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You could be right. My husband rarely used to use the Thinkpad (Windows 8) with touch screen that I got for him until his company purchased Windows phones recently for upper management. He (after a bit) began to love his new phone and started to use the thinkpad almost exclusively. Last week he bought himself a Windows RT surface tablet. (Windows 8.1) He normally doesn't do that well with drastic changes. :D The Metro desktop was his biggest issue with Win 8.

It's not bad.....

Microsoft's reboot of its operating system is expected to be released at some point next year. The Microsoft Windows operating system is possibly the most successful piece of software in the history of computing. It is certainly the iconic package on which Microsoft Corporation has built its reputation and status as the worlds biggest producer of computer software. Windows 8 Slated That Microsoft has taken a bit of a battering recently, not least because its most recent iteration of the Windows operating system, Windows 8, could be reasonably described as one of the most disastrous software releases of all time. Battered critically and unsuccessful commercially, Windows 8 has proved to be something of a disaster for Microsoft, given that the controversial alterations that Microsoft to the Windows set-up were extremely poorly received. Additionally, Microsoft’s entire business model is being challenged by the evolution in computing which is currently unfolding. The rise of the cloud promises future in which hardware is considerably less important. And Microsoft’s attempts to become successful within mobile operating systems has been considerably less successful than their attempts to dominate the desktop market. Windows 8 was clearly an attempt to create a unified platform which served all modern competing systems, but ended up being jack of all trades and master of none. Windows 9 To Be Massive Overhaul Thus, at this point in time Microsoft is seeking a panacea for Windows. Although public-relations dictates that the company has not officially ditched Windows 8, Microsoft has recognized that this software is irretrievable. Their solution to the problem would seem to be Windows 9, which is expected to be released at sometime during 2015. The intention of Microsoft to overhaul its flagship operating system is indicated by the recent decision to cease mainstream software support for Windows 7. Given that this predecessor to Windows 8 is considerably more popular than the reviled update, it is clear that Microsoft needs to deliver something that its consumers actually want as a replacement. Start Menu To Return Naturally, Microsoft is keeping pretty quiet about the development of Windows 9. But a few things are known already, and there have been a few features leaks also coming out into the public domain. The first and most notable of these is that Windows 9 will feature a return of the Start menu. This was a frankly staggering omission from Windows 8, which caused Microsoft no end of opprobrium. It really is a no-brainer for them to reinstall this feature within the new Windows operating system. Microsoft has already showed off an early version of this hybrid Start menu at its Build developer conference in April.

Since Google+ launched, many have complained about the service’s requirement that users use their real names. Complaints grew ever louder once Google started pushing users to use Google+ for YouTube comments. Don’t like your legal name? Using another name for safety or personal reasons? Just don’t want the Internet at large knowing your name but still want to amaze the world with your YouTube wit? TOO BAD. If using your real name wasn’t an option, Eric Schmidt reportedly suggested finding another social network. The idea was that people would be less willing to leave awful comments under their real name. Instead, many legit commenters stopped commenting while many jerks just carried under their real name (or whatever Google thought was their real name.) Three years later, Google is giving up on this battle. You can now use just about any name you please. They’ll presumably have some issue if you use something like “Assface Mcgee,” but Google’s official word is that “there are no more restrictions on what name you can use.” Google first started rolling back on the whole real name thing in January of 2012, opening up the rules to include maiden names and select nicknames. But even then, your original real name was displayed alongside your chosen name – and if you tried to pick something Google didn’t like, they’d roll it right back. Google announced today’s change via (where else?) their Google+ page, and apologized that it took so long for them to make this decision. To quote’m directly: We know you’ve been calling for this change for a while. We know that our names policy has been unclear, and this has led to some unnecessarily difficult experiences for some of our users. For this we apologize, and we hope that today’s change is a step toward making Google+ the welcoming and inclusive place that we want it to be. http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/15/3-years-later-google-drops-its-dumb-real-name-rule-and-apologizes/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity

He'll get used to it and you don't have to worry about him dumping your recycle bin anymore. :eek: :D

