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Site tracking voting problems has glitch of its own

A Web site set up to monitor voting problems in the 2008 U.S. presidential election suffered some technical difficulties of its own Tuesday.

Sierra Leone minister calls for SIM card registration

Sierra Leone Information and Communication Minister Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo called on mobile-phone companies to register subscribers’ SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards at a...

Seagate: Enterprise SSD to be released next year

Storage manufacturer Seagate will release its first SSD (solid-state drive) for enterprises by the middle of next year, CEO Bill Watkins said on Tuesday.

iPod meets vacuum tubes in new audio system

If you’re old enough, you probably remember fondly the warm glow of vacuum tubes from inside the family television or radio but likely don’t...

Double-Take Software targets the utility data center

Data protection specialist Double-Take Software is preparing to join the likes of Microsoft, EMC, Hewlett-Packard and IBM in the promising utility data center market,...

Internet now a voter disenfranchisement tool

Due to a reporting error, the story “Internet now a voter disenfranchisement tool,” posted Tuesday, misidentified the spokesman for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil...

Sanyo sales up on strong demand for solar cell, battery

Japan’s Sanyo Electric recorded sales in the April to September period that were 4 percent ahead of its own target on the back of...

Dell offers unpaid time off, voluntary separation

Dell hopes it can better weather the economic storm by implementing a number of new cost-cutting measures, including an enhanced severance package for employees...

If Windows is a dead end, what’s next?

The writing is on the wall. Despite a major push to sell the much-maligned Windows Vista, customers aren’t buying. Nearly two years after Vista’s...

ICANN meeting to focus on new top-level domains

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) kicked off its week-long 33rd International Public Meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss implementing...

Reporter’s notebook: Excitement, fear on the e-vote trail

No one’s doubting the outcome of the massive turnout in the U.S. presidential election in Democratic New Jersey, but for some voters and elected...

Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states

Tuesday could be a long day for election officials in states relying on electronic-voting machines to record votes in the U.S. presidential election, if...

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