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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

Tech Weekly: Google's campaign engine

Aleks Krotoski invites Jemima Kiss and Kevin Anderson to another round-table tech-chat-fest, with the following items on the menu...

As Google opens an advertising sales office in Washington DC to manage web ad campaigns for the candidates in the race for the White House, Jemima speaks to the search giant's Peter Greenberger. He explains how Google is helping to make the candidates' cash go further by targeting it at specific voters, using the company's fiendish search techniques.

Charles Arthur reviews the Asus Eee PC (also sold in the UK as the RM Minibook). The computer is notable mainly for its low price and small size - £169 and smaller than an A5 pad. It has been causing something of a stir in British schools - we find out what has made the machine such a hit.

Jemima also invited Ed Freyfogle from Nestoria to give her an Elevator Pitch of his new enterprise. Ed rides in the lift for 2 minutes as he profiles his up-and-coming web business, which uses web 2.0 methods to create a property search site.

And there's news and what you've been saying on the blogs, including comment on government plans to apply ratings to video games, the possible death of DAB radio, the Open ID Foundation and more...

Enjoy, and don't forget:
> Tell us what you think at tech@guardian.co.uk
> Post a message on the blog about this week's programme...
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