The Obama campaign yesterday released The Life of Julia, an interactive infographic meant to show how an archetypal woman would benefit under Obama policies throughout her lifetime, and suffer under proposals from Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. The infographic has been liked or shared on Facebook at least 17,000 times. The effort met with unsurprising disapproval among Republican supporters, especially on Twitter, as many used the hashtag #Julia to mock Obama's latest, erm, composite character. Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee tried to respond on Tumblr with a post that included statements such as "#Julia, about to graduate, can’t find a job in the Obama economy" and "#Julia the mom has to pay more for health insurance despite #ObamaCare’s promise to reduce premiums by $2500," including links to news articles on those issues.

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point released 17 documents from the Bin Laden compound in Abottabad, Pakistan yesterday. "Bin Laden documents" was a top trending Google search yesterday. Among the revelations, Bin Laden appeared to be frustrated with getting midlevel operators to carry out his wishes, considered rebranding Al Qaeda, and called for the assassination of Barack Obama, so that a "totally unprepared" Joe Biden would be in power. Peter Bergen, the journalist who is the author of a new book about the raid on Bin Laden's compound, used Wikileaks cables to help him trace Bin Laden's movements after 2001 and CIA efforts to narrow down his location. An online magazine affiliated with Al Quaeda, called Inspire, has also reappeared this week.

Florida Governor Rick Scott launched a new open records initiative called "Project Sunburst" yesterday which aims to give the media and the public access to the emails to and from the governor and 11 top staff within seven days of writing them. SaintPetersBlog highlighted a particular e-mail exchange between a New York Times reporter and officials in Scott's office. The e-mail chain shows how the reporter was seeking information on the process behind selecting a new state attorney and task force in the Trayvon Martin case, and became increasingly frustrated when officials kept referring him back to an earlier press release, and then arranged for him to interview the Lieutenant Governor who did not have information on the issue. As the e-mail chain concludes, with both the officials and the reporter getting increasingly annoyed, it ends with a Communications Office staffer writing to the communications director, "This guy is exactly why I don’t read the New York Times."

Two consulting firms, one associated with each major party, have asked the Federal Elections Commission to allow political contributions via text message.

While the Obama campaign's new motto is "Forward," Republicans are deriding Obama's efforts with "Hype and Blame."

A lawsuit between Google and the Authors Guild over Google's book scanning effort continues.

A study by FEMA, commissioned by President Obama, questions agencies' readiness to respond to cyberattacks.

A non-profit started by former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will launch a new online game to teach children about local government.

Techdirt notes that a British court ruling requiring the blocking of the Pirate Bay took place without a trial or a hearing.

A hobbyist who indexes old radio recordings on his computer and makes them available, and donated the originals to the National Archives, uncovers how the recently retired head of the video and sound branch of the National Archives and Records Administration had stolen some of those original records and was selling them on eBay.

A New York Times small business blogger evaluated the pitch for a micro-donation platform based on social sharing.

Facebook has joined the Global Network Initiative, an organization aimed at preventing censorship of the Internet by authoritarian governments, as an observer.

In a blog post from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, three White House officials emphasize that the Administration is against any proposals that seek to centralize control over the Internet.

Boingo will be offering WiFi service in New York City subway stations over the next five years.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in the presentation of New York City's budget proposal that tax revenues from the technology, film and TV production sectors helped offset losses in financial sector tax revenue.

An appeals court has rejected a claim by a Turkish advocacy group that the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities had hurt its First Amendment rights by describing its website as unreliable and not recommended for student use.

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wants wireless companies to provide information about how they are helping local law enforcement track suspects or others in criminal investigations.

Consumers Union took out a full-page ad in Politico criticizing Facebook's privacy policies, with a link to the website hearusnow.org

A group of Senators have introduced a resolution asking that the Village Voice remove the "adult entertainment" section of its classified-ads site Backpage.com.

George Zimmerman's legal representatives have confirmed online that a MySpace page which contained posts that were critical of Mexicans is his.

The Hollywood Reporter has a lengthy profile of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, "the Nerd Who Burned Hollywood."

Two advertising trade associations have pledged not to sell ads on websites that offer pirated copies of movies and music.

A judge has decided to ban cell phones from the trial over the murder of relatives of actress Jennifer Hudson after a cell phone went off three times in the less than two weeks of proceedings.

A new report shows that the broadband adoption gap between black and white Americans has been narrowing.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning to a passenger who took a video in flight when his plane was struck by birds.

Aging equipment, a shortage of medium-size satellite launchers and the budget crisis are hurting the country's ability to monitor weather, national disasters and climate change, according to a report.

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng spoke to a Congressional hearing via telephone yesterday, asking for help.

The Columbia Journalism Review highlights how a British journalist and filmmaker put Syrian activists he interviewed in danger because he didn't take digital security precautions before his laptop with his interviews of the activists ended up being seized by Syrian forces.

The British Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is asking British citizens to share their thoughts online regarding salaries of members of Parliament.

The BBC reported how a car club in Colombia is encouraging citizens to report potholes on Facebook.

AFP details how Greek parties, which are low on cash, have been reaching out to voters on social media ahead of Sunday's national election.

An Indian court has delayed a court case that would could determine whether Facebook and Google would face criminal proceedings for having "objectionable" material on their sites until August.

A blog by an Iranian exile won a Deutsche Welle blog award.