| Christopher's profileCEEK Technology AT and M...BlogListsNetwork |  Tools  Help |
CEEK Technology AT and Mainstream Product NewsAssistive Product News and RSS Updates
TOP AT FAQ"S and Product News
Latest News From the AT Industry
|
February 09 Fw: Windows 7 Battery Notification MessagesFYI!!
Sincerely
Christopher McMillan, CIO
CEEK Technology http://www.ceektechnology.com http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Subject: Windows 7 Battery Notification Messages Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via MSDN Blogs by e7blog on
2/8/10
Over the past week we have seen a little bit of blogosphere activity regarding Windows 7 and batteries, specifically the new Windows 7 message “Considering replacing your battery”. Since this is related to the engineering of Windows 7 we’re going to use this blog to provide an update to people. As we have talk about many times, we have a relentless focus on the quality of Windows 7 and we take seriously any reports we receive that indicate a potential problem that could result in a significant failure of the OS. In a previous post we talked about the steps we take when we receive a bug report, in particular when we start to see several reports that appear to be the same. For the past week or so we have been diligently working through these steps and more to see if there is anything in Windows 7 we need to address regarding this issue. At this time we have no reason to believe there is any issue related to Windows 7 in this context. Several press articles this past week have drawn attention to blog and forum postings by users claiming Windows 7 is warning them to “consider replacing your battery” in systems which appeared to be operating satisfactorily before upgrading to Windows 7. These articles described posts in the support forums indicating that Windows 7 is not just warning users of failing batteries – as we designed Windows 7 to do this – but also implying Windows 7 is falsely reporting this situation or even worse, causing these batteries to fail. To the very best of the collective ecosystem knowledge, Windows 7 is correctly warning batteries that are in fact failing and Windows 7 is neither incorrectly reporting on battery status nor in any way whatsoever causing batteries to reach this state. In every case we have been able to identify the battery being reported on was in fact in need of recommended replacement. Using all the tools at our disposal including contacting customers reporting this issue on forums, customer service communications, partnerships with our PC makers, and of course the telemetry in Windows 7, we have been monitoring reports and discussions regarding this new feature, trying to separate reports of the designed behavior from those that might indicate an issue with Windows 7. In the latter cases we are trying to understand the scope of applicability and obtain hardware on which to reproduce a faulty behavior. To date all such steps indicate that we do have customers seeing reports of battery health issues and in all cases we have investigated Windows 7 has simply accurately detected a failing battery. Before I go into our status on this particular issue, we should review the details behind this new feature. One of the most obvious components of PC battery life (the runtime you get on battery power) is the battery itself. PC batteries inherently degrade in their ability to hold a charge and provide power (as is the case for all rechargeable batteries). The cause of this is complex and includes irreversible changes in battery chemistry, and increased internal resistance among other things and those in turn are dependent on the design and manufacturing of the battery. This degradation translates into less battery life for the user over the life of the battery in the PC. Ultimately, batteries must be replaced to restore an acceptable battery life. A quick check of mainstream laptops will show that batteries usually have a warranty of 12 months, which is about the length of time when statistically we expect to see noticeable degradation (meaning that you start to notice the need to charge more frequently). Those of us that have owned the same laptop (or mobile phone, or music player, or anything else with rechargeable batteries) for a couple of years and taken it through regular charge cycles have no doubt “felt” the decline in battery life though we might have attributed to any number of factors since we did not have any information available to us otherwise. Windows 7 makes use of a feature of modern laptop batteries which have circuitry and firmware that can report to Windows the overall health of the battery. This is reported in absolute terms as Watt-hours (W-hr) power capacity. Windows 7 then does a simple calculation to determine a percentage of degradation from the original design capacity. In Windows 7 we set a threshold of 60% degradation (that is the battery is performing at 40% of its designed capacity) and in reading this Windows 7 reports the status to you. At this point, for example, a battery that originally delivered 5 hours of charge now delivers, on average, approximately 2 hours of charge. The Windows 7 the notification is a battery meter icon and notification with a message “Consider replacing your battery”. This notification is new to Windows 7 and not available in Windows Vista or Windows XP.
