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Is Palin Seeking Job on LinkedIn?

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:46:00 CDT

Guess who's joined LinkedIn and is eager for gainful employment? A poster identified as always-surprising GOP rogue Sarah Palin is actively seeking "job inquiries" on the Internet network for professionals. Anyone interested can peruse the posted resume, which touts "Governor, State of Alaska" as the most recent gig. Besides job...

McCain's Web Connection Slow to Load

Kevin Spak — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:16:26 CDT

Barack Obama, 46, is a known BlackBerry addict; John McCain, 71, has admitted he's a computer "illiterate." Needless to say, there’s a gulf between their online campaign operations. “It’s the difference between a horse and buggy and a NASA space ship,” one analyst tells Politico. Whereas Obama’s site embraces a...

Lieberman Campaign, Not Opponents, Crashed Site

Laila Weir — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:37:06 CDT

The FBI found accusations by Joe Lieberman’s campaign that challenger Ned Lamont’s supporters crashed the Connecticut Senator’s Web site on primary eve in 2006 to be unfounded, reports the Stamford Advocate after obtaining federal documents. Instead, it was probably Lieberman’s camp itself that brought down a misconfigured site with overuse....

Candidates Still Figuring Out Web Ads

Kevin Spak — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:45:00 CST

Politicians have decades of experience putting ads on television, but they haven’t figured out this Internet thing, the New York Times says. Thanks to ad networks, banners are showing up in embarrassing places – Mitt Romney accidentally advertised on Gay.com – making politicians look like blunderers. “Corporate media consultants...

Estonia Attack Prompts Cyber Security Blitz

Dustin Lushing — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:00:00 CDT

In the wake of what some are calling the first digital act of war—when hackers using as many as a million computers attacked Estonia's web-based infrastructure—cyber security experts from all over Europe and the US are huddling to study how to prevent future disasters, reports the New York...