Yesterday we got to take a look at some of Barack Obama’s opinions towards the world of technology. Now, we get to see John McCain’s views on technology, and how it should be governed.

It’s kind of funny but the more I read McCain’s technology page on his campaign site, the more it’s eerily similar to Obama’s. Just like Obama, McCain has a large portion of his site dedicated to the R&D Tax Credit. Unlike Obama, John McCain puts a number on what he believes should be credited for Research and Development. “President, John McCain will establish a permanent Research and Development (R&D) tax credit equal to 10 percent of wages spent on R&D.”

One of the large policy notes I found on his technology campaign site is his views towards the internet and wireless services. Here are some excerpts from said page:

“Ten years ago, Senator McCain led the bipartisan fight for legislation to keep the Internet free of taxation. From its inception, John McCain has seen the Internet as an engine of growth for the next generation of American innovation. Burdening that engine of growth with heavy taxes only harms American competitiveness in this vital sector.”

“John McCain has opposed new state and local discriminatory taxes and fees on wireless services, which are relied upon by over 250 million Americans. Taxes account for over 20 percent of many mobile phone users’ bills. Such excessive taxation dampens innovation and hits vulnerable Americans.”
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I’ll tell ya, typing away at a keyboard can build up quite a workout. If you’re wanting to sweat there’s nothing like pounding away at keys while writing a blog. While it might be a good workout, sweaty wrists isn’t great for picking up the ladies or the keyboard itself.

Thanko has released a keyboard to make sure those wrists stay dry while your working the phalangies.  The Cooler USB Keyboard has three built-in fans that spew out cool air where your wrists sit. The keyboard has a switch so you can turn the fans off if you’re only doing a mild keyboard workout. For a keyboard with some built-in fans, $62 isn’t a bad deal at all.

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For those of you selling something there is nothing more important than your landing page. It is the secret to turning a visitor into a customer! Remember, if you run a typical ecommerce or service site 80% of your visitors will be first time visitors and unless they buy something they won’t likely return for some time. That’s not your fault, it’s just the nature of the Internet.

Your focus should be to increase the percentage of visitors who buy something and to maximize the amount they spend when they buy something.

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PageAddict is a Firefox extension that will help you monitor your web addiction. Once you install it, choose PageAddict from the Tools menu to display a summary of the time you’ve wasted on each web site for this day, and a graph of your web…and a graph of your web surfing habits from the past. You can categorise different sites and restrict how much time you spend in each category in a day.

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