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america's next top president

Democrats Still Most Tech Savvy, Rent Digital Billboard to Text Message Sarah Palin at Rally

Need more evidence that Democrats are more grassroots tech savvy than their elephantine counterparts? At a Sarah Palin rally in LA on Saturday, the California Democratic party rented a digital billboard across the street which displayed questions for the veep candiate sent by text message. Granted, even if Palin did read them, she wouldn't be able to recall which ones she read specifically. But still, quite awesome—I hope both parties get creative with tech like this, it's a fantastic way to reach voters. [CA Dems via Online Video Watch via Textually] More »

8:20 PM on Tue Oct 7 2008
By matt buchanan
8,352 views, 85 comments

Latest by johnnyabnormal: @UnderLoK: No problem, man. Everyone needs to be called a douche-bag once in a while. I can take more »

america's next top president

Where to Watch Tonight's Presidental Debate Live Online: Hulu, VCAST and More

Whereas a live online stream of the first presidential debate was a bit harder to pin down, our pick for tonight's at 9PM Eastern is Hulu. Its live stream of the final two presidential debates is actually Hulu's first ever live broadcast, which is something they might do more of following the debates. (Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it'll be in HD.) But there are, of course, other options. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Oct 7 2008
By matt buchanan
9,899 views, 104 comments

Latest by Rabid Penguin: @johnnyabnormal: Are you saying Obama has no association with known domestic terrorist Bill Ayers? Why does Obama have sooo many more »

iphone apps

Obama '08 iPhone App Is Grassroots Gadgety Perfection

The Obama '08 iPhone app is, almost surprisingly, not a cheap sticker masquerading as an application. No, it's actually a glimpse of the potential of grassroots politics and gadgets, distilled in a slick, blue-stained little app that couldn't possibly have come out of the McCain campaign (no offense guys). It leverages pretty much every aspect of the iPhone. More »

6:20 PM on Thu Oct 2 2008
By matt buchanan
28,229 views, 107 comments

Latest by ldsdj: This app is yet another attempt to distract you from the fact that Obama is a Socialist! Wise up, people! You're more »

politics

Scientists Race to Develop Political Bullshit Detector, All Dials Pegged at 11

New Scientist today is summarzing the world of political spin detection software—behavioral scientist Paul Ekman claims he can analyze a speech's text for words that indicate untruths and deception. Others look to analyze the tenor of the voice, and facial recognition to spot lies is becoming more of a reality. But unfortunately, much of the bullshit detector tech here seems like it may be drowning a bit in the selfsame goo. More »

10:30 AM on Thu Sep 18 2008
By John Mahoney
2,345 views, 23 comments

Latest by Dradik27: "Additionally, McCain's voice and facial movements often do not match up, says Pollermann, and he often smiles in a manner more »

election 2008

Microsoft Surface Predicts the Election with McCain and Obama Bobbleheads

MSNBC had an impromptu demonstration of its new Microsoft Surface table this morning, and gave political analyst Chuck Todd a chance to play with his dollies. At first, the goateed Todd moved states around, zooming, coloring and highlighting with his finger. Though he didn't really have a full handle on all the features himself, the demo was pretty much Surface as usual, until he brought out his bobbleheads. More »

5:40 PM on Mon Sep 8 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
11,467 views, 20 comments

Latest by SewerShark: @fotoplasma: What does microsoft have to do on how MSNBC uses the surface? more »

iphone apps

iPhone Election '08 App: Watch Your Faith in America Get Destroyed in Real Time

If you're ever pulled away from the constant spew of talking heads, meaningless statistics and rhetorical bile parading itself as election news in order to fill the gaping 24/7 news cycle—you know, to do something other than wallow in political witticisms not half as sharp as as Jon Stewart's—the 99-cent Election '08 iPhone app will ease your withdrawal with slickly presented, constantly updating poll trackers, (theoretical) electoral vote counts (Obama's winning), and other stats by state, from the perspective of whoever you're rooting for—Scarlett Johanssen's email buddy, or the first candidate to successfully employ Emperor Palpatine's everlasting life clone technology. [iTunes via CG]

3:59 PM on Thu Sep 4 2008
By matt buchanan
7,735 views, 18 comments

Latest by berribrand: @Dancing Milkcarton: McCain isn't a particularly great role-model as a soldier or in his personal life. I'd say his heredity more »

dnc

The Technology Behind the Democratic National Convention

Denver's Pepsi Center and Invesco Field are just fine for their concerts and professional sporting events. But when the Democrats come into town for their National Convention this week, the two buildings are getting technologically gutted. In fact, Qwest, Microsoft, Cisco, Google, AT&T, Level3, Comcast, EchoStar, Hewlett-Packard, and Symantec all teamed up to give the old venues a new digital backbone. Here's the snazzy list of upgrades: More »

8:31 AM on Mon Aug 25 2008
By Mark Wilson
6,864 views, 35 comments

Latest by MacStan: Just to clarify: I am white, had a middle-class upbringing and have worked all my life. The difference between all more »

election

Ohio Sues E-Voting Machine Maker But Keeps Same Crappy E-Voting Machines

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is suing e-voting machine maker Diebold, now known as Premier Election Solutions, seeking damages for the mess the malfunctioning machines caused in the super swing state in 2004 and 2006—the same machines which will, frighteningly enough, still be used to gather and/or misplace Ohio votes in the upcoming McCain-Obama contest. More »

7:40 PM on Tue Aug 12 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
2,014 views, 24 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: Good luck everyone. I hope the person that becomes the next president doesn't sit on their ass crying about everything that more »

hdtv

Will HDTV Decide the Presidential Election?

A legend of American politics is that TV defeated Nixon and delivered victory to Kennedy—in their televised Great Debates Nixon looked old and haggard, Kennedy, young and tanned. TV viewers said Kennedy won the debate; radio listeners said Nixon did. It was all about looks. Now, consider the HDTV/porn problem: Every little flaw is in glorious HD. And now consider that John McCain is older than your grandpa, ravaged by a rough campaign and melanoma surgery. Slate ponders the question: Will HDTV kill McCain? More »

1:20 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By matt buchanan
13,927 views, 202 comments

Latest by pinkfloyd1972: @tokiwartooth: The point I was trying to make wasn't "ZOMG! WELFARE CHEATZ R EVERYWHEREZZ!1!!." I was trying to point out more »

politics

Diebold Accidentally Leaks 2008 Election Results Early


Diebold, the company run by unscrupulous Republicans that manufactures crappy, easily-hacked voting machines, has done a bang-up job of pretty much destroying many people's confidence in the legitimacy of the democratic process. No one is better at calling out such depressing aspects of our country with biting humor like The Onion, who here tell us about how all the fun of the election this year was ruined because Diebold accidentally leaked the results ahead of time. It's funny because it could be true! Ha… ha? [The Onion]

1:05 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Adam Frucci
11,856 views, 63 comments

Latest by davideckels: [Journal entry for 2008-02-28] Stuck toe in comment waters. Still tremendously political for a gadget blog. Will continue to fail more »