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SOPA and PIPA Postponed Indefinitely

After a massive Internet reaction spearheaded by WikiPedia and Google, legislation known as SOPA and PIPA have been put on the shelves until lawmakers can find a better mousetrap. Here is Senator Harry Reid's press release on the decision to postpone. Senator Reid's Press Release

HDMI® TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS ITS REACH AS THE PREFERRED DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY STANDARD

HDMI Forum to Participate in the Next Generation of the HDMI Specification SUNNYVALE, Calif. January 9, 2012 – HDMI Licensing, LLC and the HDMI Forum, Inc., today announced that over 1,150 licensed HDMI Adopters are expected to ship over 800 million HDMI-compliant products in 2012 according to market research firm In-Stat; an increase of 17% over shipments in the year 2011. This translates into an installed base of over 3.1 billion HDMI products deployed worldwide which represents an increase of 34% over 2011. adding a URL Link

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How to Easily Disable Carrier IQ in Apple IOS 5.0

Two carriers have so far been determined to be using CarrierIQ's data snooping technology, Apple and Sprint. Windows Phone does not use CarrierIQ according to Microsoft's Joe Belifore. Rim also says it doesn't use it. With Apple's IOS 5.0 it is quite simple to disable Carrier IQ according to latest tips on the net. We did it in less than 20 seconds.

Go to Setting_General_About_Diagnostics&Usage. Change Automatically Send to Don't Send! "According to Reuters, U.S. Representative Edward Markey on Friday has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether software maker Carrier IQ violated millions of mobile phone users' privacy rights." Although the sneaky software does send certain data about your usage, its not logging your SMS keystrokes as was earlier reported. At least that's what's being said now. --Howard Sobel, Editor More Tips.

Hardware Review. TP-Link's Wireless Pan/Tilt Surveillance Camera TL-SC4171G

Coming Review Wireless Pan/Tilt Surveillance Camera TL-SC4171G Highlights: •Motorized Pan/Tilt (354°horizontal pan, 125°vertical tilt) dramatically expands the camera's surveillance area •Industrial level mechanical IR-Cut filter Removable (ICR) brings true day/night surveillance •High performance CMOS sensor with excellent low-light sensitivity ensures exceptional video quality •54Mbps wireless connectivity allows for flexible deployment •Free bundled software supports 16-camera simultaneous surveillance More Tips.

Useful NoReplyAll Outlook Add-In Created by Microsoft Research

How many times you have mistakenly replied to all. This tool from Microsoft Research solves that problem if your an Outlook user. According to Microsoft Research site it's a simple tool that helps "by adding a couple of buttons to the Outlook ribbon to prevent people from replying to all the recipients of your message or forwarding it. .

Still using Windows 98 - Get Support Here

Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows 98 and Windows Me. However, you can always find FREE support for these two operating systems in our Computing Support Forums or go directly to our Legacy Support Section.

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Find the latest and greatest independent shareware picks and other popular downloads from Microsoft on Microsoft's Exploring Windows newsletter archive Microsoft/WUGNET Shareware Pick Archive..

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