PC batteries expose information about battery capacity and health through the system firmware (or BIOS). There is a detailed specification for the firmware interface (ACPI), but at the most basic level, the hardware platform and firmware provide a number of read-only fields that describe the battery and its status. The firmware provides information on the battery including manufacturer, serial number, design capacity and last full charge capacity. The last two pieces of information—design capacity and last full charge capacity—are the information Windows 7 uses to determine how much the battery has naturally degraded. This information is read-only and there is no way for Windows 7 or any other OS to write, set or configure battery status information. In fact all of the battery actions of charging and discharging are completely controlled by the battery hardware. Windows only reports the battery information it reads from the system firmware. Some reports erroneously claimed Windows was modifying this information, which is definitely not possible. As mentioned, every single indication we have regarding the reports we’ve seen are simply Windows 7 reporting the state of the battery using this new feature and we’re simply seeing batteries that are not performing above the designated threshold. Below we’ll talk about the data we have to support this point of view. It should stand to reason that some customers would be surprised to see this warning after upgrading a PC that was previously operating fine. Essentially the battery was degrading but it was not evident to the customer until Windows 7 made this information available. We recognize that this has the appearance of Windows 7 “causing” the change in performance, but in reality all Windows 7 did was report what was already the case. The following data points contributed to our understanding of the reports we are seeing. Please keep in mind that all the telemetry we see is opt-in, anonymous, and respects our privacy policy.
This data would confirm our point of view that we are seeing nothing more than the normal course of battery degradation over time. The transparency provided in this new Windows 7 feature produced a notice that previously was not available to customers and did so shortly after upgrade. This is the root cause of the urgency with which we’ve seen postings, but does not change the reality of the condition of the battery. We have no confirmed cases of new machines with the as-purchased batteries. As we always say with regards to any reports on the quality of Windows 7, we are going to continue to be diligent and use all the tools at our disposal to get to the bottom of a report that has the potential to require a code change we would distribute to customers. We are as certain as we can be that we have addressed the root cause and concerns of this report, but we will continue to monitor the situation. In particular, we will continue to have focused communication with our OEM partners as they monitor their customers and PCs over time. Finally, if you believe you are receiving this error and your battery is new or believed to be in great shape we would encourage you to report this to us or your original PC maker. You are welcome to send me mail through the contact form on this page, use the TechNet forum, the Microsoft Answers forum, or visit support.microsoft.com where you can get additional information about how to contact Microsoft assisted support in your region. Thanks, Steven Things you can do from here:
February 08 FW: Windows 7 Battery Notification MessagesI want to see where this ends up.
Sincerely,
Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:
via MSDN Blogs by e7blog on 2/8/10
Over the past week we have seen a little bit of blogosphere activity regarding Windows 7 and batteries, specifically the new Windows 7 message “Considering replacing your battery”. Since this is related to the engineering of Windows 7 we’re going to use this blog to provide an update to people. As we have talk about many times, we have a relentless focus on the quality of Windows 7 and we take seriously any reports we receive that indicate a potential problem that could result in a significant failure of the OS. In a previous post we talked about the steps we take when we receive a bug report, in particular when we start to see several reports that appear to be the same. For the past week or so we have been diligently working through these steps and more to see if there is anything in Windows 7 we need to address regarding this issue. At this time we have no reason to believe there is any issue related to Windows 7 in this context. Several press articles this past week have drawn attention to blog and forum postings by users claiming Windows 7 is warning them to “consider replacing your battery” in systems which appeared to be operating satisfactorily before upgrading to Windows 7. These articles described posts in the support forums indicating that Windows 7 is not just warning users of failing batteries – as we designed Windows 7 to do this – but also implying Windows 7 is falsely reporting this situation or even worse, causing these batteries to fail. To the very best of the collective ecosystem knowledge, Windows 7 is correctly warning batteries that are in fact failing and Windows 7 is neither incorrectly reporting on battery status nor in any way whatsoever causing batteries to reach this state. In every case we have been able to identify the battery being reported on was in fact in need of recommended replacement. Using all the tools at our disposal including contacting customers reporting this issue on forums, customer service communications, partnerships with our PC makers, and of course the telemetry in Windows 7, we have been monitoring reports and discussions regarding this new feature, trying to separate reports of the designed behavior from those that might indicate an issue with Windows 7. In the latter cases we are trying to understand the scope of applicability and obtain hardware on which to reproduce a faulty behavior. To date all such steps