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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4440 on: July 10, 2015, 01:15:36 AM »
TISA arriving - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/tisa-yet-another-leaked-treaty-youve-never-heard-makes-secret-rules-internet  Local privacy rules will no longer apply, another American invasion?

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Greece Finances is world news but hardly effects your computer unless you can't buy one or can't get on the internet. :)
The abpve news is more security related than program related. :)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4442 on: July 12, 2015, 08:50:16 PM »
Not software not system related but some good advice...

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4443 on: July 12, 2015, 09:37:10 PM »
Not software not system related but some good advice...
I'm the one who takes care of my children s computers. :)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4444 on: July 13, 2015, 02:19:05 PM »
 
The mail you want, not the spam you don’t.
(I can attest to the fact that I hardly ever receive Spam in my regular Inbox.)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4445 on: July 13, 2015, 03:27:41 PM »

Wappalyzer is a browser extension that uncovers the technologies used on websites.
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4447 on: July 17, 2015, 04:58:17 PM »
Some new options in Google Drive File Sharing:

If you select Advanced, you'll see two new options:
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4449 on: July 28, 2015, 09:57:46 PM »
JRT by Thisisu which was purchased by Malwarebytes is now being released under their mark  http://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/jrt

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4450 on: July 30, 2015, 11:40:29 AM »
@bob3160

Concerning XP-Update-Extender

Yesterday (returned to Hamburg for a few hours) got another 7 Updates (besides KB890830) with it, everything installed without any issue.
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4451 on: July 30, 2015, 06:25:33 PM »
Good to know. It's still not as good as having a modern OS but at least you're receiving updates.
It's a program used by a lot of people that want to continue to use XP. :)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4452 on: July 30, 2015, 06:29:37 PM »
Good to know. It's still not as good as having a modern OS but at least you're receiving updates.
It's a program used by a lot of people that want to continue to use XP. :)

This is the reason for me to continue my posting about 'XP-Update-Extender'

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4454 on: July 31, 2015, 02:26:12 PM »
Mozilla CEO Slams Microsoft for Reverting Back to Shady Browser Wars Tactics

  http://news.softpedia.com/news/mozilla-ceo-slams-microsoft-for-reverting-back-to-shady-browser-wars-tacticts-488170.shtml
Not really "news". Those tactics and misrepresentations have been going on since the old Internet Explorer and Netscape wars. :)
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