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POTUS uses a Mac
9to5mac.com - 11/10/2008
POTUS uses a Mac
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Now that the campaigning is over, we have the opportunity to reflect on an amazing milestone in American history. Barack Obama is the first... US President to be a Mac User.. .   Another view Newsweek reported : To help bridge the physical distance between father and ...
Apple tells Mac mini fan to hang in there
appleinsider.com - 11/5/2008
Apple tells Mac mini fan to hang in there
— appleinsider.com — Apple appears to be taking its policing of the rumor mill to the phones, in one case... dialing a customer who expressed concern over Internet reports on the Mac mini's fate to assure him the situation would be addressed in due time. (more) Apple tells Mac mini fan to hang in there

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Barack Obama Uses a Mac
blog.wired.com - 11/13/2008
Barack Obama Uses a Mac
— blog.wired.com — Here's an interesting factoid you probably didn't know about our tech-savvy president-elect: He's a Mac user, according... to Telegraph, who compiled a list of 50 facts you might not know about Barack Obama. He's not an iPhone user, though. ... (more) Barack Obama Uses a Mac

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change.gov - 11/7/2008
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— change.gov — Protect the Openness of the Internet: A key reason the Internet has been such a success is... because it is the most open network in history. It needs to stay that way. Barack Obama strongly supports the principle of network neutrality to preserve the ... (more) Technology

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Computer of choice for a king and a president: Macs
CrunchGear — ... and below, President-elect Obama on the campaign trail. When Obama talked about change, a President that uses Mac is a change as he will be the first to do so. Dare we call Bush a PC and Obama a Mac? Guess we just did. ...

Tout sur Barack Obama
w3sh magazine — Malgré tous les documentaires et émissions que l’on a pu voir sur le prochain président des Etats-Unis durant ces dernières semaines, on se rend compte que finalement, on ne le connaît pas tant que ça… La preuve : saviez-vous que Barack fait la collection des comics Spider-Man, qu’il adore jouer au poker et au Scrabble ou bien encore qu’il ne boit pas de café ? Les Mac users (et Toon) seront ravis d’apprendre qu’il utilise également un laptop Apple, preuve de son bon goût en matière de technologie. Si vous voulez en savoir un peu plus sur l’homme, je vous invite à lire ...

Barack is Mac
Boing Boing — ... fly! Our moderators have firehoses at the ready. Incidentally, if I'm looking at these photos right, it looks like he uses a Crackberry, not an iPhone. And Biden is also evidently a Mac user, at least on the road. And as long as we're on the subject: I met Al Gore briefly last week, and he was packin' an iPhone. Although, I was so star-struck at the moment, I may have hallucinated that part along with the swarms of solar-powered United Nations black helicopters. DISCUSS. POTUS uses a Mac (9to5mac.com, via friends list) ...

Best Obama Wallpaper for Mac Lovers
Technology - Channel Feed — This is definitely the most in your face Barack Obama wallpaper for Mac fanatics. As for the credit of this photo, a friend from the PhilMUG group sent it over to me. I’ve been desperately trying to look for the image source, finding one other match in a series. Finally I did! The photo was taken from a Obama Macintosh fan site. The full JPEG can be found over here in case you want it. Tags: Best, Cool, Desktop, Obama Macintosh, Obamac, Wallpaper Share This

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