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Afternoon Linkage for November 13th, 2008
GEARFUSE —
... Halloween: Mac-O-Lanterns DESIGN: Halloween: Mac-O-Lanterns Afternoon Linkage for November 13th, 2008 By Vince Veneziani November 13, 2008 Comments (0) Filed under: Features Q: What is the difference between a child and a bag of cocaine? A: Eric Clapton wouldn’t let a bag of cocaine fall out a window. Saturn gets its own Northern Lights Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars About fucking time I want to iBoogie Obama is a Mac guy Yeah, right Boner party! BRABUS tunes a Tesla Roadster!!! ...
Linkpost | 11.14.2008
TechBlog —
... by Voice to iPhone Software - A feature that Windows Live Search for Mobile and Yahoo oneSearch have had for some time. • Google Collapses, Analysts Get Bearish - Still most analysts have Google rated as a "buy". • Where in the World Is Yahoo's Board? - As Yahoo's stock hits $10, the board is MIA. • New Mac OS X 10.5.6 test build has over 90 fixes • Dust in Your iPhone? It's Time for a New One - Apple would rather replace than fix it. • Barack Obama Uses a Mac - As suspected. • Introducing the Microsoft Store - Download ...
Mac for Barack
Technology - Channel Feed —
... According to this Wired article, Obama uses a Mac. They also suspect that one of his favorite application is iChat. The article notes that he never leaves home without a webcam and that he uses this a lot to keep in touch with his family. From the picture in the article it seems like he’s using a MacBook Pro. ...
Obama forced to quit CrackBerry addiction, but likely to keep using his Mac
MacDailyNews —
... . Brian X. Chen reports for Wired that Obama is "a Mac user [so] it's highly likely that his chat client of choice is iChat. Michelle Obama told People magazine that the one gadget her husband would never leave at home is a webcam, which he uses to stay in touch with her and the kids whenever he's traveling. iChat's the best Mac app for video chatting, and it's the easiest to use, too." Full article here . David Flynn writes for APC Magazine, "Obama has yet to make good on his promise to give up smoking. Maybe when he sneaks out of the Oval for a cigarette on the sly he ...
Barack Obama Uses a Zune
Tech Observer —
... Barack Obama has applied his bipartisan approach to his choice of
gadgets. It's well known that the President-Elect is a dedicated
Crackberry addict, and the fact that he uses a Mac notebook
leads us to expect he'd team it up with an iPod. But, according to Neal
Santos of the Philadelphia City Paper, when Obama hits the gym, he uses
a Zune. ...
Will Obama Bring a Mac to the White House?
Cult of Mac —
... Barack Obama is a Mac. At least that’s how the NYT described his style, approach, manner — naming rival Hillary Clinton a PC about a year ago.
The soon-to-be 44th president of the United States, who addresses citizens via YouTube and Twitter, is also a Mac user who has been spotted flashing an iPhone, keeps up with his family via iChat, whose “O” logo was designed on a Mac and whose campaign was powered by MacBooks.
Obama has said they’ll have to pry the Blackberry out of his hands ...
Mac-loving Obama staff confronts Windows White House reality
Infinite Loop —
[image] This week, the White House became a switcher. As the new presidential team took over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, they were met with outdated equipment still apparently running the sturdy old Windows XP and Windows 2000, as well as a host of bureaucratic rules meant to ensure that all official work at the White House can be properly recorded according to the Presidential Records Act. The Obama team has long been known for using Apple equipment . President Obama himself uses a Mac laptop , as does his media team, which according to the Washington Post is ...
Obama's a PC?
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
... That seems to contradict earlier reports that Obama used a Mac. AllThingsD confirmed that although most Macs run Intel chips, they don't have stickers exclaiming as much, unlike PCs. But maybe he sees the logo somewhere else? Recall, however, that the Obama team, accustomed to working on Macs, ...
