, 10/05/2010 - 15:03

Ubuntu Wicoh'an: “They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.” - Maȟpíya Lúta


 

Frenchman arrested over hacking Obama Twitter feed

Digg / Tech Industry News  Thu, 03/25/2010 - 17:28

The man, known by his online pseudonym is Hacker Croll, was arrested on Tuesday in central France, where he lives with his parents.

French police and FBI agents had been tracking him for months.


 

It's Time for Obama to Come Out for FOSS

Linux Today  Wed, 10/21/2009 - 00:04

Standards Blog: "And when one paid advocate is promoting one action, political physics dictates that another highly paid individual in somebody else's pocket will be promoting an equal and opposite action.

Soon, all potential solutions become obscured by a fog of business propaganda. What's a poor legislator (and her staff) to do?"


 

President Obama’s Speech to School Children [LIVE STREAM]

Mashable!  Tue, 09/08/2009 - 05:07

obama speech to school childrenPresident Obama’s highly anticipated speech to school children takes place today via an Internet broadcast