political conventions

Now that Hurricane Gustav has, thankfully, turned out not to be nearly as devastating as previously feared, the Republican National Convention is scrambling to get back on track.

Beginning today, the Republicans will return to the staunch partisanship for which political conventions are known and try to get back on message.

Microsoft and Google duke it out on multiple fronts: Search, applications, the Web and now political conventions.

Microsoft said Monday that it will be the official software and “HD Web content provider” for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.