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Mozilla is planning to end full support for Adobe's Flash software in its Firefox browser from next month. In August, it will block the Flash-powered parts of webpages that were "not essential to the user experience". The browser developer said its action would mean webpages loaded more quickly and made crashes less likely. In 2017, it said it planned to introduce a system that would mean users must click to activate Flash no matter where it was used on a webpage. In a blogpost, Firefox developer Benjamin Smedberg said its first step would tackle the Flash-based parts of a webpage that users did not see. This includes files used to help with tracking and following which websites users visit, to aid advertising. Many of these hidden functions can now be done using HTML - the language of the web - said Mr Smedberg. More secure This list of blocked files would gradually be expanded to those Flash files used by advertisers to see if their ads were being watched, he said. Tackling these hidden and ad-related files should cut crashes and page "hangs" by up to 10%, he added. Statistics gathered by Mozilla showed a steep fall in the number of times webpages crashed when Google and Facebook stopped using Flash for video and replaced it with HTML-based code. He said the change would also make the Firefox browser more secure and could mean longer battery life on some portable devices. In 2017, users will have to click to activate Flash for any webpage content. Mr Smedberg urged sites that rely on it to show video or games to adopt HTML-based alternatives as soon as possible. Mozilla's decision follows similar action by Google, Microsoft and Apple to phase out support for Flash. Source: bbc

Old Professional Photographs of USA Cities These are photos taken by professional photographers. Notice how sharp and clear most of the photos are and these are 100 years old. There aren't many old photos this good, remember they didn't have film or digital photo cards in those days. Most probable is that these were glass plate images that were taken thru a “pin hole” type camera and the opening was timed just right to get a good exposure. Developing was another tedious task during which they had to be careful not to break the glass plates!

Microsoft last week continued its campaign to quash software pirates when it filed the fifth lawsuit in as many months accusing unidentified individuals with illegally activating more than 1,000 copies of Windows, including the newest Windows 10, and Office. The suit was filed in a Seattle court last Thursday. It was almost identical to others submitted since February, when Microsoft started a string of cases targeting numerous "John Does." Defendants have activated and attempted to active [sic] copies of Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Office 2013, Office 2010, and Windows Server 2008," Microsoft charged. As with the previous four John Doe cases of 2016, Microsoft asserted that it tracked the allegedly illegal activations to the IP address, and that the number and pattern of those activations "make it more likely than not" that they were using stolen product keys or abusing legitimate keys. The 25-character alphanumeric key codes are a core component of Microsoft's anti-piracy technology. Although the software can be copied an unlimited number of times, the keys individually lock a license to a device. Minus a legitimate key and thus activation, Microsoft's software retreats to a hobbled or even crippled mode. In a related filing for the same case, Microsoft requested that the latest be assigned to the same federal judge who is overseeing the four others initiated this year because they "are substantially related." Altogether, Microsoft has filed 13 anti-piracy lawsuits since November 2014 with the Seattle court. Microsoft has been given permission in two of the 2016 cases -- both filed in early June -- to serve subpoenas to internet service providers (ISPs) Comcast and EarthLink. Those subpoenas have demanded that the ISPs identify the alleged software pirates who have been assigned the IP addresses Microsoft had fingered. "Microsoft’s cyberforensics have identified over one thousand activations of Microsoft software originating from IP address 69.92.99.109 ('the IP Address'), which is presently assigned to Cable One, Inc.," Microsoft's complaint read. Source: computerworld

404 - Webpage not found. I wanted to find the list of resources the FBI provide for reporting a data breach. So, naturally, I used a search engine. "FBI cybercrime", I googled. Watch my to see what happened next. Of course, it's unlikely that hackers have caused the FBI's main cybercrime page to disappear. It's much more likely that someone on the FBI web team has screwed up, and not put a redirect in place. It is embarrassing though, and hardly helpful for people - like me! - who were trying to legitimately find information on the FBI's website. Source: graham cluley

