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Watch Obama Fire This Marshmallow Cannon At The White House Science Fair

5:45AM February 9, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Screw the F-35 and the Navy’s railguns! This air cannon that can shoot marshmallows as far as 23m is what the Pentagon means. Or at least, that’s what Obama needs, perhaps his most powerful weapon to fight Romney. More »


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Despite Obama’s Hangout Hope, Semiconductor Jobs Are Still Going Away

8:30PM January 31, 2012 | Mat Honan

Earlier today, President Barack Obama took part in a Google+ Hangout. You might think this was a cheap campaign stunt. (And it kind of was!) But a serious technology employment question came up, and the President flubbed it. More »


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Obama Is Using Square To Take Donations Now

1:21AM January 31, 2012 | Casey Chan

President Obama wants to get re-elected! No surprise there. He also needs your money! Big whoop. He’s going to use Square to get those donations! Hey now, that’s pretty convenient. According to Politico, campaign personnel for Obama are being issued Square credit card readers More »


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OBAMA HULK SMASH GOP

12:15AM January 27, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

If Shepard Fairey’s iconic HOPE poster featuring a somewhat cartoony interpretation of Barack Obama could sell like hotcakes during the last presidential election, then this Incredible Hulk/Obama action figure created by Ron English should be even more popular this year. More »


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US President Barack Obama To Hang Out On Google+ Next Week

12:00AM January 24, 2012 | Brent Rose

Well, we said it was going to happen, but we didn’t think it would be so soon. Less than two weeks after the White House joined Google+, President Obama will go live in a Google+ Hangout to answer your questions. More »


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Barack Obama Joins Google+

5:42AM January 21, 2012 | Brent Rose

Google+, impervious to the teasing of tech-bloggers, marches on. Now with more than 90 million users, they just picked up a rather prominent one. The Big O (not Oprah), US president Barak Obama and the house he lives in. More »


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Murdoch Slams Obama For Supporting ‘Silicon Valley Piracy Leaders’

4:00PM January 15, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Rupert Murdoch’s latest tweets accuse President Obama of supporting Google — the “piracy leader” — and his “Silicon Valley paymasters”. The accusations follow a White House blog that expressed doubts about the Stop Online Piracy Act and similar bills. More »


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Obama’s 2012 Budget Visualised: Defence Loses, Education Wins

5:30AM November 1, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Compared to the 2010 and 2011 editions, the 2012 edition of the Death and Taxes poster shows some surprises. The first one: military spending is down all across the board while education, transportation and renewable energy win. More »


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The World Reacts To Steve Jobs’s Passing [Updated]

3:15PM October 6, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The world is now reacting to the very sad news of Steve Jobs’ death. We are collecting the thoughts and condolences of people like Bill Gates, Larry Page, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and President Barack Obama himself. More »


Gadgets

US President Gets His Apple Products Earlier Than You

5:51AM October 5, 2011 | Kwame Opam

The White House has already admitted to using iPads pretty regularly. But it turns out that the President himself got his iPad 2 earlier than anyone. And directly from Steve Jobs himself. More »