indicate that we do have customers seeing reports of battery health issues and in all cases we have investigated Windows 7 has simply accurately detected a failing battery. Before I go into our status on this particular issue, we should review the details behind this new feature. One of the most obvious components of PC battery life (the runtime you get on battery power) is the battery itself. PC batteries inherently degrade in their ability to hold a charge and provide power (as is the case for all rechargeable batteries). The cause of this is complex and includes irreversible changes in battery chemistry, and increased internal resistance among other things and those in turn are dependent on the design and manufacturing of the battery. This degradation translates into less battery life for the user over the life of the battery in the PC. Ultimately, batteries must be replaced to restore an acceptable battery life. A quick check of mainstream laptops will show that batteries usually have a warranty of 12 months, which is about the length of time when statistically we expect to see noticeable degradation (meaning that you start to notice the need to charge more frequently). Those of us that have owned the same laptop (or mobile phone, or music player, or anything else with rechargeable batteries) for a couple of years and taken it through regular charge cycles have no doubt “felt” the decline in battery life though we might have attributed to any number of factors since we did not have any information available to us otherwise. Windows 7 makes use of a feature of modern laptop batteries which have circuitry and firmware that can report to Windows the overall health of the battery. This is reported in absolute terms as Watt-hours (W-hr) power capacity. Windows 7 then does a simple calculation to determine a percentage of degradation from the original design capacity. In Windows 7 we set a threshold of 60% degradation (that is the battery is performing at 40% of its designed capacity) and in reading this Windows 7 reports the status to you. At this point, for example, a battery that originally delivered 5 hours of charge now delivers, on average, approximately 2 hours of charge. The Windows 7 the notification is a battery meter icon and notification with a message “Consider replacing your battery”. This notification is new to Windows 7 and not available in Windows Vista or Windows XP.
PC batteries expose information about battery capacity and health through the system firmware (or BIOS). There is a detailed specification for the firmware interface (ACPI), but at the most basic level, the hardware platform and firmware provide a number of read-only fields that describe the battery and its status. The firmware provides information on the battery including manufacturer, serial number, design capacity and last full charge capacity. The last two pieces of information—design capacity and last full charge capacity—are the information Windows 7 uses to determine how much the battery has naturally degraded. This information is read-only and there is no way for Windows 7 or any other OS to write, set or configure battery status information. In fact all of the battery actions of charging and discharging are completely controlled by the battery hardware. Windows only reports the battery information it reads from the system firmware. Some reports erroneously claimed Windows was modifying this information, which is definitely not possible. As mentioned, every single indication we have regarding the reports we’ve seen are simply Windows 7 reporting the state of the battery using this new feature and we’re simply seeing batteries that are not performing above the designated threshold. Below we’ll talk about the data we have to support this point of view. It should stand to reason that some customers would be surprised to see this warning after upgrading a PC that was previously operating fine. Essentially the battery was degrading but it was not evident to the customer until Windows 7 made this information available. We recognize that this has the appearance of Windows 7 “causing” the change in performance, but in reality all Windows 7 did was report what was already the case. The following data points contributed to our understanding of the reports we are seeing. Please keep in mind that all the telemetry we see is opt-in, anonymous, and respects our privacy policy.
This data would confirm our point of view that we are seeing nothing more than the normal course of battery degradation over time. The transparency provided in this new Windows 7 feature produced a notice that previously was not available to customers and did so shortly after upgrade. This is the root cause of the urgency with which we’ve seen postings, but does not change the reality of the condition of the battery. We have no confirmed cases of new machines with the as-purchased batteries. As we always say with regards to any reports on the quality of Windows 7, we are going to continue to be diligent and use all the tools at our disposal to get to the bottom of a report that has the potential to require a code change we would distribute to customers. We are as certain as we can be that we have addressed the root cause and concerns of this report, but we will continue to monitor the situation. In particular, we will continue to have focused communication with our OEM partners as they monitor their customers and PCs over time. Finally, if you believe you are receiving this error and your battery is new or believed to be in great shape we would encourage you to report this to us or your original PC maker. You are welcome to send me mail through the contact form on this page, use the TechNet forum, the Microsoft Answers forum, or visit support.microsoft.com where you can get additional information about how to contact Microsoft assisted support in your region. Thanks, Steven
Things you can do from here:
 Fw: Stymied by continuing Nexus One 3G issues, Google blames the environmentWow! If this is true what is next? Thank you
Betanews for your insight and article on this.
