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Games Without Frontiers: The Game of Politics Is Ready for Its Upgrade I won the White House for Barack Obama last week. And for John McCain, too! I was playing The Political Machine 2008, this year's big sim-election title, and had a blast slinging mud and pandering. Playing as Obama, I stormed around the coasts, promising clean coal and running ads Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Games Without Frontiers: The Game of Politics Is Ready for Its Upgrade I won the White House for Barack Obama last week. And for John McCain, too! I was playing The Political Machine 2008, this year's big sim-election title, and had a blast slinging mud and pandering. Playing as Obama, I stormed around the coasts, promising clean coal and running ads Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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DLP politics no easy trick No one in the business world wants to be held responsible for a breach of sensitive corporate information, but gaining the level of support necessary to allow DLP (data leakage prevention) technology to work effectively remains tricky, customers and vendors confirm. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The Media Equation: In Politics, the Gaffe Goes Viral Political gaffes have now entered a supercharged ecosystem of cable, bloggers and digitally enabled mainstream media outlets. Indeed nothing is more viral than a screw-up. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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McCain Will Take Public Funds If Democrat Does Sen. John McCain "would accept public financing in the general election were his Democratic opponent to do so," the Financial Times reports, "raising the prospect that the most expensive election in US history might conclude in a taxpayer-funded finale." McCain’s campaign manag Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Alaska's Ted Stevens now trails Democratic opponent - Reuters Canoe.caAlaska's Ted Stevens now trails Democratic opponentReuters - 2 hours agoBy Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Republican incumbent who was convicted of corruption two weeks ago, fell behind Democratic opponent and Anchorage M Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Billy Ray Cyrus apologizes for seatbelt gaffe - Reuters CTV.caBilly Ray Cyrus apologizes for seatbelt gaffeReuters - 41 minutes agoLOS ANGELES, Feb 13 (Reuters Life!) - Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus apologized on Wednesday for being filmed in the back seat of a car with his daughter Miley, who plays Hannah Montana in the Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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First the 'bitter,' now the 'sweet': Obama has a new gaffe By ... - Washington Times CNN-IBNFirst the 'bitter,' now the 'sweet': Obama has a new gaffe By ...Washington Times - 2 hours agoBy Jennifer Harper The presidential election has veered off onto another odd tangent, courtesy of Sen. Barack Obama, who uttered not an epithet or insult against Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Kennedy's pursuit of Senate snared in NY politics
(AP) AP - Caroline Kennedy's bid to get appointed to the Senate and extend the Camelot dynasty has run into the bare-knuckle world of New York politics, where a backlash appears to be building against her. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Kremlin Denies Ballot Spot to Putin Opponent The Russian government on Sunday denied an opposition leaders application to appear on the March 2 presidential ballot, clearing a path for the Kremlins favorite candidate to run all but unchallenged. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Curl moves to take on Adobe Air in offline RIA business Curl plans to unveil next week a beta version of a runtime tool that it said will help large organizations extend RIAs (rich Internet applications) to run on the desktop.The new runtime software, called "Nitro," Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The Long Run: Power and Politics Attracted McCain to the Senate In John McCain’s quick transition from prisoner of war to politician, a turning point was the year 1981, when he turned down an admiral’s star to make a run for Congress. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Williams makes Olympics debut in 101-70 blowout over China - Salt Lake Tribune Seattle Post IntelligencerWilliams makes Olympics debut in 101-70 blowout over ChinaSalt Lake Tribune - 2 hours agoBy Michael C. Lewis Team USA's Kobe Bryant drives to the basket against China's Wang Zhizhi during men's basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics Sunda Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Health Care and Politics II: The Democrats - GNIF Brain Blogger Boston GlobeHealth Care and Politics II: The DemocratsGNIF Brain Blogger - 6 hours agoMost Americans are willing to pay higher taxes to make health care reform possible, but, like politicians, they disagree about what reforms should take place.Video: McCain, Obama D Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Kenyan Leader and Opponent to Meet - New York Times CTV.caKenyan Leader and Opponent to MeetNew York Times - 54 minutes agoBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN ELDORET, Kenya - For the first time since Kenya exploded into election-related violence that has killed more than 400 people, the president and the top opposition leader have ag Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Networking 101: Understanding Subnets and CIDR Linux Planet: "Calculating subnets is an essential skill for network administrators, and even home users with small LANs will benefit from understanding how they work. This installment of Networking 101 offers some tips and practice exercises to get you started." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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US routs host China 101-70 in Olympic opener
(AP) AP - This was the stuff a Dream Team is made of. Acrobatic moves, reverse slams and tomahawk dunks. Who needs outside shooting? Just toss it up and throw it down. The United States opened its campaign for Olympic basketball redemption Sunday with a 101-70 rout of host China that had even the home Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Absentee Voting 101: Emerson student writes college primer - Boston Globe Columbus DispatchAbsentee Voting 101: Emerson student writes college primerBoston Globe - 16 hours agoWhat's the plan for Nov. 4? Classes, work, a group meeting - oh, right, and voting for the next president. Aaron Bacon, a 20-year-old student at Emerson, says college s Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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101 killed as gunmen rampage in India city
(AP) AP - Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish group's headquarters in India's financial capital, killing at least 101 people, taking Westerners hostage and leaving parts of the city under siege Thursday, police said. A group of suspected Mu Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Oil surges to record above $101 Oil prices set an intraday record above $101 a barrel and reached another settlement high Wednesday, as traders took the Federal Reserve's weak economic report as a signal that more interest rate cuts are coming. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |