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YouTube plays party politics

During the presidential campaigning four years ago, YouTube didn't even exist. Now it's a tool candidates must master to get their message across. CNET's Kara Tsuboi stops by the YouTube upload booths at the Democratic and Republican conventions to find out why Google's video site has such a big presence...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, rnc, dnc, youtube, google, obama, mccain, presidents, elections

Videos 2008-09-05

Democrats: Twitter, text, or telephone?

How are the Democratic delegates getting out their party's message while at the Democratic National Convention? Are they texting like Obama? Social networking on Twitter or Facebook? Or relying on the old standards: phone and e-mail? CNET's Kara Tsuboi wanders Denver's Pepsi Center to find out.

Tags: Phone, Twitter, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Quality, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, delegates, mccain, obama, clinton, texting, cell phones, internet

Videos 2008-08-28

Bigger blogger presence at DNC

There are 15,000 members of the media credentialed for the Democratic National Convention and 120 of them represent blogs. That may seem like just be a drop in the bucket, but as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explores the blogger lounge known as "The Big Tent," it's clear the nontraditional media...

Tags: Presence, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Internet, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, obama, mccain, clinton, bloggers, green, environment

Videos 2008-08-27

Democrats datamining!

Harold Ickes, an advisor to Sen. Hillary Clinton, is building a for-profit consulting firm focused on taking away the Republican advantage in data mining, the Washington Post reports. Ickes' new company, Data Warehouse, is causing consternation in Democratic circles, under the belief that creating voter databases should be the...

Tags: DNC, Harold Ickes

Blog posts 2006-03-08

Additional Resources

Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?

Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?not an issueso by adding the word tech into the discussion u think it is valid,enough is enoughwe dont want to hear read see political opinions on the tech blogthank youRE: Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?Thank you for...

Tags: Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

CIO Sessions: Qwest's Pieter Poll

Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das in this latest edition of CIO Sessions about choosing the innovative technologies to run one of the leading communication companies in the U.S. They also discuss the company's role as the network infrastructure provider at the 2008 DNC and...

Tags: CIO, Bandwidth, Qwest Communications Inc., Net Neutrality, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Qwest CTO: Pieter Poll

Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about choosing the innovative technologies to run one of the leading communication companies in the U.S. They also discuss the company's role as the network infrastructure provider at the 2008 DNC and RNC conventions, and where the company stands...

Tags: CTO, Qwest Communications Inc., Network Administration, Networking, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranch

Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranchbecause it is a matter of national security...to provide a senior senator and the next president of the U.S. with reliable service.Just imagine the commander in chief not being able to order a strike against the terrorists in Iraq for instance.HypocriteThis all...

Tags: WIRELESS, McCains, Cell Tower, Verizon Communications Inc., U.S. Secret Service, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

Silverlight 2 is released, available for download tomorrow

Microsoft announced this morning that Silverlight 2 will be available for download tomorrow. So after a long beta period that included big events using Silverlight including the Olympics and the DNC, the bits are going to be out there. The press release includes some impressive numbers: ...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 2, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Linux, Open Source, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Disclosure: Richard Koman

Disclosure: Richard Komanhmmm... some disclosure.One could be forgiven for thinking this isn't much of a disclosure, Mr. Koman. Let's see your political connections... any work you may have done, compensated or not, for the Obama campaign or the DNC, or moveon.org or related groups.

Tags: Richard Koman

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online

Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted onlineWatSo you point out an unlikely scenario by putting forward an idea that is FAR MORE unlikely.Nice.Because a crime was committed...Because a crime was committed... Thats how you know when a Demoncrat is at work. Very simple.Devilcrats Strike againThe Demoncrats know they are...

Tags: Sarah Palin, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

What's on Obama's iPod?

On 15 August I posted a piece about what's on Michael Phelps' iPod (spoiler: lots of hip hop). Over the weekend I came across a piece in thew September issue of Macworld magazine about What's on Obama's iPod. The story which quotes The Examiner article offline says...

Tags: Apple iPod, Obama, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-02

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

EIC Podcast: Apple-Psystar; Cisco vs. Microsoft; DNC; Dell

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about that ongoing Apple-Psystar legal showdown, Cisco and Microsoft's collision course, the Democratic National Convention and Dell's plans for the cloud. On Wednesday Psystar--that little Mac clone maker in Florida--sued Apple for antitrust violations. The big question:...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Worst news for McCain is not from Denver

Worst news for McCain is not from DenverYou're right about one thingHe's got little to fear fron Denver. H Clinton's speech on Tuesday didn't look as though it was really all that convincing.I'm sure his biggest risk is from cancer, not the DNC!RE: Worst news for McCain is not from...

Tags: FUD

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and Move

Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and MoveWow, just wowSo, a party supposed to govern USA can be bought out by Microsoft to support a flash wannabe plugin.I am speechless. Will they make Windows only policy in Govt. agencies too? Perhaps they should use "OOXML" instead of PDF too?What???The liberals...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Office Open XML, Active-X, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Updated: Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and Move

There was a lot of buzz around the fact that Silverlight was going to be use at the Democratic national convention for video my post here and off the heels of the Olympics, it seemed like a good thing for Microsoft to get into and I was really looking forward...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Plug-in, Move, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Do Not Call List Registry Check (exe)

Search for telephone numbers on federal, state, and company Do Not Call lists quickly and easily. Features include a quick search and a scrub feature, which can remove or denote Do-Not-Call contacts from CSV files, Excel spreadsheets, and Access databases. Do Not Call violations can be very costly. Do Not...

Tags: Registry, Do-Not-Call, Double-Time Software, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-01

Silverlight going to be all over the Democratic National Convention

Yesterday Microsoft became the "official software and HD web content provider" for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. I'm not entirely sure what the software part entails, but the HD web content provider means that we'll be seeing a lot of Silverlight content coming out of the DNC. In fact, Silverlight...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Content Provider, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Democratic National Convention, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Microsoft lands Democratic National Convention, ties Google in convention race

Microsoft lands Democratic National Convention, ties Google in convention raceAnd McDonald's are providing the health food I suppose.RE: Microsoft lands Democratic National Convention, ties Google in convention raceIs Google going to revolutionize the counting of "chads" for the republicans?I believe Microsoft's technology will be a showcase event for the world...

Tags: Microsoft-land, Democratic National Convention, Google Inc., home market, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-28