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Diebold Voting Machines Audited by California 159

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday August 04 2007, @11:15AM
from the who-didn't-see-this-coming dept.

Panaqqa writes "Diebold must be wondering what else can go wrong. Considering their arrogance in the past, their comeuppance is truly well deserved. The State of California's source code review [PDF] of the Diebold voting system has been released. Additional reports will be made available as the Secretary of State determines that they do not inadvertently disclose security-sensitive information. One wonders what it will take to convince voting machine manufacturers not to do things like hard coding passwords as '12345678.'"

Distraction is the Best Way to Calm a Belligerent-> 0

Submitted by

Phil Weiss

on Saturday August 04 2007, @10:43AM

Phil Weiss writes "The next time a bar brawl breaks out in your local pub, blame it on the brain, not the beer. A new study, published in the July issue of Psychological Science, has found that it's possible to calm aggressive drunks if they're given a rewarding task that tests their powers of concentration."
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Medison comes out in open regarding $150 laptop 3

Submitted by

Vinit

on Saturday August 04 2007, @10:33AM

Vinit writes "Medison's representatives have come out in open to say they aren't fakes and the controversial $150 laptop is on it's way for 15 August release (hopefully). In a press conference in Sweden, Medison displayed the notebook in front of ten journalists and defended itself against accusations of fraud. Regarding the low price of it's laptop, Medison said it's not their main revenue source. They plan to make money by advertising on it's site. http://www.pclaunches.com/notebooks/medison_comes_ out_in_open_regarding_celebrity_laptop.php"

Comment: Really? (Score 3, Interesting) 214

by fonix on Tuesday November 21 2006, @03:16PM (#16938206) Attached to: Gears of War Review

I thought that the AI in this game was more than terrible... I was impressed by the amount of interaction and co-operation by the AI. At one point, my buddy and I were being pinned down by four AI, and could not get out without being owned, because they were cross-firing and pinning us down. IMHO the AI was one of the strongest points of the game.