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Cyber-Rebels in Cuba Defy State’s Limits — James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times

Geek the Vote: Science & Tech Guide to the Election — Popular Mechanics

“Popular Mechanics compiled these links to make it easier to compare leading presidential candidates on several issues of interest to our readers, primarily in areas of science and technology. We did not analyze any of the proposals, and we do not necessarily endorse them.”

Six months on, Vista users still griping
– Jessica Mintz, AP on MSNBC.com

See also these recent articles on Slashdot: Programs Cannot Be Uninstalled In Vista? — kdawson Firefox Now Serious Threat to IE in Europe — CmdrTaco Warning On Office 2007 “Try-Before-You-Buy” — kdawson

Worlds apart: The moment the tallest man met the shortest
— Claire Bates, the Daily Mail

These are pictures that you have to see to believe.

The Rise of the Participatory Panopticon
Jamais Cascio, WorldChanging

Who Is Sick? user-generated epidemiology map
David Pescovitz, BoingBoing

‘Juiced-Up’ Battery Fueled by Sugar Could Power Small Portable Electronics — Saint Louis University

Schoolgirls celebrities after exposing Ribena
Mike Steere, New Zealand Press

Berkeley’s Tool Library — Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing

Top 5 Things That Should Be Taught In Every School
Brian Kim

Why Does Vista Use All My Memory?
Jeff Atwood, Coding Horror

I’ve found lots more links like this lately: The Truth About Switching: What it’s really like to move to [Linux] Ubuntu — Alan Pope Mac or PC? — La Shawn Barber If Google looked like a Mac — Joe Anderson

The Snake Eater: Give our troops the tools our cops have.
Daniel Henninger, OpinionJournal

Net Internal Migration — Michael Barone, USNews

Companies track gridlock via cell phones
Greg Bluestein, AP on Yahoo! News

Daylight saving-time and Seasonal Affective Disorder
Dr. Helen

Firefox 2.0! — Mozilla

Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter — Chewymom

Thank you, Wal-Mart – Dave Johnston, The Crisper

For whatever it’s worth, Wal-Mart threw its weight around to make diet soda healthier.

BMI = Useless, MSM Confirms — Dave Johnston, The Crisper