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Politicians May Be A Dumb As We Think They Are Elected officials scored lower than the general public on a web test of civic knowledge. The test results showed a consistent knowledge gab for politicians across some 33 questions. In all cases the average score of citizens was higher than that of the politicians. The test is located at http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx and prepared by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, American Civic Literacy Program. Take the quiz and see whether your scores are higher than a politician. Chances are they will be. Posted by WEBnME @ 11/25/2008 12:03:00 AM 
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Get in the Spirit - Family Site for Christmas Northpole.com is a commercial, family-oriented Christmas site that offers a little of everything for visitors. Children can write to Santa. Adults can find Christmas recipes. There are games, puzzles, and stories that can be printed and colored for kids. It is nice to find a Christmas site without advertising and this is one a very few. Posted by WEBnME @ 11/24/2008 11:59:00 PM
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Fingerprint Authentication & Windows Vista     Looking for a little added security or a way to make it easier to handle all of your passwords? You may want to have a look at the biometric gadgets from Eikon and Microsoft. Before we start you should be warned that Microsoft's product is not currently compatible with its own 64-bit operating systems, despite anything said on product packaging. Various forums have indicated that Microsoft may or not be working on software. At the time of this writing, no software was available for Vista 64-bit systems with the exception of some HP computers where HP has computer specific software. Microsoft's Digital Persona Fingerprint Reader is a great product for the consumer market and works well on 32-bit operating systems. For power-users running a 64-bit operating system, I would recommend taking a look at Eikon's fingerprint reader. Microsoft's Fingerprint Reader allows replacement of system, website, and other passwords with your fingerprint. It really isn't intended for high security and shouldn't be used for business or banking. Support on the Digital Persona website is limited. Software support is linked back to a Microsoft FAQ and Microsoft support.The Eikon Digital Privacy Manager allows you to store passwords and access your system, websites and other applications the swipe of a finger. In addition you can use fingerprint encrypted files and folders. You can also launch applications by swiping a particular finger. It also supports 64-bit operating systems and Mac systems. There is very good website support for this product. You can find out how to set it up before you buy at the Eikon customer support site. The customer support site also had easy to find drivers, downloads and more.While both devices offer the convenience of storing passwords and using fingerprint authentication, the Eikon devices offers the best support, more features, and most compatibility with a wider array of operating systems. Company websites: 1) Digital Persona 2) Eikon 3) Microsoft Fingerprint Reader Products Posted by WEBnME @ 9/14/2008 04:12:00 PM
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Google's Chrome Gets A Little Tarnish Reaction to Google's new entry into the browser market was largely positive (Chrome captured a 1% market share in just nine hours). And some helpful articles like Three hidden Chrome features you'll love emerged. But there were also criticisms and problems for the fledgling browser: 1. The license agreement drew a lot of objections and Google amended it fairly quickly. See, Google Backtracks on Chrome license terms 2. InformationWeek ran an article titled, Google Chrome Swallows Pop-Up Ads, Advertisers Still Get Billed, noting that Chrome conceals pop-up ads. As a user, I don't think this is a bad thing, but some advertisers may not agree. 3. PC World noted some security issues. See, Early Security Issues Tarnish Google's Chrome. 4. Today US-Cert issued the following message: US-CERT Current Activity Google Chrome Download Vulnerability Original release date: September 3, 2008 at 1:52 pm Last revised: September 3, 2008 at 1:52 pm US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability that affects the Google Chrome web browser. This vulnerability is due to a default configuration that allows files to be downloaded without prompting the user. In addition, downloaded files can be opened with a single click, which could allow a user to inadvertently open a malicious file. US-CERT encourages users to enable the "Ask where to save each file before downloading" option within the "Minor Tweaks" tab in the browser preferences. Although this does not fix the underlying vulnerability, selecting this option will warn the user before files are downloaded. Users should still exercise caution when visiting and downloading items from untrusted websites. US-CERT will provide additional information as it becomes available. ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#google_chrome_vulnerability Posted by WEBnME @ 9/03/2008 08:24:00 PM
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Google Chrome Enters the Browser Market with Innovation Google Chrome is an open source browser project and the results are wonderful. We now have a new browser built from the ground up with a completely fresh approach. This browser is designed for cloud computing. It runs applications in browser windows (tabs), keeps each tabbed window in its own sandbox for improved security, and uses a new approach to back-end coding that allows the browser to be much faster than competitors. The user interface is simple and uncluttered, yet powerful. You can grab a tabbed window with your mouse and pull it to a different window (very useful with multiple monitors). You can use the box at the top of each tab to type in a URL, search with your favorite search engine, search a particular website, and more. And it is fast! Pages that were sluggish in other browsers loaded much faster in Chrome when I gave it a test run. This is a browser that is easy to use and easy to like. To learn more about the innovations in Google Chrome, read Google Chrome - Behind the Open Source Browser Project. To try out the new browser, head over to www.google.com/chrome If you'd like to read more about Google Chrome, you may want to visit: Reuters: Google sees new browser displacing desktop software Rough Type: The cloud's Chrome lining Posted by WEBnME @ 9/03/2008 12:30:00 AM
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The Ballet of GPS Traces The BBC news in Britain seen from the skies above presents a video ballet of movement using GPS traces and satellite imagery to illustrate shipping traffic, taxi movement in London, telephone calls and more. The video is a one minute teaser for a BBC series to be launched on August 10 on BBC One for those with satellite TV. Posted by WEBnME @ 8/07/2008 12:00:00 AM
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