PC World – India’s auction of 3G licenses will be a priority, A. Raja, the country’s minister of communications and information technology, told the Press Trust of India news agency on Thursday after he was sworn in to the post.

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3G Auction a Priority for India’s Communications Minister
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Yes, it’s another international blow for electronic voting. We’ve seen the things proven to be insecure, illegal, and, most recently, unconstitutional. Now the Emerald Isle is taking a similar step, scrapping an e-voting network that has cost €51 million to develop (about $66 million) in favor of good ‘ol paper ballots. With that crisis averted Irish politicians can get back to what they do best: blaming each other for wasting €51 million in taxpayer money.

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Electronic voting outlawed in Ireland, Michael Flatley DVDs okay for now originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oh, e-voting machines… ever since they arrived on the scene to challenge old timey lever-laden beasts of yore (not to mention pencils and paper, if you remember what those are), there have been numberless examples of their hackability, their unreliable software, and the general mayhem caused by not having a paper trail in elections. It’s been a fun ride, but one that’s causing a ruckus in Germany… almost four years after the fact, anyway. That’s right, the country’s highest court has ruled that the 2005 General Election was, in fact, unconstitutional, after the use of e-voting machines was challenged by a father and son team. The ruling states that while the voting was unconstitutional (read: illegal) because the software used on the machines is unreliable, they have not proven that any mistakes were made, nor do they rule out the possibility of using such machines in the future, when stuff will be cooler and work better.

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German court finds 2005 e-voting was unconstitutional, uncool originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AP – Microsoft said Tuesday it has opened a new research center in Switzerland to develop internet telephony software, also known as Voice-over-IP.

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Microsoft opens Swiss R&D center for Voice-over-IP
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Reuters – Microsoft Corp will soon launch a full range of online versions of its software products, including the Office suite, and expects the weak economy to accelerate growth of the nascent Web-based software market, a senior executive said on Monday.

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Microsoft to soon sell full range of Web software
(Reuters)