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York has granted prosecutors access to a Gmail user's emails as part of a criminal probe, a decision that could fan the debate over how aggressively the government may pursue data if doing so may invade people's privacy. U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein said Friday he had authorized a warrant to be served on Google Inc for the emails of an unnamed individual who is the target of a money laundering investigation. Gorenstein said his decision ran counter to several other judges' rulings in similar cases that sweeping warrants give the government improper access to too many emails, not just relevant ones. But he said the law lets investigators review broad swaths of documents to decide which are covered by warrants. Google did not respond to a request for comment. The ruling came three months after U.S. Magistrate Judge James Francis in New York said prosecutors can force Microsoft Corp to hand over a customer's email stored in an Ireland data center. Microsoft has appealed, in what is seen as the first challenge by a company to a warrant seeking data stored overseas. Companies including Verizon Communications Inc, AT&T Inc, Cisco Systems Inc and Apple Inc have filed briefs in support of Microsoft, as has the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group. A hearing is set for July 31 before U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in New York. The government's ability to seize personal information has grown more contentious since former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked secret documents in June 2013 to media outlets outlining the agency's massive data collection programs. In June, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled police generally need a warrant to search an arrested suspect's cellphone, citing privacy concerns. Gorenstein's ruling joined a public debate playing out among several magistrate judges, who typically handle warrant requests. It is unusual to issue lengthy opinions on such matters particularly when, as in Gorenstein's case, the judge approves the application. In April, John Facciola, a magistrate in Washington, D.C., rejected a warrant for the Apple email account of a defense contractor as part of a kickback investigation, one of several similar opinions he has authored recently. Last year, a Kansas magistrate denied warrant applications for emails and records at Google, Verizon, Yahoo! Inc, Microsoft unit Skype and GoDaddy in a stolen computer equipment case. Both judges said the warrants were overly broad. On the other hand, several U.S. appeals courts have rejected motions to suppress such searches, Gorenstein said. Hanni Fakhoury, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, applauded Gorenstein for explaining his reasoning in writing, though he said he disagreed with the analysis. "The more voices and opinions we can add to the discussion, the better," he said in an email. (Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Richard Chang) http://news.yahoo.com/u-judge-oks-warrant-google-users-emails-stoking-201120464--finance.html

I agree, I think Comcast has excellent Customer Service. :)

I also have Comcast and it's true, they are high. My daughter has FiOs and she doesn't have anywhere near the upload/download speeds that I do and only about half the premium channels. She's paying nearly $75.00 more per month than I am. I'll be staying with Comcast, I'm satisfied.

You're welcome. Did you remember to place a checkmark next to, "Require password when coming back from Standby" under Power Options, as Rich suggested?

Don't worry, he won't be able to do anything like that. This is the MS description of a standard users rights.

UPDATE: Comcast has issued a statement regarding the demanding customer service rep and Block’s phone call, saying it’s “very embarrassed” by the employee’s behavior. Now that everyone has heard just how clingy a Comcast customer service representative can be when demanding an explanation for a breakup, you might be wondering how Comcast is feeling. The answer is, pretty darn ridiculous. A quick bit of background if you’re not caught up — a guy calls Comcast, asks to disconnect his service, and the customer service rep repeatedly refuses to do so without first getting an answer as to why, why this is happening. Basically, the “I will not let you break up with me” speech. And Comcast is in the middle of a cringefest over the incident: “We are very embarrassed by the way our employee spoke with Mr. Block and are contacting him to personally apologize,” the company said in a statement, via NPR News. “The way in which our representative communicated with him is unacceptable and not consistent with how we train our customer service representatives. We are investigating this situation and will take quick action. While the overwhelming majority of our employees work very hard to do the right thing every day, we are using this very unfortunate experience to reinforce how important it is to always treat our customers with the utmost respect.”

Ryan Block and his wife Veronica Belmont would like to cancel Comcast. Why? It’s none of our business. And it’s none of Comcast’s business. Or so you’d think. Comcast seems to disagree. Listen as the Comcast retention guy refuses to cancel their account without an explanation, going as far as to suggest that if Ryan doesn’t want to provide said explanation, he can go to a Comcast store to cancel. We’ve transcribed just a few highlights below, but if you have headphones and a punching bag handy, you might want to listen to the recording. It’s the only way you’ll get the full effect. According to Mr. Block’s description on Soundcloud, the recording begins about 10 minutes into the call, after Veronica passed the phone to Ryan. We’d say “enjoy,” but it’s, well, not enjoyable. Kind of reminds us of this. Everything old is new again. R: We’d like to disconnect please… C: Help me understand why you don’t want faster internet. R: Help me understand why you can’t just disconnect us. C: My job is to have a conversation with you about keeping your service, about finding out why it is you’re looking to cancel your service. If you don’t want to talk to me, you can definitely go into the Comcast store and cancel your service there. … … R: Can you cancel us by phone? The answer is yes, correct? C: It sounds like you don’t want to go over this information with me. If you want to go over that information, that’s the easiest way to get your account disconnected. R: I am declining to state why we are leaving Comcast because I don’t owe you an explanation. So, if you can proceed to the next question. If you have to fill out a form, that’s fine. Please proceed to the next question an we’ll attempt to answer that if possible. C: Being that we’re the number 1 provider of TV and internet service in the entire country, why is it you don’t want the number 1 provider? … … R: I’m declining to state. Can you please go to the next question so we can cancel our service? C: I’m just trying to figure out here what it is about Comcast service that you’re not liking. … R: This phone call is an amazing representative example of why I don’t want to stay with Comcast. So, can you please cancel our service? C: I’m trying to help you. You’re not letting me help you by declining answers, by doing all this. R: You can help me by disconnecting our service. C: How is that helping you? R: Because that’s what I want. C: Why is that what you want? R: Because that’s what I want. C: There has to be some sort of reason behind it…. We just want to find out what it is that’s causing a customer who has been with us a long time to leave. … … You’ve been a Comcast customer for 9 years. After a decade … clearly the service is working great for you. … All of a sudden you’re moving and something is making you want to change. What’s making you do that? …. R: That’s none of your business. Your business is to disconnect us. C: As a company that is a cable and internet provider primarily, that is our business. If we don’t know why our customers are leaving, how can we make this a better experience for you next time? R: That’s a fantastic question and something that you can hire a firm to figure out. … Can you disconnect us by phone? Can you disconnect our service? Yes or no? C: Why don’t you want those services? You’re not interested in the fastest internet in the country? … R: Are you capable of disconnecting our service? … C: It’s something we can do. … R: I would appreciate you now doing that. Please proceed in disconnecting our service. … C: What is it about this other provider that’s making it sound better? R: I don’t know. It’s a totally arbitrary decision. … C: Why don’t want a good service? You don’t want something that works? R: Is this a joke? Are you punking us right now? C: I’m trying to get information. I’m trying to help our company be better. That’s my job. R: I can guarantee you right now, you’re doing an incredibly good job at helping your company be worse. C: I’m terribly sorry it feels to you like I’m trying to argue. I’m just trying to help you out and get some information. We’ll just bypass all this information. I’ll go ahead and disconnect this service. It’s really a shame to see you go to something that can’t give you what we can … No one else can guarantee their speed like we can. … I can save you more than $100 a month, get you internet 5x faster than anyone else can … What about those savings, those services are you not wanting? R: Are you done? You literally just a moment ago said you’d go ahead and disconnect our service and that’s what we’re going to need to do. C: We’re going through that process. I’m just asking some questions. … R: Can you tell me how much longer it’s going to take? C: It’s going to take a couple more minutes here. What about the service is making you want to change? R: I’m good. I’m just going to wait until you can confirm that you’ve canceled the service. C: Well you’re all set. You know what, it’s disconnected. I’m really sorry to see you go to someone who can’t give you what we can. But I’d like to thank you for being a great part of Comcast. Have a wonderful day. http://consumerist.com/2014/07/14/comcast-demands-an-explanation-before-agreeing-to-cancel-your-account/

