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Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008 05:05 PST

Fake text messages give false voting information

Obama prevailed, but there were still troubling problems with the voting process. Isn't it time to standardize federal elections?
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 18:15 PST

CNN debuts hologram technology to beam people in 3-D

Yellin to Blitzer: "[I feel] a bit like Princess Leia right now." Video
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 13:01 PST

Top 10 songs to rock your Obama victory party

From reggaeton to techno, he's everywhere.
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 07:15 PST

Where to watch election results live online

And people, please go vote.
Monday, Nov 3, 2008 12:10 PST

France flexes its tech muscle with pending bill, new policies

If Digital France 2012 passes, l'Hexagone could see a slew of new tech-related laws.
Monday, Nov 3, 2008 08:00 PST

Oh, Canada: The Palin prank explained

Translating some of those Quebecois jokes you may not get.
Friday, Oct 31, 2008 11:17 PDT

London to get high-tech trash bins next year

Media Metrica plans to bring them to New York, Dubai.
Friday, Oct 31, 2008 09:30 PDT

Silicon Valley leaders back No on Proposition 8 campaign

Measure would overturn gay marriage in the Golden State.
Thursday, Oct 30, 2008 11:41 PDT

WePC.com to crowdsource laptop design

But will any of these computers actually come to market?
Thursday, Oct 30, 2008 07:42 PDT

Microsoft to move Office apps to "the cloud"

And why I won't be using them.
Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008 10:30 PDT

Global initiative promises to harmonize ICT and human rights

But how much leverage will the GNI actually have?
Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008 03:33 PDT

Election 2008: An online resource guide

How the Internet can help you vote with wikis, Twitter, YouTube and plain-vanilla Web sites.
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008 11:41 PDT

Christian Science Monitor moves almost entirely online

Why won't other major papers do the same?
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008 07:00 PDT

What YouTube tells us about our political conversation

A new online analysis firm figures it out.
Monday, Oct 27, 2008 11:30 PDT

Consumers slowly switching from laptops to smart phones

But where's the external keyboard for the iPhone?
Monday, Oct 27, 2008 08:10 PDT

Germany refuses full-body scanners for its airports

E.U. lawmakers vote to study the effects of the scanners on "health and privacy."
Monday, Oct 27, 2008 03:00 PDT

Early e-voting results in vote flipping in three states so far

Voters in West Virginia, Tennessee and Texas all report problems with ES&S voting machines.
Friday, Oct 24, 2008 10:49 PDT

When the online world affects the offline world

Two cases this week in the U.K. and Japan show the insanity of cyberspace's impact on real life.
Friday, Oct 24, 2008 07:25 PDT

FCC vote on "white spaces" to be delayed?

Old media and new media are throwin' down.
Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 12:12 PDT

Gmail adds two new semi-ridiculous features

Apparently the Gmail engineers have a little too much time on their hands.
Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 11:00 PDT

How you can conduct a voter-verifiable election online, right now

Cryptographers around the world have come up with new theories about how to improve elections.
Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 06:50 PDT

Why all of us need to be "search literate"

Even the next president should know how to get beyond Google to evaluate information.
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 10:15 PDT

What ever happened to vote pairing?

It's still around, just not in the 2008 American elections.
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 07:05 PDT

Muxlim Pal to be world's first Muslim-themed virtual world

Muxlim.com says the electronic "umma" will have its own Second Life in a few months.
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 11:22 PDT

Ericsson says global mobile market is "flattish" in 2009

But losses in the North are offset by growth in the South.
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