Neowin News Feed for: Obama

Obama used Lync to help win 2012 election, makes us wonder what Romney used

Brad Sams — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:29:29 +0100

We know that you are dying to know what communication platform the Obama team used to help win the 2012 election but the wait is over as Microsoft is touting that the team used Lync to communicate. Read more...

Microsoft donates to Obama's second inauguration

Anthony Tosie — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:16:22 +0000

Microsoft is one of several companies that have donated money for U.S. President Barack Obama's second inauguration, which will take place later this month. Read more...

Executive order could be used to issue Cybersecurity Bill

Paul Ferson — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:38:31 +0100

After the Republican party managed to reject the Cybersecurity Bill in Congress, indications have suggested Obama could issue an executive order for the bill, completely cutting Congress out. Read more...

Obama app shows you age, sex, and names of nearby Democrats

Christopher White — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:05:25 +0100

A new app released by the Democratic National Committee brings up a map listing the names, ages, and sex of all registered Democrats. Is this a privacy concern or no big deal? Read more...

LulzSec: We will cease fire on all targets if Obama wears a shoe on his head

Tom Dwyer — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:15:29 +0100

After months of attacks on government and corporate websites LulzSec have finally offered a ceasefire on all targets. However there’s a catch. Through their occasional means of communication, they tweeted, “If President Obama wears a... Read more...

Obama and Zuckerberg to answer questions from Facebook users

Piers Hausjell — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:31:51 +0100

According to InsideFacebook, the United States President, Barack Obama, and founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, will be answering questions from Facebook users as part of a Facebook Live Townhall event which will be... Read more...

Jobs, Schmidt and Zuckerberg to attend President Obama's event

Steven Parker — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:40:03 +0000

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who recently took a medical leave of absence from his company, and Google chief executive Eric Schmidt will be among the attendees of President Obama's event with business leaders in San... Read more...

Obama wants an Internet ID for all Americans

Brad Sams — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:44:10 +0000

The Obama administration is planning on handing over power to the U.S. Commerce department in a new effort to increase security on the Internet. The idea is to create an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet,... Read more...

Too much technology: Was Obama right?

Tzvi Friedman — Sun, 16 May 2010 06:32:26 +0100

“And with iPods and iPads; and Xboxes and PlayStations -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment,... Read more...

Team Obama wants Microsoft to make a video game

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:56:01 +0100

President Obama was elected on the premise of change. However, I don't think this is what voters had in mind. As per an article on USA Today, Kotaku points out that the Obama administration has... Read more...

Obama's Twitter account hijacked by French hacker

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:24:02 +0000

According to Reuters, a 25 year old Frenchman successfully hacked into President Obama and Britney Spears' Twitter accounts. Using Twitter administrator passwords, the man was able to break into virtually anyone's account. Thankfully, the hacker... Read more...

The Internet, an arbiter of peace?

Contributor — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:22:01 +0000

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World peace is a complicated construct. It's shaped by what we think we have learned from history. It's a noble aim for anyone who tries to achieve it. We know that human nature will always... Read more...

Vivek Kundra named US govt. Chief Information Officer

Sam Alderwick — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:49:42 +0000

In a press release today, President Obama named Vivek Kundra Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the White House, where he will work closely with the Chief Technical Officer to "advance the President's technology agenda".... Read more...

Unsafe file-sharing, Iran gets Marine One plans

James Hall — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:38:38 +0000

According to WPXI, a Pennsylvania company has uncovered a security breach involving the President's Marine One helicopters, a P2P file-sharing program, and an IP address in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Although President Obama and... Read more...

Obama launches Recovery.gov

Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:24:00 +0000

Obama has used technology like no other president in the past. From his YouTube addresses to websites, he is always embracing technology rather than resisting it. With the signing of the "The... Read more...

Obama to keep Blackberry, with added security & features

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:52:37 +0000

Newly inaugurated President Barack Obama has won the first major battle of his administration, the fight to keep his Blackberry. But when you're the leader of the free world, not just any Blackberry will do.... Read more...

Fake sites with Obama news infect users with malware

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:29:32 +0000

Trend Micro Advanced Threats Researcher Paul Ferguson has discovered fake websites with headlines like Barack Obama has refused to be a president and links that take the user to fake Obama sites which mimick the... Read more...

The new Whitehouse.gov

Mitchell LeBlanc — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:55:28 +0000

Shortly prior to Obama's inauguration the official White House website was updated with a new layout and new features. Already seen has been the new administration implement Change.gov which was widely met with satisfaction amongst... Read more...

The Obama phone, made in China, sold in Kenya

Brad Sams — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:35:10 +0000

It's no secret that President-elect Obama is a crowd pleaser. He has legions of faithful followers and he has started a movement of "change that we can believe in". So naturally the next... Read more...

Obama pushes to delay DTV

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:07:52 +0000

President-elect Barrack Obama is preparing to delay the switch over from analog to digital as one of his first duties as president, stating that many Americans are not ready for the switch. The cut... Read more...