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Ohio's Voting Machines Busted, and Won't Be Fixed
Ohio's electronic voting machines, made by don't-call-them-Diebold, are broken, and won't be fixed by Election Day. Does that sound right to you? What do you think of a company that can't fix its software by... Recycling in Washington, DC - What You See May Not Always Be What's Happening
In the District of Columbia residents and businesses are required to recycle paper, bottles and cans. And recycling is very popular -- residents enthusiastically separate their recyclable material from their regular... Computer glitch sends out volunteer invites for Vancouver 2010 games
I have signed up to be a volunteer for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Apparently there are hundreds of thousands of applications for volunteers, and they are still accepting them.I want to volunteer to just be a part... Chaos at London tube stations as many Oyster cards stop working
This morning there was chaos at many tube stations across London as a glitch in the computer system for Oyster Cards, the cards which you use to pay for the metro system in London, caused many of the cards to stop... Glitch hampers iPhone launch
"NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work. ... Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Math Glitch
It appears that models used to calculate future species extinction rates have not included pertinent data which, when factored in alters results by two orders of magnitude."Extinction risks for natural populations of... Study: Wireless systems at hospitals could cause deadly glitch in dialysis, b...
"Wireless systems used by many hospitals to keep track of medical equipment can cause potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving devices such as breathing and dialysis machines, researchers reported Tuesday in a... Mars probe Phoenix loses a day of work due to data glitch
In the science and engineering world, data glitches occur frequently and often without any obvious reason. The result is a loss of data, of course. On Wednesday, the Mars probe Phoenix delayed its digging in... Mars Signal is Back
"NASA reported that the Phoenix Mars lander suffered a one day delay caused by a communications glitch that was repaired late Tuesday night. With communications restored, commands to deploy the Phoenix's robotic arm...Obama's Great Uncle Liberated Jews - Grandma is Another Story
Obama's Great Uncle liberated Jews during WWII. But I guess his grandmother still hated Jews, and blacks, and probably Hispanics and gays. "Barack Obama's campaign says the candidate made a mistake when he said a great uncle helped liberate the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz...Gas Pump Glitch: Ignored and Expensive
No stranger to bugs, my ears perked up as I read this. Maybe it was just a random twitch, but still..."Just imagine paying for gas you don't get. Some alert consumers have noticed it over the years: A pump that seems...Terminal 5: Return to Baggage Mountain
T5 is finding its second attempt at luggage triage to be as fraught as its first. "Hopes of Heathrow's Terminal 5 operating its first full schedule of flights have been scuppered by a new glitch with the baggage...Bush Gang Cuts Down Sheriff of Wall Street
"The big news story of the past week was that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had been patronizing prostitutes, and, in the glare of the media spotlight, quickly gave up his office.x40 But evidence points to a...THE AESTHETICS OF FAILURE:
" Computers have become the primary tools for creating and performing electronic music, while the Internet has become a logical new distribution medium. For the first time in history, creative output and the means of its distribution have been inextricably linked. Our current... BBC News Site Hits Turbulence
Now I don't feel so bad about NowPublic's own occasional hiccup..."The BBC news website was down for over an hour at lunchtime today due to an apparent technical glitch with its servers.
A spokeswoman for the British broadcasting behemoth told El Reg that the Beeb had been...
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