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- County's loss of voting data leads to new election
- In another case that puts into question the usability of electronic voting machines, a California judge is likely to order a new election for a Berkeley, CA, ballot initiative that lost due to dubious electronic voting machine data, reports IDG News Service.Judge Winifred Smith of the Alameda County Superior Court...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Elections
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- OH election workers sentenced for recount fraud
- People who suspect the 2004 presidential election was stolen got a boost recently when two Ohio election workers were sentenced to prison for rigging a recount of that states election. According to the AP, Jacqueline Maiden, the election boards third-highest ranking employee and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer, each were...
- Tags: recount, worker
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- In FL, missing e-votes cast doubt on House race
- A Florida Democrat who lost his House race is seeking a recount after dozens of people reported problems using Sarasota County’s touch-screen voting machines and a significant number of ballots had no recorded votes in the high-profile race, The New York Times reports. Christine Jennings lost to...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections, Christine Jennings
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
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- Seinfeld becomes McCain
- Seinfeld becomes McCainMyth?So, is John McCain's patriotism a myth? Perhaps his leadership abilities? Or maybe it is a myth that John McCain is actually qualified for the job of Commander in Chief?The only myth here relates to you feeling somehow qualified to offer political commentary.dude you really need...
- Tags: Taxes, RSS, John McCain, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- When Linux gets cited as a matter of course, it's truly gone mainstream
- When Linux gets cited as a matter of course, it's truly gone mainstreamGetting Huckabee to runMy reading of the Lichtman criteria says Obama doesn't need to (he's favored anyway), though it certainly wouldn't hurt him (third party and independent candidates always help the challenging party, no matter where they stand...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customersDemocracy versus politicsThank you for discussing the difference between spectator politics and participative democracy. It seems to me that technology can definitely be put to better use for enabling the latter. At the risk of rambling, perhaps that might be a role that the newspaper...
- Tags: Government, Attention Craig Newmark
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot
- So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...
- Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- X-Box (and Cell Phone) Nation: Election Rests In Digital Hands
- The Democratic convention gets started tonight and in the constant quest for the unconventional technological means of getting out the youth vote, the X-Box is today's "in" device. By itself, this may not be a big deal. There are about 12 million X-Box members around...
- Tags: Presidential Election, Phone, Election, Cell Phone, X-Box, Democratic Convention, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- President Forever 2008 + Primaries (exe)
- President Forever 2008 is a sophisticated strategy simulation that delivers both gameplay and realism. President Forever 2008, which has been completely rebuilt from the 2004 edition, includes all presidential elections from 1992 through 2008. The default set-up covers the primaries and general election for 2008, including 16 default candidates from...
- Tags: President, Election, Strategy, Management
- Software downloads 2008-08-22
- Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?
- Cybercriminals know how to take advantage of anticipated traffic by abusing the momentum of a particular event, like the U.S presidential election in this case. Everyone, from scammers coming up with legitimately looking donation sites that they will later on spam, to the a bit more complex blackhat search engine...
- Tags: Campaign, Domain, Internet, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Intel backs Microsoft's concurrent-computing play
- Intel backs Microsoft's concurrent-computing playConcurrency UsageWe are currently learning, and have significant plans to use the parallel tools that are becoming available in order to better handle the scale of applications we are currently developing.RE: Intel backs Microsoft's concurrent-computing playWhen we simulate elections or economies there is a staggering amount...
- Tags: concurrent-computing play, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- The 2008 Google(tm) Democratic Convention
- Google will set up a "Big Tent" – a two-story, 8,000 sq. ft. facilitey -- just for bloggers at the Democratic Convention in August, The Wall Street Journal reports. And, hey, it's non-partisan – they'll do the same at the Republican Convention (although they fail to provide a blog-friendly graphic.)...
- Tags: Google Inc., Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?
- Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?Theoretically, Murph should be rightLinux should be the cheaper. That is simply based on product cost. It's hard to compete with free. Google exemplifies the best use of Linux."Theoretically", if all OSs had equal pools of equally smart and well...
- Tags: Linux, Branding, Operating systems, Strategy, Giffen, operating system, brand, Wintel
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...
- Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Internet abuse and Cloud Computing
- Internet abuse and Cloud ComputingAgreed - principle, not practiceI do think MacOS is better than Vista on almost all measures - and by that same standard that one side in the current U.S. elections has the right.As you say:---Oh and by the way I don't vote on ideological lines anymore...
- Tags: hypocrisy, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Latest iPhone details from AT
- Latest iPhone details from ATSick of America...Thats right, I said it. I'm over this BS country and all its red tape. When did we become so concerned with corporations an forget about the little guy? The iPhone is being sold unlocked everywhere but the US-lame. Then, on top of being...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Business services, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, iPhone Details, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Obama benefits from the Net's election power
- The Internet has fundamentally changed the second most important aspect of elections: money. In fact, writes Tom Regan in the Christian Science Monitor's "Innovation" column, if not for Internet fundraising, Barack Obama would not be the Democratic nominee. In a year when he continues to break all fundraising records,...
- Tags: Network, Benefit, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Google calls for hike in H-1B visas
- Technology issues are never a big deal in presidential elections, as much as some people think they should be. One that Big Tech is trying to push, though is the H-1B visa situation. Bill Gates has been lobbying hard on the issue and now Google has signaled it's a big...
- Tags: Google Inc., Limit, Technology Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
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