Is there a company whose name is more synonymous with the Internet than Google? The company’s name has actually become a verb in most people’s vocabulary. Need to find something online? You don’t search for it; you Google it. You probably use Google all the time, but how much do you know about the history of it? Check out the infographic below for 55 facts about the search engine king that you probably didn’t know. It’s quite interesting. Share Tweet Pin Text Stumble Bookmark Mail Source: makeuseof

The MacKeeper utility suite, which claims to help Mac users stop security threats, find duplicate files, and help you uninstall unwanted apps, doesn't have the best reputation. One reason is that many users in the past encountered it after being hit by over-aggressive "scare ads" that appeared designed to frighten consumers into installing the product. Invariably, MacKeeper's developers have pointed the finger of blame for the underhand tactics at affiliates. Claims have also been made that MacKeeper was turning a blind eye to what was happening in the product's name. Last year, ZeoBIT - the creators of MacKeeper who sold the software to Kromtech in April 2013 - responded to a class action law-suit that claimed MacKeeper had been deceptively advertised and false claims about what it could fix by putting $2 million into a settlement fund. The problem is this. You can settle the matter in the courts, but it doesn't necessarily rebuild a broken brand. There are still plenty of folks who have a bad taste in their mouth when they hear the name "MacKeeper" - and not just because the company carelessly left millions of Mac users' details exposed on the net. I suspect 14-year-old Luqman Wadood might be one of those who isn't a fan of MacKeeper. As Apple Insider reports, MacKeeper has made legal threats against the teenage video maker unless he removes his critical videos from YouTube: Infamous software developer MacKeeper has demanded that four videos critical of its maligned tune-up utility suite be removed from the internet, threatening the teenager behind the videos with $60,000 in court costs and legal fees. Luqman Wadood, the creator of the video series, made a set of five videos, which he calls the "MacKeeper Sucks" and "MacKeeper is a scam" series. Since MacKeeper owner Kromtech's legal threat, four videos in the set have been made private, with one video, called remaining viewable. Here is a copy of the email that was sent to Luqman Wadood from Kromtech's legal department: And Wadood's response, which is - predictably - posted on his YouTube channel: Source: graham cluley

I love the animal videos.

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With everything that is going around about Pokémon Go lately, I've been expecting something like this.

1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she'd done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Grandma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!" I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye. 2. My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 80. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?" 3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?" 4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like. "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!" 5. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?'' "You're both old," he replied. 6. A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it about?" he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read." 7. I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these colors yourself!" 8. When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use Grandpa. Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights." 9. When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure." "Look in your underwear, Grandpa," he advised "Mine says I'm 4 to 6." 10. A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting." she said... "How do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'." 11. Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant." The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked. "Sure," said the young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a child." 12. A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog's duties. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one child. "No," said another. "He's just for good luck.." A third child brought the argument to a close."They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants." 13. A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. "Oh," he said, "she lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then, when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport." 14. Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don't get to see him enough to get as smart as him! 15. My Grandparents are funny, when they bend over, you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog.

For months Microsoft has been describing Windows 10 “as a service” and now we know why. Microsoft is going to introduce a monthly subscription fee for Windows 10 usage… That cost will be $7 per user per month but the good news is it only applies to enterprises, for now. The new pricing tier will be called “Windows 10 Enterprise E3” and it means Windows has finally joined Office 365 and Azure as a subscription service. Of course the big question is now: How does this new subscription pricing affect the millions of consumers who upgraded to Windows 10 on the promise of it being free? Windows 10 free upgrades are coming to an end. Image credit: Microsoft The good news is Microsoft has gone on record to say it is not being passed down to consumers at this stage: “This new subscription model is not associated with our current upgrade offering or applicable to the Windows 10 consumer edition,” a Microsoft spokesperson told PC World. Could Microsoft eventually introduce Windows 10 monthly subscriptions for consumers? Without doubt, but I would be highly skeptical they would apply to anyone who has already upgraded. That said there is likely to be a threshold in future where Microsoft will draw a line in the sand for the ongoing addition of new features without a fee. Source: forbes

