8 ways technology has shaped the '08 elections

From e-voting to text messaging, a look at how tech trends have changed politics By Brad Reed , Network World , 10/15/2008 Technology has played a particularly prominent role in the 2008 elections -- and it isn't just the typical silliness over whether a candidate really claimed to have invented a key piece of technology. Throughout the year we've seen technological advances used both for good, such as using Short Message Service to announce a vice presidential pick, and for bad, such as hacking into another vice presidential pick's private e-mail account. In this story, we'll take a look at the eight techiest moments of the 2008 presidential race, including YouTube debates, viral videos and e-voting controversies. (For pictures of these events, view a slideshow version of this story.) The YouTube debates Back when Hillary... [read full story]