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Infopackets Email Newsletter: Friday, Jan 08, 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the next edition of the Infopackets Newsletter, featuring: MS Windows and technology news, software reviews, tech tips, weekly desktop games, plus 2 freeware goodies daily -- now that's a mouthful! ;-) To ensure future delivery of this email newsletter to your inbox, please take a moment and add newslet...@mailer.infopackets.com to your address book. Details: http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Capture + Share PC images with Snagit! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capture any size image your PC can handle in a snap! With Snagit, you can: --> Capture and Share -- it's fast and easy. --> Capture any image size, or even a scrolling page! --> Grab exactly what you want, when you want it, every time. 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If you missed an email newsletter or two, use method #1 above ;-) Click to visit main page now: http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-03 (main page) ... or continue reading below! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > In This Issue: At a Glance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Today's Headlines --> Confirmed: Microsoft Natal to be released Holiday 2010 --> Microsoft Launches Windows 7 Tablet PC at CES --> Thousands Arrested as China Cracks Down on 'Nasty' Sites --> On this Day in History: for Friday, Jan 08, 2010 --> Windows Game of the Week: Chuzzle Deluxe --> Freeware Picks of the Day: 'Jumplist Launcher', and 'The Mammoth Dedicated Server Guide' >>> Incase You Missed It -- Yesterday's Top Stories --> Microsoft Slashes Price of Windows 7 Professional --> Newspaper Group Creates E-Paper Kindle Rival, Largest Yet >>> Further Down ... --> More Detail: Today's News + Synopsis and Link --> Recommended Software: Please Support Our Site >>> At the Very Bottom: Subscription Management --> Link to: Archive Pages --> Link to: Remove / Unsubscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Today's Headlines: With Synopsis (plus link to story) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Confirmed: Microsoft Natal to be released Holiday 2010 Thanks to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Wednesday night and a video interview with Entertainment & Devices President Robbie Bach, we now know more than ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-04 >>> Microsoft Launches Windows 7 Tablet PC at CES Apple's much-hyped tablet computer could be on sale within a few months. But now Microsoft has responded by promoting its own tablet PC in partnership with HP. The Windows 7 Tablet: by HP Microsoft ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-05 >>> Thousands Arrested as China Cracks Down on 'Nasty' Sites Here's a New Year's resolution for designers, writers, and generally anyone associated with skin-trade sites in China: get the heck out of your country. According to a recent report, over five ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-06 >>> Microsoft Slashes Price of Windows 7 Professional (20100107) Microsoft is offering a whopping 50 per cent discount on the Professional edition of Windows 7. It's an attempt to gain ground among smaller businesses, some of whom need more features than the home ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-07 >>> Newspaper Group Creates E-Paper Kindle Rival, Largest Yet (20100107) A major publisher is to launch the largest electronic reading device on the market. Hearst's touchscreen "Skiff Reader" is 11.5 inches in diameter and uses a unique flexible design. The firm, founded ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-08 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > On This Day in History: Friday, Jan 08, 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On this Day in History -- January 08 Famous people born on this day: --> 1786, Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd Bank of US first effective central bank. --> 1862, Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher & founder of Doubleday & Co. --> 1868, Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity. --> 1926, Soupy Sales, comedian. --> 1935, Elvis Presley, singer, king (Still alive?) --> 1947, David Bowie, singer. Events on this day in history: --> 1815, Battle of New Orleans, made a hero out of Andrew Jackson (the War of 1812 had ended on 12/24/1814, but nobody knew that). --> 1865, Sen. Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make the Marigold the national flower. It doesn't pass. --> 1880, The passing of Norton I, Emperor of the US, Protector of Mexico. --> 1932, Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Windows Game of the Week: Chuzzle Deluxe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet the Chuzzles - the adorable stars of this slide and match puzzle experience! They are googly-eyed balls of fur that giggle, squeak, and sneeze as you slide columns and rows to set off combos and chain reactions of ridiculous intensity. Free them by forming groups of three, but watch out for dangerous puzzle locks! Explore 4 different game modes as you earn trophies, unlock secret games and more! Once you start popping Chuzzles you might not be able to stop! Key Features Chuzzles Galore! Hilarious Animations And Vocals Earn Trophies To Make Your Mark Funky Soundtrack With ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before you Take the Windows 7 Plunge ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Know this: 1. If you're moving from Windows XP to Windows 7, you will need to do a "Fresh Install" of Windows. This means that all your programs will need to be re-installed and re-configured again, including all your emails, bookmarks, email contacts, programs, etc. 2. Acronis True Image 2010 is a superior backup program that can: a) backup your current Windows installation b) help you extract data from your blackup and re-inject it into Win7 c) allow you to revert back to your previous Windows operating system if you need to, at any time PLUS ... You can use Acronis True Image 2010 to make backups of your current Windows 7 installation after everything is set up. Use this as a "Master Restore" disc if you ever get hit with a virus or spyware. Full details: http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Freeware Picks of the Day: 'Jumplist Launcher', and 'The Mammoth Dedicated Server Guide' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jumplist Launcher The Windows 7 jumplists, which appear when you right-click on an any program pinned to the taskbar, help improve workflow. Unfortunately, if you want to combine multiple programs in one icon, you're toast. Here's where Jumplist Launcher comes to the rescue: it lets you add up to 60 programs or files within self-defined groups inside a jumplist. The Mammoth Dedicated Server Guide In order to give game developers and publishers a starting point, Mammoth ISP has created The Mammoth Dedicated Server Guide. ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscription Management --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To view our archive: http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-12 --- To remove yourself from our mailing list, visit: http://go.infopackets.com/e20100108-13 You are subscribed as: archive@mail-archive.com
