November 5, 2010

While Republicans and Democrats congratulate the winners and console the losers after Tuesday’s mid-term elections, a number of Congressional races won’t be decided for days or even weeks. About a dozen House and Senate races are awaiting final vote counts and possible recounts, including the Senate election in Alaska where 40% of ballots were write-in votes and the final tally may not be complete until mid-month. Source Link


Parents who choose not to vaccinate their children aren’t necessarily the ignorant lower classes. In fact, an annual study of health care quality says it’s parents with more education and relatively high incomes who are skipping vaccines because of fears about their safety, while low-income families take advantage of free or low-cost health care to have their children immunized. Source Link


iPhone users who are tired of missing out on seeing all those Flash videos on web sites are rejoicing over a new offering in the App Store. The Skyfire browser uses its own servers to convert Flash videos on the fly into an iPhone-compatible format. It’s so popular the company had to temporarily suspend sales of the application just hours after it launched because a lack of capacity for users. Source Link