Back in April 2015, Microsoft made the bold claim that its new operating system, Windows 10, would be running on 1 billion devices by 2018. Today, the company is revising the timeline. In a statement obtained by ZDNet, Windows marketed head Yusef Medhi says the poor performance of its mobile division means it won't likely hit its original milestone within three years after release. "Windows 10 is off to the hottest start in history with over 350 million monthly active devices, with record customer satisfaction and engagement," he said. "We're pleased with our progress to date, but due to the focusing of our phone hardware business, it will take longer than FY18 for us to reach our goal of 1 billion monthly active devices. In the year ahead, we are excited about usage growth coming from commercial deployments and new devices - and increasing customer delight with Windows." Starting July 30th, 2016, the company will no longer give out the upgrade for free and instead will start charging $119. So the upgrade rate is expected to slow further. "It will take longer than FY18 for us to reach our goal of 1 billion monthly active devices." The 1 billion figure wasn't always an impossibility. Had Microsoft continued to sell around 50 million Windows Phone devices following the launch of Windows 10, it would have likely achieved its install base goal within the intended time frame, explains ZDNet. However, the writing was on the wall starting as early as January of this year, when Microsoft's quarterly earnings announcement spelled the death of Windows Phone, which saw a 57 percent year-over-year sales drop for the period. Since then, Microsoft has been careful not to completely bury its phone platform, but it's clearly said the focus is aligning elsewhere. "We're fully committed to that 4-inch screen, there will be a time for it to be our focus, but right now it's part of the family but it's not the core of where I hope to generate developer interest over the next year," Windows chief Terry Myerson told The Verge In April. "There's no lack of recognition to realize how important that form factor is, but for Microsoft with Windows and for our platform it's the wrong place for us to lead." A month after Myerson's comments, Gartner's smartphone sales report indicated Windows Phone had dipped below 1 percent market share for the first time. It's unlikely the mobile OS will bounce back, at least not until Microsoft dedicates more resources to it. That's not to say Microsoft's lack of mobile ambition is a huge drag on Windows 10. The OS is growing steadily, and Microsoft very well may hit its 1 billion milestone some time in the next three to four years. It just may take a little longer than the company anticipated. Source: theverge

You are exactly right, Bill. They certainly do. :thumbsup:

I hate to disagree, it is not just branded but it is real Gorilla glue, it's their version of super glue, gorilla style. It can be found on the same page as the link that you gave. (Under Products) This image came directly from your link. Gorilla Glue

Microsoft Edge, the Windows 10-only successor to web browser Internet Explorer, has already shared test results showing it to be a more power-efficient browser than its competitors. Now, say Jerry Smith, Jatinder Mann and John Simmons, the browser is also better at processing video than other Web browsers. How? According to the Microsoft Edge team: It does this by offloading CPU intensive video processing operations to power efficient peripheral hardware found in modern PCs and mobile devices. This starts with the use of Microsoft DirectX video acceleration (DXVA) to offload decoding of compressed video. For rendering, Microsoft Edge also works with Multiplane overlay display hardware and sophisticated graphics and UI compositing features to offload video rendering operations. This significantly reduces memory bandwidth required for video processing and compositing at the display. In other words, Edge works with a smaller energy footprint and more efficient video processing by offloading some of its work to other processes that are already running. Source: winsupersite

I have never had to activate gorilla glue with water. It may be a different type than what I use. Here is the kind that I always have on hand. I turned the package over so that you can see the instructions.

That's good but you'll probably still run into the problem that Bill suggested, too much counter-weight on that blade.

I've found that Gorilla glue works the best but I don't know if it's available in Australia. Gorilla Glue