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29693 submission

Submission + - Diebold replaces defective voting machine part

Submitted by saintlupus on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @08:16PM

saintlupus writes: According to this article, everyone's favorite defenders of liberty at Diebold replaced defective components in over four thousand voting machines after telling voting officials there were "no problems". From the article:
Even so, the two leading candidates for governor — Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) and Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley (D) — have called on voters to use absentee ballots in the election, citing uncertainties about the reliability of Maryland's system.

29675 submission

Submission + - Computer voting company under investigation in US

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @07:51PM

An anonymous reader writes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6098256.stm The BBC is reporting that a computer voting terminal company is under investigation in the US; but it ain't Diebold. The company in question, Smartmatic and it's Seqouia voting machines, are being investigated because they were by bought by a group with Venezuelian members.

29457 submission

Submission + - Microsoft Exchange conversion

Submitted by

apolinsky

on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @01:44PM

apolinsky writes: "I work for a large agency which is currently a complete Microsoft shop. For several years I have been suggesting starting to explore open source alternatives to proprietary ones. It appears I may be having some (very slight) effect on the administration. What open source alternatives are there to Microsoft exchange, and what would be entailed in moving the current data from Exchange to the proposed alternative? Has anyone been involved in a large conversion? We currently have between 18000 and 20000 desktops supported by Exchange. Alan"

29441 submission

Submission + - Zillow.com: So bad it ought to be banned?

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @01:36PM

netbuzz writes: "The National Community Reinvestment Coalition says real-estate site Zillow.com is so lousy at estimating property values that it amounts to consumer fraud. In addition, the group says Zillow discriminates because its estimates are even worse in black and Latino areas. The NCRC wants the Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Zillow, which is sure to alarm the venture capitalists who have dropped $57 million on the company. While Zillow's estimates are indeed all over the map, the NCRC's beef seems thin. Buyer (and seller) beware would seem sufficient here.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9085 "

29435 submission

Submission + - Text alerts tell people when to make a baby!

Submitted by

ickle37

on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @01:33PM

ickle37 writes: "Proving that truth is often stranger than fiction, a mobile phone that rings to inform its user she is ovulating has been launched in Japan, with other 'female-friendly' functionality. Available at: http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,3916 3733,00.htm"

1478281 story

Teenager Wins Email Suit Against City of Kokomo 354

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 22, 2006 @08:34AM from the when-to-hold-and-when-to-fold dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently, a 16 year old sued the city of Kokomo, Indiana for access to an email list that he suspected the mayor was mis-using for political purposes. Despite the mayor's refusal to give in, the teenager won the case. The city will have to pay not only for the expensive attorneys they hired, but may have to compensate the 16 year old's pro-bono counsel."

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