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Mobile

US Military To Get Secure Android Handsets

11:00PM February 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

In a war zone, a standard mobile phone, with its countless possible security flaws, is no use — which is why the military doesn’t rely on them. But now that’s changing, as the US military is investing in secure Android handsets. More »


News

This Is Obama’s 2012 State Of The Future

8:00AM January 26, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Over in the States, US President Obama had technology on the brain in his annual State of the Union address. Here’s what was interesting about this vision for the future. More »


Geek Out

White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama To Mars

6:00PM January 4, 2012 | Spencer Ackerman - Wired

Forget Kenya. Never mind the secret madrassas. The sinister, shocking truth about Barack Obama’s past lies not in east Africa, but in outer space. As a young man in the early 1980s, Obama was part of a secret CIA project to explore Mars. The future president teleported there, along with the future head of Darpa. More »


Gadgets

Bad Taste? Obama Kills Osama Collectible Figurine

7:30AM September 12, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Behold the Obama Kill Osama Collectible Figurine! There’s even a video with matching horrible soundtrack. You are welcome. More »


Online

White House Flickr Shows Obama Struggling To Quit Smoking

7:20PM August 3, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Hey, I don’t begrudge the guy for still chewing Nicorette gum some four years after he tried giving up smoking. With all the stress he must deal with, it’s surprisingly he hasn’t taken to smoking far-stronger stuff. More »


Online

The First Tweet: President Obama’s First "Official" Tweet Is All Father’s Day

7:30AM June 20, 2011 | Jack Loftus

President Obama is officially tweeting on his own Twitter account. He started today. The first, first tweet unfolded like this: More »


Cameras

White House To Press Corp: Are You Happy Now?

2:43PM June 2, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

The White House has finally decided how it will handle official photos now that it canned fake photo shoots. From now on, one and only one photographer will document a historic speech as it happens. More »


Gadgets

Great Moments In Autopen History

12:00PM May 28, 2011 | Seth Abramovitch

Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that’s an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism? Now you do.) Yay, habeas corpus denials, warrantless searches and carte blanche wiretapping! Four more years! Four more years! More »


Cameras

Pictures Of Obama’s Speech Announcing Bin Laden’s Death Were Staged

8:00AM May 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

This isn’t news. Not at all, in fact. I just found the story so very interesting. As it has been since the Reagan era, photographers weren’t allowed to take pictures during live televised speeches given by the President. So how did we end up with still pictures? Well, Obama reenacted the speech for them! More »


Geek Out

Obama Cracks Wise After The Operation To Find Bin Laden

4:00AM May 8, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Tensions were high during the decision-making process that would lead up to the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Success depended on the precision of the Navy SEALs team in order to kill this slaughterer of thousands. More »