Obama keeps his BlackBerry for real

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We already reported yesterday about a report claiming that Obama will keep his BlackBerry for private use. Now Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs confirmed in his first press conference that Obama will keep his BlackBerry.
Obama will use his BlackBerry only to communicate with relatives and some senior stuff. All communication on the President's BlackBerry falls under the Presidential Records Act. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:47:22 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Obama said to keep a Security Software enhanced BlackBerry

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Now that Barack Obama is President, the question on weather he had to give up his beloved BlackBerry should be answered soon. According to a report by Marc Ambinder from The Atlantic, via CNET Obama's BlackBerry has been outfitted with a encryption software and now he is supposed to be able to use it for personal use. Update: Obama administration confirms that Obama will continue to use his BlackBerry. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Obama rumored to have worn bullet proof Suit at Inauguration

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Obama is rumored to have worn a bullet proof suit at his Inauguration yesterday. As reported he already was riding in a serious bullet proof car. Slate reports that Obama might have worn a bullet proof jacket from Columbian Miguel Caballero.
This company makes bullet-resistant leather jackets, polo shirts, Windbreakers, and more. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:40:33 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Obama's Killer Suburban Motorcade Protector

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President Obama has been inaugurated today in Washington DC. Obama and his family will be riding in a pimped out Cadillac limo that is swathed in a protective armor to keep the day's events happy and historic in a positive way.

Lest the bulky bulletproof limo isn’t enough to prevent any would be attackers with shoes to throw or something more sinister in their hands away, the big, black Chevy Suburban driving right behind the Caddy should. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Obama Inauguration to be captured in 3D by You and Microsoft Photosynth

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CNN has a very cool project that uses Microsoft's Photosynth to generate a detailed 3D space of the photos Inauguration attendees send in.
The moment that will be captured is when Barack Obama is putting his hands on the Bible to take the presidential oath at 12pm ET.
If you are lucky enough to be close enough to see Obama you should take one photo of the moment when Obama takes the oath. If you have a digital camera with a zoom lens, take three photos (wide-angle, mid-zoom, full-zoom). Email each photo to themoment@cnn.com. You can get more details and will see the Photosynth 3D Inauguration photo at this CNN Page.
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Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ustream Player now on iPhone to watch Obama Inauguration

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Ustream now offers their video player for the iPhone just in time for the Barack Obama Inauguration today. Ustream is hosting an Inauguration channel and with the new Ustream client you can also watch it on your iPhone.
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Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon FiOS TV offers HBO Obama Inauguration Celebration Special for Free

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DirecTV has setup an Obama Channel and Verizon FiOS TV provides all subscribers free access to HBO's Exclusive Obama Inauguration Celebration Special.
Tuesday is the big day when the history of the US changes once again and hopefully for the better.

FiOS TV subscribers -- whether they subscribe to HBO or not -- can see the HBO pre-inaugural special on channels HBO East on 400, HBO HD on 899, HBO West on 401 and HBO West HD on 901 at 2:30 p.m. EST and 11:30 a.m. PST. Read more

Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

DirecTV Announces Obama Channel

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Inauguration Day is fast approaching and the first black U.S. President Barack Obama will replace George W. Bush as President of our country. Fans of Obama that want to follow the Inauguration Day festivities as history is made may want to jump onto the DirecTV bandwagon.

DirecTV announced today that it would be offering a special channel just for those wanting to watch the historic Inauguration of Obama as the 44th U.S. president. The satellite service will offer eight different channels on one screen. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Obama rumored to exchange BlackBerry for huge Windows Mobile Phone

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President elect Barack Obama is the best spokes person RIM ever had. Everybody on the planet knows that the soon to be US President is a BlackBerry addict. When he becomes President on January 20th he is supposed to hand over the BlackBerry because of security reasons.
Now CNET reports that Obama might still get mobile email with NSA approved highly secure phone-PDAs like the General Dynamics Sectera Edge C4. These rugged Windows Mobile monster PDAs sell for $3,350 a piece. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:49:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon Employees accessed Barack Obama's Cellphone Account

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Verizon has a little scandal on their hands. Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam released a statement today that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal cell phone account. The account has been inactive for several months. The device on the account was a simple voice flip-phone, not the BlackBerry he is seen using most of the time. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:49:06 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

No more BlackBerry for Obama when He is Mr. President

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The NY Times runs a story about Barack Obama most likely having to give up using his BlackBerry phone when he becomes President in January 2009.
Barack Obama is known of heavy BlackBerry use involving emails and documents.
Besides security the much bigger problem is the Presidential Records Act, which would put each email into the official record and ultimately for public access and risk of subpoenas.
Maybe Barack Obama should look into advice from the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is also known as SMS Chancellor into how to realign the laws to continue using mobile email. Read more

Posted on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hannah Montana wants Obama Daughters

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The daughters of President Elect Barack Obama already got their first high profile invitation to star in the Disney hit series Hannah Montana.
Billy Ray Cyrus said in an interview that the show asked Malia, 10, and Sasha Obama, 7, to take part in an episode possibly around April. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Obama launches Web-site for Transition

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President Elect Barack Obama uses the web to make the transition process as transparent as possible.
At Change.gov you can learn about transition and what all is involved to get it done. You actually can apply for a job as well on the site to be part of the new Obama-Biden administration. Read more

Posted on Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:34:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Obama is President Elect - the Internet and the whole World celebrates

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The U.S. voted a new President. History has been made by Barack Obama becoming the next President of the United States. The internet is attributed a big part in this historic success of a presidential candidate. The grass roots movement would not have been possible.
Not only the U.S. is celebrating today. Kenya called out a national holiday for today. A town called Obama in Japan is celebrating for obvious reasons too. Apparently lots of people gathered in front of the White House in Washington to celebrate and steal George Bush's sleep. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:34:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sprint excited about Obama's Joe Biden VP Pick SMS

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Barack Obama announced today via an SMS text message to supporters that Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Biden would be Obama’s pick for vice president. Reason enough for Sprint to issue a press-release praising their SMS service.
Traffic on Sprint's short code for the Obama campaign rose 255% following the announcement, which was texted shortly after 3:00 a.m. EST.
At 3am not that many people actually are texting, just a couple of lost hearts out there. Read more

Posted on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:18:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Joe Biden is Obama VP Candidate

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The guessing is over. Barack Obama nominates Delaware Sen. Joe Biden for his Vice President.
It looks like Obama chose someone who covers the skills that his critics say he does not have.
Biden has as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee years of experience in foreign policy. Read more

Posted on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:31:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr