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Read the details and ponder the implications...`nbsp; What Americans should be most worried about this November, say elections experts like Thad Hall, a political scientist at the University of Utah, is not that someone might hack the Diebold machine they`re using to vote--but that their names might disappear from the rolls entirely. According to him, the greatest risks of fraud or disenfranchisement concern voter registration. Source: Technology Review: Computerized Voter Registration Databases Need a Major Overhaul

Hmm...`nbsp; YouTube contends that it hasn`t run afoul of copyright laws, because it immediately removes clips when rights holders complain about their inclusion on the site. But lawyers for the group of media companies, which includes News Corp., General Electric Co.`s NBC Universal and Viacom Inc., have concluded that YouTube could be liable to copyright penalties of $150,000 per unauthorized video, people familiar the matter say. Viacom believes that pirated versions of video clips from its cable channels -- including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon -- are watched 80,000 times a day via YouTube. At that rate, potential penalties could run into the billions of dollars. Source: Media Titans Pressure YouTube Over Copyrights - WSJ.com

See the article for a timely reality check.`nbsp; Looking for a free word processor and spreadsheet? Google`s newly released Docs `amp; Spreadsheets suite that offers just that, but in this case you get what you pay for. While the number-crunching power of Spreadsheets is adequate for simple workbooks, the Docs program (formerly Writely, acquired by Google earlier this year) is so underpowered we wouldn`t recommend it for even casual use. Source: Toy or Tool? Google Docs `amp; Spreadsheets Reviewed

`nbsp;This won`t be the only candidate for the official Bubble v2 PointCast Syndrome Award. Go for it, he did. Mr. Abrams spurned Google’s advances and charted his own course. In retrospect, he should have taken the $30 million. If Google had paid him in stock, Mr. Abrams would easily be worth $1 billion today, according to one person close to Google. And with Google’s ample resources, Friendster might have solidified its position as the pioneering front-runner in social networking. Instead, Mr. Abrams has the distinction of founding a company that is shorthand for potential unmet. Source: Wallflower at the Web Party - New York Times

No doubt they`ll also upgrade the 767 to a more fuel-efficient`nbsp;787`nbsp; The search company says the system, which is expected to be operational in early 2007, will supply about 30% of the peak energy needs of six buildings in and around its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. The system is being installed at an undisclosed price by Energy Innovations Inc. of Pasadena, Calif., which says such solar installations typically pay for themselves in power-cost savings in five to 10 years and last about 25 years. Source: Google Campus to Get Solar Power As Alternative Fuels Gain Interest - WSJ.com

Local Limelight : Ride `em, cowgirl Stephanie Eason never thought she`d be a singer. But when her best friend secretly signed her up for a church talent show three years ago, she realized her hidden talent for singing.

FRANCOIS PINAULT is the first Frenchman ever to have headed up ArtReview `s Power 100. The November issue of the magazine, due to go on sale today, features an extended supplement sponsored by Giorgio Armani that lays out the art world`s most influential.

By ANGIE DAWSON KATE BECKINSALE has it all these days. The soul mate (hubby of two years, film director Len Wiseman), motherhood (six year old daughter Lilly from her relationship with actor Michael Sheen) and movie-star status.

The highest-paid director of designer clothing retailer Cruise enjoyed a bumper payday ahead of the chain`s sale in a deal backed by Arev, the investment firm established by former Baugur UK chief Jon Scheving Thorsteinsson.

FORKS TWP. | A 20-year-old Berks County man was arrested Sunday afternoon for allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend`s home, assaulting and threatening to rape her.