Tag: SARAHPALIN

Whether you love her or wish she would find herself partially devoured by a Kodiak bear in the Alaskan wilderness, there is no denying that Sarah Palin is a popular, if polarizing, figure. One way to measure popularity in the Web-era is by counting friends on sites like Facebook, and by that metric Sarah Palin has managed to make herself more popular by stepping down as Governor of Alaska. Tech ...

Sarah Palin may have bid adieu to the national political spotlight last November, but she doesn't seem to have any intention of leaving the media spotlight behind. The former vice-presidential candidate's camp has launched accusations of intolerance at an Alaskan political blogger over a photoshopped image featuring Palin, a conservative talk show host, and Palin's youngest son Trig, a special ...

Remember when Sarah Palin's e-mail account was accessed by a 20-year-old student who guessed the answer to her Yahoo! security question (where she and husband Todd first met)? Well, the former VP candidate is just one of many whose "forgotten password" questions are way too easy for others to guess, according to a new study published in the Technology Review.. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon ...

Right on the heels of Yahoo!'s top search announcement last week, Google has posted its annual year-end Zeitgeist report, revealing the year's most popular searches by country. Not surprisingly, President-Elect Obama took first place in the United States' fastest rising general searches, with former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin taking seventh. Interestingly enough, though, Palin ...

Regardless of your political affiliation, there's no denying the historic nature of today's presidential race. Turnout for the U.S. election is expected to reach record numbers. So how do you keep up with the election and gather relevant information without succumbing to the noise and theatrics of the 24-hour-cable news channels? Well, the Internet (and NPR) are here to help offer you more ...

A comedy duo called 'The Masked Avengers' from a Montreal-based radio station pulled off an impressive feat when they managed to get Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin on the phone and convince her she was talking to French president Nicholas Sarkozy. Palin doesn't seem to figure out that it's a prank call, despite obvious clues. The prank caller makes a joking reference that Sarkozy can see ...

With the presidential election just days away now, the list of celebrities busting out the big guns continues to grow. There was Sarah Silverman's The Great Schlep, Matt Damon's blast of Sarah Palin, and the YouVote campaign, which includes more celebrities than an episode of 'Entourage.' Well, that list has now grown to include the latest video statement by award-winning film ('Edward ...

If you've been getting most of your information this election cycle via the Internet and e-mail, chances are you've come across a series of rumors about the candidates that are just flatly false. The nature of the Web spreads the flames of these lies like the Santa Ana Winds during the dry season. The candidates are fighting back as quickly as possible by using the Web themselves. Obama has a ...

It's been said(over and over and over again) that Barack Obama's campaign has embraced modern technology unlike any in the history of politics. Well, folks, that ain't no lie. An ad for Obama has popped up in the Xbox 360 racing game 'Burnout Paradise'. A presidential ad strategically placed in a video game titled 'Burnout Paradise'... sorry... we're just enjoying the moment. You may not be ...

Whether you're impressed by Sarah Palin's folksiness or disturbed by her evasiveness, there's a good chance you might want to ask her a question. Now is your chance. The California Democratic Party has rented a digital billboard across from an upcoming rally for the Veep candidate in Los Angeles. Anyone can send a text message to 69866 containing a question (160 characters or less) and the ...

Politics is one of the most popular topics for spam. Don't believe us? Go check your spam folder. We bet that you'll find e-mails about how Obama is a secret Muslim and Sarah Palin hunts moose from a helicopter in between offers for cheap Viagra and penis enlargement systems . According to a report from Secure Computing, it appears that spammers prefer Obama over McCain and Palin over Biden ...

We have to thank the John McCain and the Republican Party for giving us the greatest source of Vice President humor since Dan Quayle. In fact, Sarah Palin has single-handedly made 'Saturday Night Live' worth watching again, thanks to Tina Fey's babbling, wide-eyed impression of the Republican VP candidate. But shows like 'SNL' and 'The Daily Show' aren't the only outlets reaping the comedic ...

We can only assume the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign has snatched up the domain name VoteForTheMILF.com in an effort to prove that they're more tech savvy than they've let on. When originally discovered, the URL redirected visitors to JohnMcCain.com (which just happened to display a video introduction from Palin), but clearly someone at the campaign thought it wasn't such a great idea to ...

The wily, if careless, hacker who weaseled his way into Governor Palin's private Yahoo! e-mail account may now be in the cross-hairs of the FBI. According to witnesses on the scene, the apartment of David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee who is suspected of the hack, was raided by the FBI after the agency obtained a search warrant. The agents broke up a party to search the ...