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Predictions for 2014 and the December 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the Link Removed. We answered 17 questions in total, with the majority of questions focusing on the Graphics Component bulletin (MS13-096), Security Advisory 2915720 and Security Advisory 2905247. We also wanted to note a new blog on the Microsoft Security Blog site on...- News
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Amazon
I don't know what is going on, because I just received the speakers that I ordered from Amazon, and they are DOA. The fact that they are DOA is not what throws me, but the fact that when I selected the return button or that order, I was taken to a page that said: and there it dead ends. I...- seekermeister
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Windows 8 Microsoft Tells EU that Windows 8 will Comply with Antitrust Requirements
By Paul Thurrott The European Union’s top antitrust official said over the weekend that he has confirmed with Microsoft that the software giant will change Windows 8 to comply with any EU antitrust requirements. The comments, allegedly made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, refer to a new...- News
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Banned members
I recently received a long letter from the administrators explaining why they had banned a member from the forums. I agree with the reasons for banning him, as the forums should not be used for political reasons. On the other hand, the administrators did display a biased and one sided opinion...- Howard Walker
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Wiltshire Council on its Windows 7 roll-out
Case study Amalgamation of four separate authorities, 270 offices that needed to be reduced into four hubs and 70 outlying offices, and many constraints including a host of governmental regulations, were among the challenges facing Wiltshire Council as it planned to roll out Microsoft Windows 7...- News
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Rules and Regulations
I can't seem to find a list of the rules and regulations for this forum. Could someone point me in the right direction please? Thank You- alfred01
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Yahoo vs Alibaba
Relations between Yahoo! and Alibaba have been rocky for some time but Bartz gave Alibaba's Ma a vote of confidence in September saying Yahoo! is "very supportive of the operational direction Jack Ma and his team are taking the group." Link Removed due to 404 Error Yahoo! shares extended...- cybercore
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Japanese Plant Starts Installation of Filters
TOKYO—A project to install air filters to reduce airborne radiation at the No. 1 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex began Monday, in a move aimed at allowing workers to enter the building for the first time since the start of the crisis to make needed repairs...- cybercore
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China bans time travel on TV and at the cinema
Broadcasters and programme makers will have to tread carefully after the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (Sarft) issued a warning about the way shows were treating the past. 'Many stories are totally made up and are made to strain for an effect of novelty. The producers...- cybercore
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India catches 57 pilots over alcohol limit, only grounds 11
India's airline authorities caught 57 pilots over the alcohol limit about to take to the cabin of passenger-carrying jets over the past two years, but most were cleared to fly again, media said on Friday. Only 11 of the pilots found to be under the influence of alcohol in random pre-flight...- cybercore
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Ukrainian town puts its children under curfew
The town fathers in a locality near Ukraine's port city of Odessa have imposed a night curfew on children under 16 to keep them out of trouble. The municipal council in Izmail -- citing rising crime, heavy drinking and tobacco addiction among its children -- said it wanted them at home and...- cybercore
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Police Discover $1 Million Worth of Drugs in Toronto Pizza Parlor
Note to drug dealers: If you're masking illegal operations behind a pizza parlor, make sure customers actually leave the premises with food. In Toronto last week, police shuttered a downtown pizza restaurant after they found more than $1 million of marijuana and other drugs on site...- cybercore
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Law to protect German kids' right to noise
Children of Germany take heart — it may soon be perfectly legal to make noise. Germany is so desperate to encourage people to have more children that the government is proposing a bill allowing citizens under six to laugh, shout and play at any volume. Germany is a land of many rules...- cybercore
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Horse semen shots on Wildfoods menu
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival Ram's testicles are so passe - this year extreme foodies wanting a real taste test will be lining up for a shot of stallion semen. Horse semen shots, to be followed with a swig of energy drink, are the new kids on the kitchen block at the famed Hokitika...- cybercore
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CANHR: Stop Nursing Home Drugging
This was sent to me by one of our moderators Celestra, who has been on the site for some time. CANHR is the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. CANHR, as an advocacy organization, and like many other sociological studies and investigations of nursing homes in the US, have found that...- Mike
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Do you support Net Neutrality? Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom?
Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom? Campaign For Liberty; Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom? (Please note that this is a political OP-ED, so it is going to be very one sided on the subject, but an interesting observation and discussion none-the-less) Net Neutrality is a proposal...- Mike
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Group Calls For Anti Trust Probe Into Google Search, Ad Practices
April 21, 2010 More Woes For Google !!- Celestra
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The Internet is a basic human right
The Internet is a basic human right Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Monday, 08 March 2010 11:18 Most of the world believes More than 80 per cent of the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right...- kemical
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Windows 7 Browser Choice Screen update for Europeans users only
Browser Choice Screen update for Europeans users only: Link Removed i don't understand why the EU is making microsoft do this. hopefully it doesn't happen in the usa. anyway somebody has already started a petition to microsoft to not do it: http://www.petitiononline.com/t647lf75/petition.html- rickcrawley
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Microsoft plans to give users choice of Web browser with Windows 7 (Las Cruces Sun-Ne
BRUSSELS  Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday. Link Removed - Invalid URL- News
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