Christopher McMillan, CIO
CEEK Technology
Subject: Stymied by continuing Nexus One 3G issues, Google blames
the environment Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Betanews by Scott M. Fulton, III on
2/8/10
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews For the most part, last week's over-the-air software update to Google Nexus One phones, which was intended to address the 3G connectivity issues with certain versions of the phone's firmware (with a gift of added multitouch), appears unsuccessful for many commenters to Google's support forums. Very few customers reported improvement, and some who did in the early going are now saying their flip-flop problems between 3G and EDGE have returned. Meanwhile, although Nexus One manufacturer HTC has typically referred phone issues to Google -- the self-proclaimed "vendor of record" when the device premiered -- as of now, it has declared the issue resolved, suggesting that customers still experiencing problems "restart their Nexus One device to restore their T-Mobile data connection." The entry of new customers into the Google support forum who report having purchased their phones in the last week, only to be confronted with the issues some others have faced since last month, suggests that Google may continue to be selling phones containing the firmware suspected of having the connectivity defect. "I just recently purchased the Nexus One and discovered that I am unable to make calls and access the internet at the same time," reports new entrant Mayo1 on Saturday. "Once I make a voice call, I am unable to browse the Internet or use any apps that require Internet connectivity. I am mostly in a 3G area. Initially, I'm browsing or using my apps just fine then I decide to make a voice call and all of a sudden Internet connectivity is gone. The minute I hang up the voice call, I can go right back to browsing." Besides this and the flip-flop problem, the other prominent symptom users are reporting is that connectivity seems high until someone touches the phone, then it drops to zero -- which suggests a problem with the phone's antenna. Although the common thread among customers with these symptoms appears to be the same firmware version, customers are beginning to suspect that these issues are actually unrelated -- that they are separate problems that afflicted a certain strain of the phone, but may not be caused by the firmware in that strain. Last Sunday afternoon before the Super Bowl, Google employee Ry Guy posted a perplexing message. Citing the fact that "there's still a lot of interest here," he began by reminding customers of the existence of the OTA software fix "that will improve 3G connectivity for many Nexus One users." No one continuing to report negative symptoms had claimed to have refrained from installing the fix. "However," Ry Guy continued, "there are a variety of factors which feed into the quality of 3G connectivity on mobile phones, a number of which are dependent on the environment rather than the phone itself. For instance, a software update can't address the experience of users on the edge or outside of 3G coverage areas. We're going to continue to track 3G performance closely with HTC and T-Mobile and will post any updates we've got." Customers responded as though Google had just fumbled in the fourth quarter. "Just face facts: There is something significantly wrong with the software or hardware," wrote andrewrchick. "If you just tell us you will fix it but you need time, most of us will hang on in there. But don't insult us and blame it on T-Mobile as too many people here have enough experience to say otherwise." And customer olypdd noted the trend of some technology news services following the forums lately: "Please remember...many, many entities, some who research and report on these technologies, are following these blogs. I would be careful to not blow smoke. It doesn't do anything to save Google (and HTC) from what is already an embarrassing Superphone release, and anything that looks patronizing will be reported as such elsewhere." Over on the T-Mobile forums, customers who had not reported 3G connectivity problems appreciated the "pinch-to-zoom" multitouch addition in the latest OTA fix. For them, it certainly didn't hurt. For others who did report troubles, not only were their connectivity symptoms unchanged, but multitouch seemed to be crashing their browsers. Writes T-Mobile customer polobear this morning, "Overall, I'm happy with the phone. Specifically however, I'm not happy with the 3G. As luck would have it, I live in an area with fantastic T-Mobile coverage. I get 5 bars (EDGE) in my basement no matter what phone is used. But on the N1, I can't pick up 3G anywhere around here (not in the house, not outside). I've never actually seen a 3G connection on the phone, ever." Judging from T-Mobile's support forum, there did not appear to be any similar 3G connectivity issues affecting its other Android brands, including the MyTouch 3G, which is co-branded with Google. Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010       
Things you can do from here:
February 04 FW: February 2010 Bulletin Release Advance Notification
Dear Security and IT Departments
February 2010 Security Bulletin Conference
Sincerely, Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) by MSRCTEAM on 2/4/10
Today we released February bulletin information through our Advance Notification Service (ANS). This month, we will be releasing 13 bulletins - five rated Critical, seven rated Important, and one rated Moderate - addressing 26 vulnerabilities. Eleven of the bulletins affect Windows and the remaining two affect Office. More information about the upcoming security updates can be found on the Advance Notification Service (ANS) webpage.As we started to do in December, we want to give customers a peek at what our deployment guidance will be next Tuesday. This month, we will be giving four of the bulletins a deployment priority rating of 1. In the ANS, those are bulletins 1, 2, 3, and 6. We recommend that customers test and deploy all security updates as soon as possible but you should prioritize these first. To further help customers prioritize, I have pulled the Windows information from the ANS into a summary table so depending on the version you are running, you can see how many bulletins you need to prepare for:
Date: Wednesday, Feb 10 Time: 11:00 a.m. PST (UTC -8) Registration: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427679 Hope to see you there! Jerry Bryant Sr. Security Communications Manager – Lead *This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.* Things you can do from here:
Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now. Fw: Symbian Foundation Releases Symbian Source CodeFYI!!
Sincerely
Christopher McMillan, CIO
CEEK Technology http://www.ceektechnology.com http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Phone Scoop - Latest News by Eric M. Zeman
on 2/4/10
Today the Symbian Foundation announced that it is making the source code for
Symbian^3 available to anyone who wants to download it. The Symbian Foundation
hopes that by making it freely available to developers and other handset makers,
it ... Things you can do from here:
Fw: Windows 7 EditionsFYI!!
Sincerely
Christopher McMillan, CIO
CEEK Technology http://www.ceektechnology.com http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Subject: Windows 7 Editions Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via TechNet Blogs by dele akinsade
on 2/4/10
Six Editions Windows 7 is available in the following six editions. Starter. This version of the OS has the fewest features. Windows XP and Vista also had Starter Editions with significant limitations. However, Starter Editions of those OSs were available exclusively in emerging markets (excluding the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, among other places), while Windows 7 Starter Edition is available to OEMs worldwide. Yet, most consumers don’t see Starter offered in many places: it is not be sold at retail, and its limited to particular low-powered or low-priced hardware configurations. While Starter would seem to be the most obvious edition for "netbooks"—a fast-growing class of highly portable PCs priced under US$500—Microsoft believes that the vast majority of netbooks will in fact be able to run Windows 7 Home Premium. Home Basic. Like its Vista predecessor, Windows 7 Home Basic offers a basic version of the Windows interface without advanced graphics effects (like the translucent windows used by the Aero Glass feature). It also lacks some consumer-oriented features (notably DVD playback and the Media Center remote-controllable digital media interface), and many features necessary for businesses, such as the ability to join a domain. Unlike its predecessor, however, Windows 7 Home Basic is sold only in emerging markets. Home Premium. Windows 7 Home Premium is the primary consumer edition of the OS, featuring advanced graphics effects, support for touch-screen interfaces, and Media Center, among other features. Microsoft believes that the vast majority of OEM PCs for consumers will come with Windows 7 Home Premium, and in developed markets, it is the least costly edition available through retailers. Professional. Microsoft market’s Windows 7 Professional as the preferred OS for most businesses and technically sophisticated consumers. It has all the features of Windows 7 Home Premium, in contrast with its Vista equivalent, Vista Business, which lacked digital media features such as DVD playback (an oversight that was later remedied with an add-on, the DVD Playback Pack, which cost approximately US$5). Windows 7 Professional also adds features important for business use, including support for connecting to a domain, backing files up over the network, and serving as a host for remote desktop access. Organizations also have to license Windows 7 Professional or higher to legally use Windows XP Mode, which allows legacy applications to run in a virtualized Windows XP environment. Enterprise. Like its Vista predecessor, Windows 7 Enterprise is available only to customers who have purchased Software Assurance (SA), Microsoft's optional upgrade rights and maintenance program, for their Windows licenses. Customers purchase SA through a multiyear license agreement, such as Select (where SA costs 29% of the price of a Windows upgrade license per year, for three years), or an Enterprise Agreement (which comes with SA). Windows 7 Enterprise adds advanced business-oriented features, such as the following:
Ultimate. Windows 7 Ultimate has the same features as the Enterprise Edition but is licensed differently. Customers can buy Ultimate preinstalled from OEMs or as a retail upgrade. Microsoft does not recommend Ultimate for most business deployments and will not make media available through volume licensing, which could complicate deployment—lack of a volume license key will make it difficult to prepare multiple computers with a standard image based on Ultimate. As with Windows Vista, the bits for the highest-end edition of the OS will be included in all editions, and users can upgrade to a higher version by purchasing an in-place upgrade and entering the new license key to unlock the additional features. However, customers will not be able to purchase upgrades from Windows 7 Starter to Home Basic, but instead will have to upgrade to Home Premium or a higher edition. Things you can do from here:
February 02 Fw: Is this a Bluetooth 3.0 phone or what?Thank You Betanews again for this insight.
