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As Barack Obama looks through papers, his eight-year-old daughter, Sasha, spies on him from behind a sofa.

The photograph, released by the White House, was taken by Peter Souza, whose brief is to document the Obama presidency.

Mr Obama has said that one of the greatest benefits of working in the White House is having his family living in the same building.

Despite its spontaneous feel, the image evokes obvious – and possibly intentional - comparisons with famous pictures of a three-year-old John F Kennedy Jr playing under the same desk as his father sat working at it.

The photographs were taken a month before President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963.

Earlier this year, the White House released pictures showing Mr Obama, watched on by Caroline Kennedy, peering into the same section of the desk from which her young brother looked out 46 years ago.

The boy would often play under the desk – presented by Queen Victoria to President Rutherford Hayes – and liked to pretend that its kneehole panel was a secret door.

Mr Obama has said that one of the greatest benefits of working in the White House is having his family living in the same building.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Gmail crash: millions of users across the world affected


Google did not say what the cause was and added that it would endeavour to provide an update with details on when it expects to resolve the problem.

Both the email and instant chat facilities were experiencing problems on Tuesday, with the majority of users reporting difficulties from around 8.45pm.

David Besbris, Engineering Director of Google, apologised for the inconvenience on the official Gmail blog.

"We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now – we are too, and we definitely feel your pain," he said.

"Because this is impacting so many of you, we wanted to let you know we're currently looking into the issue and hope to have more info to share here shortly.

"We're terribly sorry for the inconvenience and will get Gmail back up and running as soon as possible."

He added that users who had IMAP or POP facilities set up should still be able to access Gmail.

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