Friday, March 22, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its shams, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Hotmail phase-out
Q: What happens if my Microsoft ID/Windows Live ID is tied to Hotmail? Do I have to get a new one and change my accounts?
A: No. If you use an @hotmail.com, @msn.com or @live.com e-mail address as your Microsoft account, you can keep it, even after Hotmail is shuttered. "Think of this the same way as you would changing your mobile phone carrier. You are simply moving to a better service, but your 'number' (in this case your Microsoft account and email address) stays the same," a Microsoft spokesperson explained.
http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-hotmail-phase-out-whats-a-user-to-do-7000011688/?s_cid=e539
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Q & A
Bill Gates at “Ask Me Anything” (AMA):
Q: What do people give you for your birthday, given that you can buy anything you want?
Gates: Free software. Just kidding. Books actually.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
You just never know!
How are your actions seen by others? You're continuously paying it forward and aren't even aware of it!
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Twelve Benefits of Music Education
GiveMusicLife: http://t.co/gwOfQEtF
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Recall notice
Check your GE Profile front load washing machine. Recall. Baskets can separate, break top panel.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Adobe hacked
The eyebrow-raising hack effectively gave the attackers the ability to create malware masquerading as legitimate Adobe software and signals a raising of the stakes in the world of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs).
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
How to delete offensive comments on your YouTube content
This isn't a Windows issue, per se, but it's something that may happen to you as you participate in the digital world via your Windows PC. YouTube provides a great way to share your videos with the world but sometimes the world can be a pretty obnoxious place. Most of the comments I've gotten on the videos I share there were friendly or at least neutral, but occasionally someone will post something that goes beyond disagreeable. If someone decides to spew obscenities in the comments section of one of your posts, you probably don't want those comments to be there when your mom, kids or boss drop in to check out your movie. Dave Taylor shows you how to remove offensive YouTube comments in a recent installment of his blog.
The link I here:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-hidden-aero-lite-theme-windows-8-aero-lite-tweaker
Thanks to WinNews for this one!
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Monday, September 17, 2012
"Father of the Blues"
18 years ago today, they put #Blues #Music great Robert Johnson on a stamp... but not without controversy! http://t.co/S1Qra2jo
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
Guitar lessons!
A nice collection of YouTube video lessons which ProFuzz has mined mined. The wheat has definitely been separated from the chaff here!
http://www.profuzz.com/buzz-time/top-30-youtube-guitar-lessons-channels/
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
It doesn't look like much, does it? Just a boring collection of dots and smudges like the ones you've seen in every science book you've ever picked up. But there's a reason why this one is special, and if you don't have a bandwidth cap with your Internet provider, it would help you understand the magnitude and importance if you got the original 110 MB file.
See, back in 2004, scientists decided to point Hubble at a patch of sky that was pure black. No stars. No galaxies. Just black. They left the lens open for a little over 11 days to capture as much light as possible, because the more light a telescope captures, the clearer the image is. What we got was that image above ... only 6,200 pixels wide and just as tall. In other words ...
All of that, extracted from a pinpoint patch of empty, black sky. Every dot in that photo is a galaxy. Ten thousand of them. Every one of them previously unknown to us.
Read more: 11 Deep Space Photos You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/blog/11-deep-space-photos-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped_p2/#ixzz26NB5HTZK
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
WARNING: iTunes phishing emails
-----Original Message-----
From: iTunesStoreSupport@apple.com [mailto:iTunesStoreSupport@apple.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:31 AM
To:
Subject: Re: EL : (en_US) Account Management; Follow-up: 222697715
Dear _,
Welcome to iTunes Store Customer Support. This is Manoj and I am happy to help you today.
I understand you're concerned about an email you received that looked like it might be an iTunes Store receipt. I am sure you are anxious at this time and I would be happy to share information with you.
_, a number of customers have recently reported they received a similar email. I've looked into this for you and found that neither the email nor its sender are affiliated with Apple. The email appears to be a phishing attempt, designed to trick users into visiting a website. Fortunately, the purchase indicated in the email is not a real charge. I've checked your account to be certain.
If you still have the email, please forward it to reportphishing@apple.com so that Apple can investigate further.
If the email contains links or attachments, please don't open them. Since this particular email targets Windows customers, we recommend that any customer using Windows who received this email use anti-virus and anti-malware software to help ensure that their computers are not affected.
