Handhelds & PDAs

E-voting activist Avi Rubin says voting systems around the U.S. have improved since the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, noting that more states are using paper records as a backup to electronic voting systems.

Santa Cruz opts for micro-Fi: the City had hoped to get a full deployment, but has decided to start with a hotzone in their tourist areas, which is far easier to build and quantify the success of.

Boingo releases Mac client for its aggregated service: The free GoBoingo for Mac client works with Leopard, at last. Boingo resells U.S. and worldwide service at $22 and $40 per month, respectively, for unlimited use.

MPs vote against giving themselves an above-inflation pay rise, but to keep their second homes allowance.