Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system

The verifiable voting system, available as open-source/free software, implements advanced cryptographic techniques to maintain ballot secrecy while providing a mathematical proof that the election tally was correctly computed.

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18 Ways to Stay Focused at Work

Apparently there's a non-productivity bug going around these days preventing people from being able to focus on working. Here are some handy tips.

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Video: The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis.

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Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn't about piracy

Perspective: Hollywood is talking off the record about its real reason for wanting DRM? Opportunities to sell you back your rights.

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Residents demand companies end phone book deliveries

I hate phonebooks. Glad to hear that I'm not alone. Enough!

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$40,000 Hasselblad medium-format (39 Megapixel) vs $500 Canon G10

I'd be curious to see how the Canon holds up against the Hasselblad when photographing people.

Google Street view + Artists = hilarious

On May 3rd 2008, two artists invited the Google's Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. The results are here.

Ecofont

This font designed to save 20% of your toner, simply by changing the font you use for regular printing.

Comet Lulin approaches Earth.

The comet makes its closest approach to Earth (0.41 AU) on Feb. 24, 2009. Current estimates peg the maximum brightness at 4th or 5th magnitude, which means dark country skies would be required to see it.

Ancient snake's massive size points to extra hot jungle

Researchers have found the remains of what they are billing as the biggest snake the world has ever known — an animal estimated to be longer than a city bus and heftier than a car.

Why newspapers should manage more like Twitter and less like GM

Feds to post border guards at unmanned crossings in Quebec

The Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP are working on a joint project to test the effectiveness of adding border officers to some currently unpatrolled areas along access points between the two countries.

Zombies Ahead: Hacking programmable road signs

We see them everywhere these days, digital signs by the side of the road telling us about road conditions or that we should prepare to stop or that our local bridge might be closed next Tuesday from noon to midnight.

The 25 pound (11.33 kg) Challenge

For most of my life, I've been overweight to varying degrees. As a child I can clearly remembering my grandma buying pants for me that were "husky" size. At the time, I thought it just was something cool, but it was for overweight kids. Looking back at some very old …

A recreational badminton team goes to a tournament.

I'm a pretty avid badminton player, even though I don't take it too seriously. I've been playing since 2000 or 2001 (hard to nail it down exactly) at the Routhier Community Centre in the market area of Ottawa, and many of us have been playing together for years.Two …

Behind the scenes: Canadian Museum Of Nature

Last week, friends of mine, Mel & Martin, knowing what a huge museum geek I am, invited me (and Tracey) to come with them on a private tour of the Museum of Nature's Natural Heritage Building - their workshops and storage facility.The building itself is in Hull, a short …

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