Americans Vote One T-Shirt and Bumper Sticker at a Time — And Here Are the Early Results

The sale and creation of bumper stickers, t-shirts, mugs and other political gear may be a better indication of which candidates Americans like than some of the primaries.
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“Oops”: Rick Perry’s Viral Classic Hits a Million Views Overnight

The Republican primaries continue to generate lots of video views for YouTube.
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Obama Starts a Tumblr

While Republicans say they’re now armed and ready to use Twitter in the 2012 election, U.S. President Barack Obama has jumped to the next social platform: Tumblr.
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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Being Considered for HP CEO Job to Replace Apotheker

Would the former Internet exec star be open to running one of Silicon Valley’s most notoriously difficult companies? Sources say yes, indeedy.
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Congressional Tweet-mageddon After Weiner Scandal

Were all the politicians in Congress taken up in some sort of rapture to a Twitter-free zone? Nope, just the effect of the unfortunate nether-region photo tweet by Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, which has apparently caused others on Capitol Hill to stop posting as much to the microblogging service.
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Should the Next Commerce Secretary Be a Tech Exec (or Would It Cause a Schmidtstorm?)

Yesterday, the Obama administration dribbled out the news that it was going to nominate current Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next ambassador to China. The move leaves open a post that could get a true turbocharge if it were filled by an exec from the fast-growing and innovative digital arena. Here are BoomTown’s nominations.

Amazon's Exit Spurs Tax Fight in Texas

The planned closure of an Amazon.com Inc. distribution center in a suburb here has opened a debate about whether taxes or jobs is the better answer for Texas’ tattered budget.

The FCC Votes, a New Internet Dawns, Like It or Not

There is only one point of consensus that has emerged from today’s imminent 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on network neutrality rules proposed by Chairman Julius Genachowski: All concerned are dissatisfied with the result.

Breaking: FCC's Copps Voting "Yes" on Net Neutrality Plan

Michael Copps, a Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission, says he plans to vote in favor of Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposed rules on network neutrality. This makes the passage of the rules in a vote scheduled for tomorrow a virtual certainty, as Copps was seen as the only possible swing vote on the five-member commission.

Viral Video: Howard Dean Scream, in GOP Redux

R.I.P. Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens