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Google has admitted that they have also passed on European user data to United States intelligence agencies, much in the same way that Microsoft's UK managing director, Gordon Frazer said that they have been compelled to do, when the US government requests it, no matter where the data is hosted around the world. According to Softpedia , Google said that they have been compelled to comply with requests from US intelligence agencies to reveal data stored amongst its European data centers, a move which could well be a violation of European Union data protection laws. Softpedia stated that the main problem lies with the USA PATRIOT ACT, which tells companies that are incorporated in the United States that they have to hand over data which has been administered by their foreign subsidiaries if they are requested to do so.
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Cleanup Winsxs after Windows 7 SP1 install « Alan's sysadmin Blog
Posted by Alan McBurney on March 16, 2011 I recently noticed that the free space on the 60GB OS partiton on my laptop was running very low on space. Some of this was due to old offline files which I managed to cleanup fine.Up until recently, VirtualBox had a pretty major limitation: There was no way to use Windows Aero effects when running Windows Vista or Windows 7 inside VirtualBox. If you are testing software, this makes a big difference: You are not getting the Aero experience most Windows users would get, and your screenshots look wrong. Fortunately, with the advent of VirtualBox 4.1, this can be fixed.
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Security Apr 22, 12:25 PM Norton Secured Seal will replace the Verisign logo to reassure consumers online that a site has been checked out for malware and security issues. Tech Industry Apr 22, 11:48 AM Analysis: Ellison's recent admission that he'd considered the buy raises visions of an Oracle-owned RIM that looks a lot different than today's firm with its reputation mired, senior execs bailing, and a litany of other problems. Security Apr 22, 9:52 AM Analysis: Google is being fined for "harvesting" wireless data while it collected images for Street View, and in fact the company did nothing wrong.
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once again, aside from an annoying glitch that has not repeated itself, I have not seen ANY difference at all. Which makes me believe that FF is NOT being made for the average user, but more for the "specialized" user.
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So sad. We all hoped he would beat his illness, but alas. Steve made an impact on so many, and for that we are thankful. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
5 Things Lion Brings to Your Mac | PCWorld
by Serenity Caldwell , Macworld.com Jun 16, 2011 4:10 pm No, there may not be any sweeping sunrises or Elton John songs to show us the way, but nevertheless: Lion is coming. To prepare us for the changes ahead, Apple has posted a big summary on its website listing all of the more than 250 new features present in this version of OS X—but let’s be reasonable: As excited as you might be, you don’t have time to read up on every single one.