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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business Business saves BIG with the Dell Biz E-Catalog! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147573-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Voting Rights Watchers: 'Little Meltdowns' Cause Delays at Polls 2. News: Election: All Eyes on the Web 3. Opinion: Casting a Vote for Paper Ballots 4. News: Is Wireless Messaging the Next Campaign Frontier? 5. News: Campaign Site Finds Darker Side of Web Branding 6. Opinion: The Technology Mandate Visit eWEEK.com's Government Industry Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147576-1 ========================================================= Government Update ========================================================= 1. News: Voting Rights Watchers: 'Little Meltdowns' Cause Delays at Polls Voters grappled with partisan challenges to their registrations, malfunctioning ballot machines and other headaches Tuesday as legions of lawyers, election-rights activists and computer scientists watched for signs of disenfranchisement. Take a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147579-1 Politics Meets IT http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147582-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Election: All Eyes on the Web As Election Day played out in polls across the country Tuesday, its course was tracked--in minute detail--by Internet news sites, watchdog organizations and Webloggers, much as they had done most every day over the past several years. Read about the effect the Web had on users and vice versa. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147585-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: Casting a Vote for Paper Ballots David Coursey's experience as an election worker convinces him that technology has gone as far as it should in the polling place--at least for now. See if you agree. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147588-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Is Wireless Messaging the Next Campaign Frontier? Just as blogging has revolutionized election-year reporting, text messaging via cell phones and PDAs has served as a constant reminder to the mobile community that it's time to vote. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147591-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Campaign Site Finds Darker Side of Web Branding Companies that fail to register multiple domain names and extensions under their brand can fall victim to cyber-squatters, confuse their customers or open up their customers to Web and e-mail scams from hackers running look-alike sites. They also run the risk of sending sensitive e-mail to unintended recipients, as the Bush-Cheney '04 re-election campaign found out this month. Find out what went wrong. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147594-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: The Technology Mandate eWEEK takes note that issues of U.S. competitiveness in technology have been disappointingly far from the eye of the campaign storm. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147597-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147600-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147603-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147606-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=91&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147609-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147612-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1334-31-67-59-147615-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
