17th May 2008 Archive
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Can't decide how to vote? Publicwhip.org will tell you
Machines show you how to vote - you know how this ends
As New Labour prepares itself for electoral meltdown in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, here's a site that might, as Peter Snow would have put it, be "just a bit of fun". For all serious observers of the body politic, the main "Public Whip" site performs a useful service. It documents how individual MPs vote, together with …
Government 17 May 2008, 08:02
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Legal experts wary of MySpace hacking charges
'We are all felons if this flies'
On October 16, 2006, 13-year-old Megan Meier fled from her family's computer, distraught over the cutting comments of her supposed "friends" on MySpace. Twenty minutes later, the troubled teen was dead; she had hung herself in her closet. The story, widely reported, garnered the girl's family widespread sympathy on the …
Law 17 May 2008, 18:30
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PayPal meltdown wreaks havoc on some ecommerce websites
'Bring me the head of the IPN admins!'
A glitch in PayPal's payment verification system is wreaking havoc on some ecommerce sites that depend on the service. For more than 48 hours, the bug in PayPal's instant payment notification has made it impossible for them to process orders, owners of these businesses complain. Making matters worse, the glitch causes credit …
Small Biz 17 May 2008, 18:35
