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Dragon Con 2017 will take place this year Friday (September 1st) through Monday involving five host hotels: the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Hilton, Sheraton Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel (in downtown Atlanta).
The Dragon Con Parade is Saturday and a great line up is scheduled as guest of Dragon Con this year!
(Thanks to Justin for warning us…OK, me…about this.)
“…users of the browser…were reassured by the manufacturer that this type of content will not be transferred anywhere without their explicit consent.
“…information transmitted without the user’s knowledge between the Browser and the Maxthon server…about the user’s website browsing preferences, information about his Google searches as well as the complete list of software installed on the user’s computer…
“…the Maxthon browser is not secure.
“It is also worth emphasising that the Exatel’s SOC got in touch with the creators of the Maxthon browser, sending a detailed technical report, with a request for Maxthon to respond, either in the form of a notice sent to the users about the type of data transmitted from their browsers to the Maxthon servers in Beijing, or in the form of a Maxthon browser software patch which would enable the alarmed users to deactivate effectively the transmission of the UEIP files to their servers. This request was ignored.”
https://exatel.pl/advisory/maxthonreporten.pdf
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Our Promise to Users
We at Maxthon take users’ privacy and information security seriously. We keep our users’ information secure and private…
Jeff Chen (CEO of Maxthon)
11:00pm EST, July 14, 2016
http://forum.maxthon.com/index.php?/topic/20208-security-and-privacy-are-top-priorities-at-maxthon/
On the March 26 show:
Leaving almost any kind of electronic device in a car…can be a bad idea. Especially in the summer, and in desert climates.
Someone destroyed a house…the wrong one. And then, he tried to blame it on Google Maps…
If you need an inexpensive computing device, maybe…MAYBE…a Windows Cloudbook, Chromebook, or an iPad could be an option.
The App of the Week will give you information about Wi-Fi signals, and help to make them better!
A reminder…
“Microsoft is making Windows 10 available as a free upgrade for compatible devices that are running genuine Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.1 Update.
“The free upgrade is a full version of Windows (not a trial or introductory version) and is available until July 29, 2016. Once you upgrade, you’ll have Windows 10 for free on that device.”
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/upgrade-to-windows-10-faq
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We discussed the possibilities of what can happen to social networking accounts of people who are dead. Here are some webpages that might be helpful to browse:
Downloading Your Info – How can I download my information from Facebook?
How do I report a deceased person or an account that needs to be memorialized?
Verified immediate family members may request the removal of a loved one’s account from Facebook.
Downloading your Twitter archive…allows you to browse a snapshot of your Twitter information, starting with your first Tweet.
Export a copy. – Create an archive with your data from Google products.
Inactive Account Manager
Decide what happens to your content if you stop using your account. (Google)
Submit a request regarding a deceased user’s account (Google)
What Happens to Your Social Media Profiles When You Die?
7 Resources for Handling Digital Life After Death
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Some solid-state drives can fail at similar rates to standard platter-type drives. And some have been found to be better than others…
Failure Rate by Manufacturer: “…HGST drives the lowest…”
Flash Reliability in Production: The Expected and the Unexpected
“…We study a wide range of reliability characteristics and come to a number of unexpected conclusions…Comparing with traditional hard disk drives, flash drives have a significantly lower replacement rate in the field, however, they have a higher rate of uncorrectable errors.”
In an effort to promote safe computing, March 31 is “World Backup Day”. You can get more information about it at http://www.worldbackupday.com
We play Name That Term…but this time, it’s the “networking” edition.
And we talk about iothinks.com which has developed speakers smart enough to stream music, read news, talk to other gadgets and more…automatically, when you want and need…based on your habits!