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Infopackets Email Newsletter: Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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! ;-) If you enjoy our email newsletter, please forward it to friends and ask them to join. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > In This Issue: At a Glance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Today's Headlines --> Windows 8: How To Use Multiple Monitors --> myIDkey: Voice-Activated Password Protection --> Facebook Sandy Hook Pages Spark Controversy --> On this Day in History: for Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 --> Windows Game of the Week: Otherworld: Omens of Summer Collector's Edition --> Freeware Picks of the Day: 'USB Image Tool 1.6', and 'LazPaint 5.1' >>> PLUS ... Our Top Stories From The Past 4 Days --> Mozilla Firefox: No More Third-Party Cookies --> Microsoft Mac Business Unit Hacked: Report --> High-Tech Tattoos Make Telepathy Possible --> RIAA: Google Guilty of Piracy Apathy --> New Twitter App Lets You Keep Tweeting After Death --> NBC.com Visitors Exposed to Malicious Software --> Google 'Pixel' Laptop Features 'Best' Screen Ever --> Anonymous' Twitter Account Hacked: Report --> Adobe Flaw Could Allow Hackers to Infiltrate a PC --> Windows 8: How to Pin Websites to Your Start Screen >>> At The Very Bottom --> Link to: Archive Pages --> Link to: Remove / Unsubscribe / Change Newsletter Frequency --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Download Free ebook: "Getting Started: Your Guide to Windows 8" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows 8 is available on new computers, laptops and ultrabooks, hybrid tablets and even a new range of Microsoft-branded, iPad-style tablets called Microsoft Surface. Whichever device you end up running Windows 8 on, you'll need to know a few things. First, how are you going to get the data from your current operating system to the new one? Second, you'll probably be wondering where the famous Microsoft desktop has gone. Finally, you might be wondering just what is going on: why did Microsoft discard the Start menu, and why does its replacement look like it was designed for children? Download this ebook: http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-00/73coUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Download FREE ebook: "PC Security Handbook - 2nd Edition" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defensive Computing Techniques to Help You Avoid Malware and Data Loss This handbook is designed to help you find ways to protect your Windows XP/Vista/7 PC and ensure your data is safe. The author gets countless emails from site visitors who ask about the best anti-virus software, firewall program, backup utilities, etc., and there are often questions like this in the forums. He sets up PCs for companies, friends, and family; the advice he gives in this manual is what he uses when building any PC. Download this handbook: http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-01/73coUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Latest Stories Available on Main Page --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our main page is updated daily with the latest stories available. To access those stories, click the main page link below. Otherwise, use the headlines and links further down this page. http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-02/73coUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Today's Headlines (With Synopsis) + Link to Full Story --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Windows 8: How To Use Multiple Monitors Here's an example of a question we've heard several times recently: Dear Infopackets team, I'm thinking of upgrading to Windows 8. The problem is that I've heard using it over multiple monitors can ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-03/73coUS >>> myIDkey: Voice-Activated Password Protection A new Kickstarter project is getting a whole lot of attention from PC security experts. That's because the device attached to the project 'myIDkey' is a USB stick that effectively protects a user's ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-04/73coUS >>> Facebook Sandy Hook Pages Spark Controversy Facebook says it is doing everything possible to deal with offensive pages related to December's Sandy Hook school shooting. Three politicians have complained that the pages are not only abusive, but ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-05/73coUS ... Plus Our Top Stories From The Past 4 Days: >>> Mozilla Firefox: No More Third-Party Cookies (published 20130226) Mozilla says it will take steps to stop advertisers from violating Firefox user privacy. But advertisers have labeled the move an act of war. Mozilla has announced that it will change the Firefox ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-06/73coUS >>> Microsoft Mac Business Unit Hacked: Report (published 20130226) Microsoft has acknowledged that its Mac software business unit was recently infected with malware. However, the company insists that the infection did not result in any customer data being ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-07/73coUS >>> High-Tech Tattoos Make Telepathy Possible (published 20130226) It appears telepathy, or speaking to one another with our minds, could soon become a reality. Possessing the ability to control certain machines via brain activity is not entirely new. In recent ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-08/73coUS >>> RIAA: Google Guilty of Piracy Apathy (published 20130225) The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a trade organization which represents the interests of U.S. recording industry distributors, says that Google isn't doing enough to prevent ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-09/73coUS >>> New Twitter App Lets You Keep Tweeting After Death (published 20130225) Twitter enthusiasts need not worry about what will become of their social network accounts after they have died. A new service promises to continue sending out tweets on behalf of the deceased long ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-10/73coUS >>> NBC.com Visitors Exposed to Malicious Software (published 20130225) According to reports, NBC.com was hacked late last week. The hackers bypassed security and then spread malicious software designed to steal bank account information from site visitors. It wasn't just ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-11/73coUS >>> Google 'Pixel' Laptop Features 'Best' Screen Ever (published 20130222) Google has unveiled a powerful and pricy touchscreen laptop it calls 'Pixel.' The device, which offers shockingly little storage space but access to a 1 terabyte (TB) online storeroom, is being ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-12/73coUS >>> Anonymous' Twitter Account Hacked: Report (published 20130222) It seems like high-profile Twitter accounts have been under siege in recent days. The newest victim: 'hacktivist' group Anonymous. Anonymous has made headlines over the past few years for a series of ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-13/73coUS >>> Adobe Flaw Could Allow Hackers to Infiltrate a PC (published 20130222) Adobe has issued a fix for what it is calling a top-priority security flaw. The bug could allow hackers to seize control of affected machines. The update fixes problems with Adobe Reader, the ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-14/73coUS >>> Windows 8: How to Pin Websites to Your Start Screen (published 20130221) We recently received this question about pinning items to the Windows 8 desktop: Dear Infopackets team, Last week, when complaining about having to sift through an extensive list of my preferred ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-15/73coUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > On This Day in History: Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On this Day in History -- February 27 Famous people born on this day: --> 1902, John Steinbeck --> 1930, Joanne Woodward, actress. --> 1932, Elizabeth Taylor, actress married 8 times. --> 1934, Ralph Nader, ex-Corvair fan --> 1942, Elodie E. Akerman Events on this day in history: --> 1844, Dominican Republic gains its independence. --> 1883, Oscar Hammerstein patents first cigar-rolling machine. And don't forget... --> Independence day in the Dominican Republic. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Windows Game of the Week: Otherworld: Omens of Summer Collector's Edition --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Fiona, a young girl born with magic, as she stops dark creatures in this hidden-object puzzle adventure. There is a magical world hidden beneath our own -- and only you can see it! Can you stop the Shade and his minions from casting our world into darkness? With the help of Ms. Thomas, Fiona's schoolteacher, find magical artifacts that will stop the Shade for good. Solve tricky puzzles and explore fantastic landscapes. Choose your own path and decide which location to visit first. Test your wits in a battle between good and evil in Otherworld: Omens of Summer. Key Features ... http://go.infopackets.com/e20130227-16/73coUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Freeware Picks of the Day: 'USB Image Tool 1.6', and 'LazPaint 5.1' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- USB Image Tool 1.6 This program allows you to quickly and easily back up your USB drives by creating separate images of those drives. USB Image Tool isn't only compatible with USB sticks, however -- it will also work with digital media players, SD cards, smartphones, and even digital cameras. LazPaint 5.1 LazPaint is a unique image editor that gives users access to a number of exciting features, including alpha blending, antialiasing, rotation, filters, and multiple undo. 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