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Obama Could Be Forced To Release Bin Osama Death Photos

Barack Obama has finally decided against releasing a photo of Osama bin Laden’s corpse as proof of his death. But the former chief freedom of information expert for the US government tells Gawker that he may not have that choice.

May 3, 2011
News

This Is Obama And His Team Watching Operation Kill Osama

This image shows President Barack Obama and the members of the national security team in the Situation Room of the White House on May 1, as the operation was happening. Hillary Clinton actually looks genuinely horrified.

April 21, 2011
Software

Android Users Have Their Own White House App Now

The White House, trying to please both platforms, just released an app for Android. It gives you behind-the-scenes photos and videos along with mobile alerts about major events. Oddly, it lacks the live-streaming option that the iPhone has. [Android Market via The White House]

March 8, 2011
Software

Study: Software Kicking Hardware’s Ass In Tech Progress

Remember when it was all about the megahertz? And then gigahertz were king? Remember when specs were really something worth getting excited over… at all? If you don’t, there’s a good reason: according to White House tech advisors, software, not hardware, has been driving computer innovation. Big time.

October 9, 2010
Online

Nasty Phrases Slipping Into Official White House Website’s CAPTCHA

A man visited the official White House website to send a message to President Obama. At the bottom of a form he was asked, as part of the automated verify-you’re-a-human process, to type two squiggly words. The words? “Rape Baracks”.

September 18, 2010
Geek Out

And The Most Ridiculous Photochopping Award Goes To…

…Al-Ahram! Egypt’s state-run and largest newspaper, whose editors weren’t happy to see their big boss – President Hosni Mubarak – in the last place of this photo at the White House. Thankfully, Photoshop made him win the race, even beating President Obama.

June 10, 2010
Computing

The White House Is Full Of iPad Users

Gadget-savvy Barack Obama has surrounded himself with iPad owners, it appears. Joe Biden’s got one. Communications/press members Dan Pfeiffer, Ben Finkenbinder and Bill Burton smear fingerprints on theirs. Even Economic adviser Larry Summers shelled out for the pricey device.

January 26, 2010
Software

White House Press Secretary: “There’s An App For That”

The White House released a pretty nice iPhone app last week, but it was lacking one thing: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs riffing on iPhone ads in a video. Well, not anymore!

January 21, 2010
Software

Watch That Other Keynote On Your iPhone The White House App

The White House iPhone app is mostly a pretty package of feeds and photos, but the actually interesting part is that it streams live video of White House events, starting with the State of the Union address next week.

December 15, 2009
Geek Out

“Re: Re: Iraq”: 22 Million Lost Bush White House Emails Recovered

According to the AP, soon-to-be-heroic technicians have uncovered 22 million email messages from the George W. Bush administration – the same email messages the Bush White House denied losing.

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