FYI!!
Sincerely
Christopher McMillan, CIO
CEEK Technology http://www.ceektechnology.com http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Subject: Is this a Bluetooth 3.0 phone or what? Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Betanews by Tim Conneally on 2/2/10
Just short of one year after the Bluetooth 3.0 specification was unveiled, we are just now beginning to see designs that take it into consideration. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) posted a Core spec 3.0 "qualified design listing" yesterday for a new Samsung Mobile phone going by the name GT-S8500, a 3.1" OLED touchscreen device. Samsung's GT line of products has included a number of its higher-end devices carrying a branded OS, such as the Windows Mobile-powered Omnia and Omnia II, or the Android-powered Galaxy. If Samsung's number-names have any cohesion to them, the GT-S8500 is most closely related to the AMOLED-equipped Samsung Jet, also known as GT-S8000, which was released in non-American markets last June. Like the Jet, Bluetooth SIG says the GT-S8500 is a GSM/GPRS/EDGE device with the TouchWIZ interface and an "anti-reflective, high resolution" display. But even this may not even be a Bluetooth 3.0 device after all. Though reports today have said that this will be the "first Bluetooth 3.0 device," a hallmark of Bluetooth 3.0 is its increased speed through a technology called Alternate MAC/PHY (AMP), and it appears in the documentation that Samsung's device does not include the any of the necessary AMP protocols, including the Host Controller Interface, Manager Protocol, and 802.11 Protocol Adaption Layer. With these protocols in place, Bluetooth 3.0 can establish an on-demand Wi-Fi connection with a compatible peer device to greatly speed up the transfer of files. Betanews has contacted the Bluetooth Special Interest Group in an effort to clarify the potential misunderstanding. Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010
Things you can do from here:
Fw: Google drops clues on more document-centric Chrome OS for tabletsFYI!!
Sincerely
Christopher McMillan, CIO
CEEK Technology http://www.ceektechnology.com http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Subject: Google drops clues on more document-centric Chrome OS for
tablets Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Betanews by Scott M. Fulton, III on
2/2/10
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews
Since the development of X, one of the first windowing UIs for UNIX, and as evidenced by Apple's early experiments with Lisa, the forerunner of Macintosh, software designers have been intrigued by the concept of a document-centric computing environment. More like a physical desktop, such a system would center not around the programs you launch but the work you do. The functions and applications pertaining to that work would pop up in the margins, but most of the time would stay out of the way. That's the old-fashioned idea that the designers behind the Chromium OS project -- the open source team whose work feeds into Google's Chrome OS -- are now publicly experimenting with. With only a few crude mockups to show off today, the crew appears to be considering an environment that's scalable to any size tablet, where the document consumes the entire screen, but the functions and apps are tucked away either outside the margins or through zoomable context menus. The mockups released today -- none of which appear rooted in any actual code -- would actually do away with the tabbed interface that has come to symbolize the Chrome browser, and the Chrome OS demos we've seen thus far. In its place, the document or Web page the user's working on at the moment, is maximized to full size. A cafeteria-style menu similar to how Alt+Tab works in Microsoft Windows, or how albums are selected in iTunes, lets the user switch between active documents. But if what we're seeing is an accurate representation of the Chromium team's ideas, the user wouldn't be switching between applications (e.g., Google Docs word processor, Chrome Web browser, Picasa photo selector) but rather open documents (e.g., a photograph, a Web page, another Web page, a Twitter feed, a document being edited).
How one wants to edit or view a document may depend, judging from the Chromium team's undescribed mockups, on the service the user chooses. That choice of familiar services (Facebook, Lala, Pandora, calendar, tasks) shows up not on the root menu or Start menu or the base of the desktop, but in a popup menu that appears in the context of the open document. This suggests that the design team is going back to a very old drawing board indeed, reconsidering some of the design elements first implemented by the original Apple Lisa. A computing environment that is much less "app-centric," or that plays down desktop apps in favor of Web services, would play much more to Google's strengths than Microsoft's. Google might not necessarily have a built-in advantage with respect to productivity applications in a Web-centered world, but neither does Microsoft at this point, so the odds would be more even. A video produced by the team, strangely, takes a different approach than the mockup photos, and may in our opinion have been produced by a different contributor to the project. It shows a more conventional, app-centric model of applications sharing real estate on a very large tablet, the size of a big-screen HDTV.
Running applications would be represented by tab-like protrusions from the window's left side; and in the video (unlike the stills), apps would remain more contiguous. So the RSS feed and the Gmail front-end would still belong to the Web browser, which in the video is represented by the left window. However, one common element remains the "Quick Access" window, which pulls double-duty in the video: It lets the user either pull up services such as Facebook, or initiate Google searches for unknown items. We look for clues anywhere we can find them, and since we were scouring the Chromium team photos for anything and everything, we honed in on the common element of the photos and the video: the mock Google search for "pie cheese." In a few of the photos, the search is incomplete, and reads merely "pie chee." Wondering where we'd heard that before, and being stumped for a moment by the phrase rhyming with "Tai Chi," we remembered that something one letter off -- pee chee -- is an inexpensive, card-stock folder used to store loose-leaf papers. It would be about the size of one of the tablets in Google's mockup, and may even be an appropriate name for the thing if certain folks would refrain from giggling. Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010
Things you can do from here:
Fw: First WinMo 6.5.3 Phone Announced by Sony EricssonSubject: First WinMo 6.5.3 Phone Announced by Sony Ericsson
Christopher McMillan, CIO CEEK Technology http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com http://www.ceektechnology.com Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Phone Scoop - Latest News by Eric M. Zeman
on 2/2/10 
Today Sony Ericsson announced the Aspen, a new Windows Mobile smartphone for
the U.K. market that will be among the first to run Windows Mobile 6.5.3.
Microsoft says that this incremental update to Windows Mobile brings a number of
... Things you can do from here:
Fw: Microsoft Cloud: Windows Azure reaches General AvailabilitySubject: Microsoft Cloud: Windows Azure reaches General
Availability
Christopher McMillan, CIO CEEK Technology http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com http://www.ceektechnology.com Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via TechNet Blogs by Iftekhar on
2/2/10
Today Microsoft announces general Availability of Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure is a new cloud computing services platform from Microsoft designed to host web services and applications in Microsoft-owned, Internet-accessible data centers. Here goes the official definition..:) Introducing Windows Azure—an Internet-scale cloud services platform
hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides a platform and a set of
services that can be used individually or together. Windows Azure’s flexible and
interoperable platform is used to build new applications Windows Azure provides a platform and a set of services that can be used individually or together. It is a flexible and interoperable platform used to build new applications to run from the cloud or enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities. Windows Azure comprises of following components:
Here is how a Windows Azure architecture looks like:
Billing for following countries starts today: • Austria • Belgium • Canada • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Ireland • India • Italy • Japan • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Portugal • Singapore • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • UK • United States Other billing locations will come up very soon. I know there is lot of curiosity to understand this new platform and how you can develop applications for Azure, Please have a look at the following Windows Azure Demo. 
 Also download the latest Windows Azure training kit from here which has complete set of technical documentation that you would need to learn about Windows Azure Customers can visit www.windowsazure.com to sign up to start building and deploying cloud applications today on the Windows Azure platform. I am not a Windows Azure specialist as of now but i would be really interested in this platform as its going to be revolutionary.. let me know what you think? Cheers.. :)
Things you can do from here:
February 01 FW: First Google Chrome 5 offers a peek at future security settings
Thanks Betanews for Google Chrome 5 Updates
Sincerely,
WM: chrismcmillan@ceektech.com or christophermcmillan@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:36:06 +0000 Subject: First Google Chrome 5 offers a peek at future security settings From: chrismmcmillan@gmail.com To: christophermcmillan@hotmail.com Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Betanews by Scott M. Fulton, III on 2/1/10
By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetanewsDownload Google Chrome for Windows Dev Channel build 5.0.301.1 from Fileforum now.
