Some 700,000 potential voters in 12 states relying on Google to locate their nearest polling places, were directed to the wrong spot.
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Does the Airline Bomb Plot Spell the End for In-Flight Wi-Fi?
If you’re unable to read NewsFeed at a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet, does that mean the terrorists have won?
Dutch Recall Nazi License Plates
Imagine driving around with the word Fascist splashed across your car. That’s what almost happened to a hundred Dutch drivers over the weekend after they received license plates with the letters “NSB” on them, a Dutch equivalent …
Every Gmail User Sues Google Over Buzz, Google Settles for $8.5 Million
If you use Gmail, you should have received an email from Google yesterday telling you it settled a privacy lawsuit over its Google Buzz. What does this mean for you? Techland’s Doug Aamoth has the scoop. (Hint: Don’t start buying …
iTunes to Triple Song-Preview Length
In what was pretty much a fait accompli from Apple to the record companies Tuesday, the firm has announced that longer song samples are to be offered to users in the U.S. for tracks over 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Send Your Name to Mars While Watching the New Rover Get Built
NASA is on a mission: to make space travel more interactive.
What Can Twitter Tell Us About the Election?
First we should note that Twitter users may not be reflective of the populace as a whole, and also that the 140 character limit does not len—
Fall (Way) Back: iPhone 4 Makes People Late
Calling all roosters. Europeans’ faith in machines was tested today, as the iPhone 4 apparently failed to wake many of them up in time for work.
Germany Puts the ß into Internet Addreßßeß
If you had to put your finger — literally! — on the one thing missing from Germany’s online addresses, it would surely be the lack of the eszett or “ß.”
A Final Discovery: Space Shuttle Gears Up For Last Mission Wednesday
To infinity and beyond.
Think Like the Chaplin Time Traveler: The 10 Historical Events We’d Crash
Sorry, crazy lady with a cell phone. If we had a time machine, we’d pick way better events to crash.
Gucci Creates $225 3-D Specs
3-D technology just got a whole lot sexier.