In his first weekly address since being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, President Barack Obama discussed how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will jump-start the economy. President Obama issues his first address via the White House’s YouTube Channel. Created in January 23 2009, the President’s message of change seeps deeply into something more personal. In this time of crises, there’s nothing better than having America’s own president right in your computer screen addressing .. YOU. [Read more]

VATICAN CITY–The Vatican will publish a report on Friday detailing the launch of Pope Benedict XVI’s own dedicated channel on YouTube, the Osservatore Romano newspaper said. The deal with search engine giant Google, which owns the video sharing website, aims to “secure the Pope’s presence on the web,” the Vatican paper said Thursday, adding that Benedict has always had been “fond of new technologies.” The report will be published when the German-born pontiff will officially launch his YouTube channel. Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, head of the Vatican’s communications department, told the paper the pope hopes to reach out to “the digital generation.” [source] The Pope on YouTube should be an exciting experience for Catholics... [Read more]

When netbooks are getting smaller, regular laptops are getting more interesting. The Lenovo W700ds is exactly that, adding an extended screen for your viewing pleasure. [Read more]

Apple has recently dumped the Serial Number registration for iWork ‘09. If you’re buying it off the retail box, it will work as a full version without having to input anything! It’s the same with the iLife suite – which never required a key to work since it’s usually bundled with a new Mac. The same also goes for a copy of any Mac OS. Remember that Apple isn’t just a software company. They are into the total user experience having a monopoly on both hardware and software. You NEED a Mac to use iLife or iWork properly and ONLY Apple makes these. So yeah, the money you pay for iWork probably just goes to an employee bonus :) [Read more]

Don’t you find it impressive how we’re seeing more than 200,000 Facebook status updates alongside such a good quality live stream? Amazing. This is really CHANGE. [Read more]