Hacking online voting, Matrix joins high-def war, Dell likes Ubuntu, how Flickr undermines professionals, Vista's lack of drivers and much more

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• Hacking the online ballot box
  Today, some councils will offer voting via the internet. But exactly how accountable, secure, and desirable are the online polling systems? Danny Bradbury investigates.
• No punches pulled in high definition war
  Sony's dream of an early victory in the next-gen DVD format fight has been dashed by poor PS3 sales. Kate Bulkley reports.
• Dell unveils Feisty Fawn Ubuntu in response to customer survey
  Computer giant makes second attempt to sell PCs running open source Linux. Jack Schofield reports.
• Newly Asked Questions:
  • Why doesn't the US government like online gold?
    Because, says Charles Arthur, in its view E-Gold, a company offering an online money transfer system, 'has been a highly favoured method of payment by operators of investment scams, credit card and identity fraud, and sellers of online child pornography'.
  • Just how powerful is the brain of a mouse?
    Impressively - especially when you compare it to your average desktop computer, writes Kate Bevan. In fact, your computer at home doesn't even come close to matching the power of half a mouse brain.
• I've got my eye on the future of gaming
  Keith Stuart: Sony revealed its new PlayStation Eye camera last week and although I joked at the online Gamesblog that it looks remarkably like the headgear of a federation soldier from Blake's 7, it's a pretty powerful piece of kit.
• Gadgets
  HP Pavilion tx1000 | Medion GoPal PNA 470 | ZyXEL v660
• We all helped to speed the demise of professional photographers
  Read me first: Half a dozen lurid and splodgy pictures in the local paper brought home to me the death of an honourable profession this week. I took them.
• The age-old problem of online inclusion
  Victor Keegan: People still think that online activities are too complicated, yet it couldn't be easier to use a search engine and email.
• It's time for inclusive e-government
  Michael Cross: The government should reflect on one reason why Britons may be reluctant to go online to officialdom, namely that the members of society most likely to need public services are the least likely to be confident internet users.
• Technobile
  Wendy M Grossman: It's time for Amazon to turn over a new leaf and make searching for books at its site a whole lot easier.
• Intelligent Addressing ruling provokes public spat
  Free our data: Two bodies responsible for public sector information go head-to-head.
• Taking the roleplaying game to a whole new level
  Interview, Chris Avellone: Games are much more than just entertainment, argues the designer charged with reworking the classic Neverwinter Nights.
• Who should you blame if your kit doesn't work with Vista?
  Don't shout at Microsoft - it's the people who make hardware who have been slow to build drivers, says Kate Bevan.
• Newsbytes
  iGoogle for yougle | Free legal music | Celebloggers | Man v machine | Rangers help Surfers | More pirates scuppered | DAB hand device
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