Receivers & Amps

Obama's website, Mountain View's javascript

Analysis Judging from some of the comments responding to our story about security sloppiness on Barack Obama's website, it's clear a discussion about the risks of third-party javascript is in order. Contrary to what many commentators believe, widgets used by Google Analytics and similar services do represent a threat, especially if you're a high-profile target.…

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama on Friday moved toward nominating Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with helping pull the United States out of an economic nosedive.

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• We're having dinner at Denny's... because i'm tired of Applebees #
• @gerikson Good choice. I really like the E71 Russ got for me. I tought I would never again have a phone w/out a touch screen. I was wrong. #
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