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January 13, 2009 12:18 PM PST

CNET News Daily Podcast: Obama's PDA addiction gets a second life

by Charles Cooper
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President-elect Barack Obama is hopelessly addicted to his PDA--in this case a BlackBerry. But while Research In Motion offers encryption, the U.S. government has stricter requirements for communications security. And the president-elect is on notice that things are going to have to change. But as CNET News' Declan McCullagh explains, there are handheld devices that Obama's security handlers don't have any issues with.


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Charles Cooper has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. Before joining CNET News, he worked at the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet. E-mail Charlie.
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by Argyll January 13, 2009 1:07 PM PST
The idea of someone telling the President something seems preposterous. He can always issue an executive order, or more to the point, remind the people who he works with, who they work for! And RIM could always improve the security, too.
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by catch23 January 13, 2009 1:54 PM PST
I love how, in any story now, if it is an iPhone it is marked predominantly in the headline, while if it is anything else, it is 'a PDA, in this case a BlackBerry.'

It seems 'tech reporters' do more shilling for Apple then their advertising firms.
At least around here.
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