For future reference, the following articles contain helpful information:
Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4933
Identifying legitimate emails from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2075
_, I also recommend following the suggestions in this article, if you haven't already:
Apple ID: Tips for protecting the security of your account
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4232
If you're not sure how to review your iTunes Store account's purchase history, just follow the steps in this article:
iTunes Store & Mac App Store: Seeing your purchase history and order numbers
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2727
I hope you find this information helpful. If you have any further questions, please feel free to let me know.
I hope that the above provided information would be helpful for you. If you have any other questions for me, please reply back to this email.
Have a nice day!
Sincerely,
Manoj
iTunes Store Customer Support
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/
I work Sunday to Thursday, 07:00 AM to 04:00 PM CST.
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to assist you.
First Name :
Last Name :
Email :
Apple ID (Optional) :
Lang_Country : en_US
Product : iTunes Store
Support Subject : Account Management
Sub Issue : iTunes Store account security GCRM Case ID : 340081039 See additional info below Please tell us more about the issue: Email received Choose the iTunes Store or App Store for your country: United States
Details:
I received the email below regarding a purchase that I don't know about and did not make. Is it valid or bogus?:
From:iTunes <itunes@new.itunes.com>
Order Number: M1V27518911
Receipt Date: 8/15/2012
Order Total: $699.99
Billed To: Credit card
Item Number Description Unit Price
1 Postcard (View\Download )
Cancel order Not your order?Report a Problem
$699.99
Subtotal: $699.99
Tax: $0.00
Order Total: $699.99
Please retain for your records.
Please See Below For Terms And Conditions Pertaining To This Order.
Apple Inc.
You can find the iTunes Store Terms of Sale and Sales Policies by launching your iTunes application and clicking on Terms of Sale or Sales Policies
FBI ANTI-PIRACY WARNING
UNAUTHORIZED COPYING IS PUNISHABLE UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the iTunes Store can be found at http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/
Apple ID Summary • Detailed invoice
Apple respects your privacy.
Copyright © 2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Government at work
Oh, great!
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent tax returns for 2011, Treasury Department investigators said Thursday. They estimate another $21 billion could make its way to ID thieves’ pockets over the next five years. The IRS is detecting far fewer fraudulent tax refund claims than actually occur, according to a government audit that warned the widespread problem could undermine public trust in the U.S. tax system. Although the IRS detected about 940,000 fraudulent returns for last year claiming $6.5 billion in refunds, there were potentially another 1.5 million undetected cases of thieves seeking refunds after assuming the identity of a dead person, child or someone else who normally wouldn’t file a tax return. In one example, investigators found a single address in Lansing, Mich., that was used to file 2,137 separate tax returns. The IRS issued more than $3.3 million in refunds to that address. Three addresses in Florida, the epicenter of the identity theft crisis, filed more than 500 returns totaling more than $1 million in refunds for each address. In another troubling scenario, hundreds of refunds were deposited into the same bank account — a red flag for investigators searching for ID thieves who may be filing for refunds for multiple people. In one instance, the IRS deposited 590 refunds totaling more than $900,000 into one account. “We found multiple reasons for the IRS’s inability to detect billions of dollars in fraud,” said J. Russell George,the Treasury Department’sinspector general for tax administration. “At a time when every dollar counts, these results are extremely troubling.” Topping the list of concerns is the IRS’s lack of timely access to third-party information it needs to verify returns and root out fraud. Many Americans are struggling to pay their bills and the IRS takes pride in processing returns and issuing refunds promptly. But taxpayers can start filing their returns in mid-January, while employers and financial institutions don’t have to submit withholding and income documents for taxpayers to the IRS until the end of March. That means the IRS often issues refunds long before it can confirm the veracity of what’s listed on taxpayer returns. Thieves are also exploiting vulnerabilities in the way the IRS delivers refunds, investigators found. Of the 1.5 million undetected cases of potential fraud, 1.2 million used direct deposits, including preloaded debit cards. Thieves often prefer those methods to a paper check, which require a physical address to receive the check and photo ID matching the taxpayer’s name to cash it.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Oh, great! Just what we need... :(
A new cross-platform Trojan downloader has been discovered. It detects if you're running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux, and then downloads the corresponding malware for your platform.
http://www.zdnet.com/cross-platform-trojan-checks-your-os-attacks-windows-mac-linux-7000000656/
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Your internet connection may go down Monday
To check whether a computer is infected, users can visit this website ( or click the link below) run by the group brought in by the FBI.
The site includes links to respected commercial sites that will run a quick check on the computer, and it also lays out detailed instructions if users want to actually check the computer themselves.
The testing site: http://www.dcwg.org/
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