CNET News Daily Podcast: Obama's PDA addiction gets a second life
The White House security folks want to take away his BlackBerry but the president-elect has other options to keep tapping away.
Charles Cooper Former Executive Editor / News
Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet.
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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