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Hurricane Sandy Proved How Hard It Is to Break the Internet

The crash of networks in New York proved how resilient the Internet is, and how smart the engineers who keep it running are.

Arik Hesseldahl in News
November 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm PT

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Despite Lawsuit and Numerous Glitches, New Jersey Voted, but It Wasn’t Pretty

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 7 at 2:40 pm PT

Judged by the voters to have been a big mess, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he’s satisfied with how the state’s impromptu experiment e-voting went.

Appcelerator Acquires Nodeable, Boosts Mobile Big Data

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 7 at 10:52 am PT

Using big data to build better mobile apps.

New Jersey Gives Its E-Voters — and Voting Officials — More Time

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 6 at 1:24 pm PT

Now e-voting won’t officially end in New Jersey until Friday. Can someone say polling place?

Yep, There Have Been Problems With Email Voting in New Jersey

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 6 at 11:23 am PT

The day is still young. Expect a long night in America’s 11th most populous state.

Will Apple Switch the Mac to ARM? Why the Rumors Do — And Don’t — Ring True.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 6 at 5:06 am PT

It could be done. Apple would first have to design chips that are substantially better than what it’s getting from Intel. No small task, that.

After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 5 at 3:59 pm PT

Technical issues aside, voting is by and large conducted on the honor system. Who says it can’t work via email and fax?

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You Won’t Believe These Before-and-After Images of Sandy’s Damage

Arik Hesseldahl in General on November 5 at 9:03 am PT

And more are coming this week.

Tuesday Is Election Night, Be Careful What You Tweet

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 4 at 5:08 pm PT

No one wants the comment “Fake!” in their stream.

Voices

On Google, a Political Mystery That’s All Numbers

Julia Angwin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 4 at 3:16 pm PT

Google’s quest to guess what we want before we want it has produced an unusual side effect: A disparity in the results the company presents about the presidential candidates.

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AT&T’s Wireless Network Is 97 Percent Fixed From Sandy Damage

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 4 at 3:09 pm PT

Work continues to bring wireless networks back to full capacity after the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. AT&T said today that its network has returned to 97 percent of its pre-storm capacity. That includes 90 percent of its cell sites in New York City. Operations in other states affected by the storm have returned to or are near normal levels. The company said it had placed 25 temporary cell sites in the region, including cells on trucks and on light-rail cars to fill in gaps in its network, and deployed 3,000 generators and 70 trucks to keep them topped up on fuel.

Hurricane Sandy Proved How Hard It Is to Break the Internet

Despite Lawsuit and Numerous Glitches, New Jersey Voted, but It Wasn’t Pretty

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New Jersey Gives Its E-Voters — and Voting Officials — More Time

Yep, There Have Been Problems With Email Voting in New Jersey

Will Apple Switch the Mac to ARM? Why the Rumors Do — And Don’t — Ring True.

After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting

You Won’t Believe These Before-and-After Images of Sandy’s Damage

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