Barack Obama

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  Obama can't have a BlackBerry. Should your CEO?

  The press has been all over President-Elect Barack Obama's addiction to his BlackBerry and the possibility that he might have to give it up for reasons of national security. But no one in the media seems to be asking the most logical follow-up question: Is the cybertechnology that can compromise the future chief executive's BlackBerry also a threat to mobile devices being used every day by thousands of senior executives in corporate America?

  By Ephraim Schwartz | 10 December, 2008 09:27

  Tags: Barack Obama, Blackberry

• FAQ: Why Obama may give up his BlackBerry

  Could Barack Obama ever expect to continue using his BlackBerry once he officially becomes president?

  By Matt Hamblen | 08 December, 2008 09:14

  Tags: Barack Obama, Blackberry

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  E-voting '08: Problems, yes, but it could have been worse

  Despite reports all day long about an assortment of e-voting machine problems in several US states, no massive systemic meltdown occurred.

  By Todd R. Weiss | 06 November, 2008 08:04

  Tags: Barack Obama, e-voting, US election

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  Hot search terms: Joe the plumber, 'lipness test'

  Google Trends provides some great insight into what people are thinking about, even if they don't always help us to understand what this insight means in terms of the candidates' positioning.

  By Thomas Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 12:16

  Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain

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  Palin piques the blogosphere

  Blog mentions are, like search terms, something of a special case. They probably show the least conclusive representation of candidate support, because there is no way to assess whether such mentions reflect a preponderance of positive or negative evaluations of the candidates. Anecdotal evidence suggests that negative mentions of candidate A by blogs supporting candidate B, and vice-versa, are very common indeed.

  By Thomas Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 12:15

  Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain

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  Friending Obama

  When you take a close look at the traffic patterns within the Web 2.0-based community, the popularity gap between the two presidential candidates increases. Obama's favored by a 4-to-1 margin compared with the 2-to-1 margin when we looked at other Internet Web traffic trends.

  By Thomas A. Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 12:15

  Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain

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  US Election: What's in a domain name

  The tale told by other Internet traffic trends, also rings true when taking domain registration into account. Using DomainTools to query for domains, we saw 2,357 domains for Obama and 1,431 domains for McCain.

  By Thomas A. Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 12:15

  Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain

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  Can the Web predict the next president?

  IT professionals have historically monitored network traffic patterns to better understand network usage, to expose security events, and to generally promote overall network health. Traffic analysis can likewise be applied to the Web to understand a wide range of behavior patterns ranging from social media networks to suggestion systems in e-commerce to even the current hot topic: the presidential race.

  By Thomas A. Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 11:15

  Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain