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...York Ballots That Befuddle Despite $2.8 billion spent by U.S. federal and state governments to improve voting technology since 2002, a new study by New York University researchers says poor ballot designs have confounded hundreds of thousands of voters in recent elections. The study noted some drawbacks of touchscreen voting systems, which can fail to indicate unregistered votes and sometimes lack paper trails for verification--flaws that have prompted many precincts to replace the terminals with optically scanned ballots. With more than 15 million Americans casting votes in counties with new ballot systems in place this year, it's likely...
...original iPhone was a high-tech indulgence. From its gorgeous touchscreen to its classy Web browser, it set a new bar for the look and feel of mobile phones. Naysayers nitpicked about its technical shortcomings - and its top-shelf price - but its breakthrough design won it millions of fans nonetheless...
...power outlets at every seat. The most profound change, though, doesn't look like much of an improvement at first. Like many U.S. carriers, Virgin America charges for food in economy class. But flight attendants don't dole it out from a cart like gruel in the orphanage; a touchscreen at each seat lets passengers pick what they want and pay by credit card. A few minutes after I swiped my card, an attendant brought my fruit-and-cheese box and a glass of cabernet to my seat. The food was fine, but what I remember more was the simple...
...evoke night-vision goggles but actually evoke amateur pornography, which is probably what they were actually supposed to evoke anyway. Fiddy drives to a brothel and gets blindfolded, while Justin stakes out a hotel and then grinds on a door. All the while, Timbaland paws clumsily at a glorified touchscreen. I’m gonna go shower now. Kanye West “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” Dir. Michael Blieden Kanye made a real video for this song, but he’s been making eyes at indie kids and hipsters for a while...
Number of songs that fit on the not-yet-released Walkman W960i, Sony Ericsson's touchscreen answer to the iPhone, which holds hundreds...