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<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 07:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Patriot Act signed by President Autopen]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 07:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Ghostwriter autopen is used by government officials. (Credit:Automated Signature Technology)If you're not a fan of the Patriot Act, you may not appreciate the fact that it was extended for four more years by a machine. President Obama used an autopen to renew the controversial legislation on Thursday, raising some eyebrows with the mechanical surrogate. Obama was in France when he authorized the signing just before a midnight expiration deadline. It followed a House vote of 250-153. First developed 200 years ago by British inventor John Isaac Hawkins, autopens are machines that trace engraved signatures and are often used to sign cards and letters sent by the White House. But last week's signature seems to be the first use of the device to sign something into law. The decision to use the autopen was apparently based on a 2005 Justice Department memo that concluded &quot;the president need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill to sign it.&quot;Some are speculating that using an autopen could spark challenges under Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution, which states: &quot;Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States' If he approve he shall sign it...&quot; Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) has questioned whether Obama was presented with the legislation before he had the machine sign it and whether the signing was constitutional. He asked for a &quot;detailed, written explanation&quot; of the legitimacy of using an autopen. &quot;Consider the dangerous precedent this sets,&quot; Graves said in a statement. &quot;Any number of circumstances could arise in the future where the public could question whether or not the president authorized the use of an autopen.&quot; Thomas Jefferson was a big fan of autopens. He used Hawkins' letter-copying &quot;polygraph&quot; so often that he admitted he couldn't live without it.  I wonder what he would have thought of this kerfuffle. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get a look at SXSW's rumored Apple pop-up store]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dadhja</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas--Word broke earlier Thursday that Apple would be constructing a temporary &quot;pop-up&quot; store here this week, a move that would permit the thousands of geeks who have descended upon Austin for the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW) to obtain shiny newiPad 2 devices when they go on sale Friday. Downtown Austin does not have a permanent Apple retail store.The Austin American Statesman reported that Apple would be taking over a 5,000-square-foot space in the historic Scarbrough Building on Sixth Street and South Congress Avenue. So, armed with a camera, I went right on over upon my flight's arrival in Austin!Apple, in keeping with its penchant for furtiveness, has chosen not to confirm that the pop-up store even exists. Someone who appeared to be in charge of the construction efforts informed me that I was not permitted to take pictures, to which I responded, &quot;So, is this the Apple store&quot; He told me in a very polite Texas drawl, &quot;I can't say what it is until tomorrow.&quot; My response: &quot;So it is the Apple store.&quot; No further comment.Apple's Texas-sized secret at SXSW (photos) I did, however, peep through a crack in one of the doors (really) and got a look at what was going on inside. It looked, more or less, like an indoor construction site: no visible signs of anything Apple. If the space is going to be ready when the iPad 2 goes on sale at 5 p.m. Friday, that construction team certainly still has some work cut out for it.And for the record, no one was lined up out front.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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