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CO official wants return to paper ballots

Colorado's secretary of state now says the state should junk electronic voting machines and go back to good ol' paper ballots, The Rocky Mountain News reports. "I have more confidence in having votes cast on paper ballots at the polls rather than relying exclusively on...

Tags: Ballot, Electronic-voting Machine, E-voting, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-26

Colorado decertifies voting machines

Colorado decertifies voting machinesSo, the mere fact that there was no printout, ...... or the capability of even GENERATING a hard copy of the vote, wasn't enough to alert these geniuses in the IT and Administrative departments of the government that we probably SHOULDN'T be USING these things?I guess there...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, electronic-voting machine, ballot, paper ballot

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

How do you re-create a paper trail?

Election workers in Ohio badly bungled the process of loading paper cartridges into electronic voting machines during the May primaries - and Ohioans are now asking how a recount would be conducted if the paper trail is unavailable. The Cleveland Plains Dealer reports that the secretary of state's solution is...

Tags: paper, e-voting, electronic-voting machine

Blog posts 2006-09-11

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The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

A word of warning on hard disk recovery by swapping logic boards

Freezing it?"Popping it into a sealed plastic bag and freezing it for a few hours."Pardon my ignorance - what does this do to help?Except in this case, the problem is almostcertainly fried electronics because of the method in which the drive failed.Strange. Hu?I can't say how it works, but I...

Tags: logic board, hard drive, hard-disk recovery, Cooling

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

SFX Machine Pro for RTAS 1.1.3 (Mac)

SFX Machine is now available in RTAS format for Digidesign's Pro Tools. SFX Machine Pro for RTAS gives you quick and easy access to hundreds of audio effects, from the conventional to the bizarre. The SFX Machine family of plug-ins is a two-time winner of Electronic Musician's Editor's Choice...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Effect, SFX Machine, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-18

How important is 1:1 to literacy?

I think that writing with pencil and paper is over rated. I almost never write anything with a pencil anymore. The newer generations will write even less. Better that they learn to write with modern tools. And, what better way than to give each one a laptop.Tell that to Neal...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network

Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Dell Latitude Z 16" thin-and-light revealed; Lamborghini angles hide boardroom muscle

So Sweet.Thats all I got, that thing is frigg'in cool!I just can't see paying that much...For so little. I would honestly rather buy a mac, and that's saying a lot, as they're horribly overpriced.I travel 75% of the year, and everything that implies: planes, rental cars, subways, metro bus/rail, the...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Latitude Z 16, Dell Latitude Z, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Latitude

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Microsoft's Courier tablet: A Franklin Covey planner on steroids?

I'd buy one instantlyThe Courier embodies everything I've wanted in a portable device for well over five years now - essentially an electronic pad/binder that works very similar to the physical counterpart. Notebooks are too cludgy (being clam-shells) and tablet PCs far too heavy (and still basically clam-shells), not...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Microsoft Corp., Franklin Covey

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi

Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...

Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Reese Machine VSTi 1.0 (Windows)

The Reese Machine is a monophonic subtractive synthesizer optimized for creating deep, rich, vibrating bass for various kinds of electronic music, especially Drum'n'Bass, Speed Garage, Techstep. The synthesizer's architecture consists of two oscillators with four wave forms (SINE, SAW, TRIANGLE and PULSE), and also two multifunction low-frequency oscillators LFOs. Each...

Tags: Multifunction, ToneBytes, Reese Machine, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-17

Could Google Fast Flip get kids reading news again?

"I'm a big fan of Google"Really, Chris? You're a big fan of Google? I had no idea!Seriously, though, does your school district know that you are now working full time for Google?Hard to believehe actually works for a school district given his blogs. I didn't think any...

Tags: school district, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Killer keyboards

Bleach water is one answer.Can't remember the exact formula, but it ought to be easy to find. I think it's a quarter-cup bleach per gallon of water, not sure. Just wipe the keyboards and mice with a cleaning rag dipped and wrung out. To be effective, it...

Tags: Keyboards, Lysol, keyboard, Killer keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Is wireless really even necessary in an ebook reader?

Yes and NoIt obviously isn't necessary in an e-"book" reader, but Kindle and now Sony are trying to make these devices much more than just for reading books. Daily periodicals need the wireless much more than books. Too bad there isn't much market for them right now.I just...

Tags: E-books, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, e-book, wireless, ebook reader

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

The new Sony Reader Daily Edition may replace my Kindle and Reader 505

And it's real easy for you to transfer, right?All you have to do is push a button, or make a phone call, or send an email, and all your Kindle stuff moves right over to the Sony?Of course notBut that's the risk you take when you deal with companies that...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Reader 505, new Sony Reader Daily Edition, Sony Reader Daily Edition

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

N'keybDrum 1.3.6 (Windows)

N'keybdrum - electronic drums for personal computers.Play drums with custom keyboard and foot mouse on your computer, 7 drum sets, you have "feel and look" of real drums, on your disposal is extended drum set. Graphical user interface for entering drum data, can save patterns as midi file, from Drumoke...

Tags: Drum, Microsoft Windows, Nino Rilovic, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Keyboards, Games, Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-25

IBM launches integrated mainframe packages for payments, data warehousing and SOA

IBM on Friday announced a lineup of integrated mainframe, software and services packages designed for specific tasks like data warehousing, service oriented architecture and transactions. The announcement highlights the latest hardware trend---vendors are increasingly pushing function specific hardware optimized for a certain task. Teradata, Oracle's Exadata machine,...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Payment, SOA, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-14

QS Disclaimer 2.5.13 (Windows)

QS Disclaimer is a system for adding legal disclaimers to all outbound e-mail messages giving your company a professional and legally compliant feel. A legal disclaimer allows you to remove any liability for electronic mail that could have been modified. QS Disclaimer can also be used to inform the recipient...

Tags: SMTP, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft IIS Server, Pa-software, QS Disclaimer, QS Disclaimer Service, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-07-31

DeLoraen Time Circuit 1.7.1 (Mobile)

DeLoraen Time Circuit emulates the Time Circuit Panel similar to installed into the DeLorean Time Machine. Present Time displays the current system time of your iPhone or iPod. Last Time Departed is the time when you started the application for a last time. Destination Time is the time when the...

Tags: Mobile, Atoll Ordenadores, DeLoraen Time Circuit, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-27