Microsoft is trying to shake the effects of middle age. The company, which is now 39 years old, said on Thursday that it was laying off up to 18,000 employees, in an attempt at reinvigoration. The cuts are the first major change made by Satya Nadella, the company’s new chief executive, who said Microsoft needed to be more nimble and focused. The job cuts would be the largest in the company’s history, representing about 14 percent of its work force. Most of the cuts will come from the Nokia mobile phone business Microsoft acquired this year. Microsoft has announced several bold plans meant to inject new dynamism into the company in recent years, including reorganizations, new products and acquisitions. Most of those changes did not produce the edge it wanted. The question yet to be answered with the latest move is whether Mr. Nadella’s leadership, and the scope of the change, will break that pattern. Entire article

My son and his family are going to Myrtle Beach next week for four days before they make settlement on their new house. When I read this, this afternoon, I called my daughter in law as she made the reservations online this past weekend. She assured me she didn't use the www (dot) visitmyrtlebeach (dot) com link. She's bringing her notebook over for me to check out anyway. :omg: They forever frustrate me with their computing habits. They have a penchant for disabling any and all protection I install on their computers.

Linda Burnett, 26, a resident of San Diego , was visiting her in-laws and, while there, went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Later, her husband noticed her sitting in her car in the driveway with the windows rolled up and her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head. He became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Linda's eyes were now open and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she had been shot in the back of the head and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The husband called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors was locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head. When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head. A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered. Linda is a blonde, a Democrat, and an Obama supporter, but that could all be a coincidence. :eek: The defective biscuit canister was analyzed and the expiration date was from 2008, so it was determined to be Bush's fault. :D

We're getting there...

I like the gmail features, it's a shame I don't use gmail.

Google is the preferred search engine for millions of people, with the giant company having many other web-related products available for users, all built around, or in relationship with search and ads. While most users know how to perform a search, use Gmail or navigate with Maps, they may not be aware of some of the nifty hidden tricks Google has included in its online services. Business Insider has listed some of the useful Google services-related features that you can check out right away. For example, typing “Atari Breakout” in Google Image search will let you play a quick game in your browser, where you’ll have to destroy blocks made of actual images. A different game is also available in Google Maps, called SmartyPins, and based on maps action. By adding “timer” after an amount of time, you can set up a timer inside the browser, and the alarm will sound when the time is up. In case you don’t know how to say long numbers in English, all you have to do is type “=English” immediately after the number that’s giving you headaches, and Google will type it in English – you probably already know that you can perform math calculations and unit conversions (including currency) right inside the Google Search bar. Business Insider’s complete list of Google tricks is available at the source link below. http://www.businessinsider.com/awesome-google-features-you-didnt-know-existed-2014-7?op=1

Wow, this one sounds pretty intricate and as the article states, sophisticated. I wonder what Gene and Pete have to say about this one. They are always up to date with this sort of thing.

https://vimeo.com/100711244