Monday, March 5, 2007

Real Life "Candid Camera" in Advertising Billboards No, no, no, the government isn't spying on us again this time around. Advertisers are actually putting hidden cameras in their billboards to see how customers react to their slogans, products, and pictures. It's all apart of a grocery store experiment/product that senses when people come to an item, and zooms into their faces to find how out what their expression is. 5:00:18 PM

Wired: AP Tech - Diebold Weighs Strategy for Voting Unit CLEVELAND (AP) -- Diebold Inc. saw great potential in the modernization of elections equipment. Now, analysts say, executives may be angling for ways to dump its e-voting subsidiary that's widely seen as tarnishing the company's reputation. Though Diebold Election Systems - the company's smallest business segment - has shown growth and profit, it's faced persistent criticism over the reliability and security of its touch-screen voting machines. About 150,000 of its touch-screen or optical scan systems were used in 34 states in last November's election. 4:48:03 PM

Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting?  ICA writes "It appears after years of criticism, Diebold may be ready to withdraw from electronic voting entirely. The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image." [Slashdot] 4:44:56 PM

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