Oh, the election season it always brings out the best in people. We get to argue topics that generally no one knows what the hell they’re talking about. What I find so great about the political season is the humorous attacks that each side of political spectrum throws at the other. Here’s the first flash game to pop up for one of the presidential vice-presidential candidates.

For all of you conservatives out there who are offended, don’t worry. The first game that pops up with Obama running around inflating people’s tires, I’ll be the first to post it.

If you care to find out the reason behind the game, click on the information option on the menu screen. Be careful, Sarah Palin will blindside you with that tank of hers.

[via: T-Enterprise]

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I know we’re all looking for something juicy to sink our scandalous teeth into, but don’t click on the Obama Sex Video link.

To elaborate, there is a mass email being sent with the subject line, “Obama sex video!!”. As much as it would shake up the election, the link is a fake. Not only is it a fake, it’s actually spyware.

If you do click on the link, you will be taken to some amateur porn. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you see it), Obama is not in it. What is in it, is a trojan horse that will install itself on your system.

The particular spyware that’s in the program will target Windows machines, and steal passwords and bank account information.

[via: Cnet]

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Following 9/11, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was called upon by the 9/11 Commission to create a database housing different names associated with international terrorism. Since its conception the database has grown, and as of January 2008 there are over 500,000 names in the database. With 400,000 aliases as well. Interestingly enough, around 5% of the listings consist of US citizens.

When comprising a database this large there’s undoubtedly going to be some problems with it. These problems have been voiced by Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC), on behalf of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee (that is one long name for a committee). If you wish to view the full letter, click here. The letter is addressed to Edward Maguire, Inspector General of the Director of National Intelligence. Rep. Miller’s problems “seem” valid enough. He states that the database doesn’t provide text based searches much like Google does with their engine. Instead the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) must be utilized with a complex SQL programming language. Therefore, if someone in the FBI is looking for information on a potential terrorist, they must type in a complex sentence instead of a name. The database is continually being updated by the CIA, NSA, the FBI, and other law enforcement organizations. Which is a concern to Rep. Miller because of long term quality control. He makes reference to an incident when the system crashed while trying to be used by the FBI Terrorist Screening Center.
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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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