Things you can do from here:
Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. FW: Oratio for BlackBerry ® is now available
Dear Blackberry Users who are Blind and Visually Impaired
For your information
Sincerely,
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 03:56:55 +1100 Subject: Oratio for BlackBerry ® is now available 
 Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. January 30 FW: New wave of outages impacts the plagued Google phoneDear Mobile Market: Thanks to Betanews for continuing to follow these issues. Sincerely,
Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:
via Betanews by Scott M. Fulton, III on 1/29/10
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews Since early Friday morning, as hundreds of commenters on T-Mobile's and Google's support forums are reporting, 3G data connectivity service has been completely unavailable -- for some, since approximately 4:30 am Eastern Time this morning, but for a great many more users beginning at 10:00 am. Some users in recent minutes are reporting service restored, although indications from both forums are that service can come back and go away again. Users attempting to connect to the Internet are apparently being greeted with this message: "To connect to the Internet with the device you are using, you'll need a webConnect data plan." At least one customer, speaking with T-Mobile customer support this morning, was informed that he appeared to have been enrolled on the wrong data plan -- specifically, one for the T-Mobile G1, not the Nexus One. If that's the case for other customers as well, the problem could lie in T-Mobile's database, which could be telling Nexus One users they're not qualified to connect. Another customer reports having been told by a support rep at HTC (the phone's manufacturer, where customers reportedly received the best service for the first outage) that T-Mobile is investigating its N1 customer databases. Once again, the outage is not complete -- some users nationwide report full 3G connectivity. Some customers report being concerned that the problem may be caused by an over-the-air software update that Google promised last Tuesday, for possible release some time within the week. However, neither Google nor T-Mobile have indicated such a release actually happened. That OTA release would address an apparent bug affecting Nexus One phones with a particular firmware version, which was only loaded onto some phones. That firmware is what's generally believed to have caused phones to flip between 2G and 3G service seemingly at random. "Our engineers have uncovered specific cases for which a software fix should improve connectivity to 3G for some users," stated Rafi, the self-described "Google Employee / Doofus Maximus" manning the company's Nexus One support forum. "We are testing this fix now, initial results are positive, and if everything progresses as planned, we will provide an over-the-air software update to your phone in the next week or so. It may be, however, that users are experiencing problems as a result of being on the edge or outside of 3G coverage, which a product fix cannot address." At least one T-Mobile customer has finally been pushed past the breaking point: "I'm so-o-o past disappointed right now," writes nikelife. "This is like the zillionth problem I've had with this phone. It soft resets all the time, 3G is intermittent, T-Mobile shuts my phone all the way off because I'm texting 'a lot,' and now I get no data and I have e-mails I have to get when I step away from work today. This is horrible."
Things you can do from here:
 FW: Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certa...Dear System Administrators: Sincerely,
Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:
via TechNet Blogs by davecal_ms on 1/29/10
Problem description Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address when connected to a router or other device that is configured as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is configured on the network and the router or the other device does not support the DHCP BROADCAST flag. Solution Information Disable the DHCP BROADCAST flag in Windows Vista.
Things you can do from here:
 FW: You receive an "Error 1606" error message when you try to install or remove ...Dear IT and System Administrators: Sincerely,
Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:
via TechNet Blogs by davecal_ms on 1/29/10
Problem description When you try to install or remove any one of the following products, you may receive an error message that resembles the following: Error 1606: Could Not Access Network Location
Things you can do from here:
 FW: Be more productive with Hotmail in 2010!Dear Hotmail Users: For Your Information Sincerely,
Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:
via Windows Live team blog on 1/29/10
Did you know that you can do mail faster and easier with features that Hotmail recently added to allow for more productivity with e-mail? Here are seven ways to be more productive that were added in recent months: (1) Auto-complete. Hotmail auto-completes as you type e-mail addresses in the “To:” line when you’re composing a new message. We’ve made Hotmail smarter so that contacts you’ve recently e-mailed will appear closer to the top of the auto-complete list. For example, if you have 10 Michaels in your address book, but always e-mail Michael Z, he will appear at the top of the list.
Alternatively, we realize that some prefer to use the contact picker to add recipients to messages. We’ve improved this feature, too. When you click on the “To:” button in Hotmail while composing a message, Hotmail will show your contact list as it did before, and with the new improvements, more recent contacts will appear higher in the list to help you more efficiently find and add e-mail addresses to your messages. (3) Don’t Delete; Just Edit. Mistype an e-mail address? No need to delete it; you can now edit the addresses by clicking on the “edit” icon next to the e-mail address. (4) Auto-save. As you draft your e-mail
message, Hotmail will automatically save your message to the drafts folder
periodically. This way, if you accidentally navigated away from the page before
you finish your message, you won’t have to start from scratch again. (5) Download all attachments together. To make receiving multiple attachments easier for you in Hotmail, we’ve added the ability to down download all attached files as a Zip file so you won’t have to take the time to download each attachment one-by-one. (6) Quickly reach out to your IM friends/colleagues from within Hotmail. In three simple steps, you can begin chatting with your friends:
(7) Keyboard shortcuts. You can save you time when you use Windows Live Hotmail, so we’ve now added more to the list. Give these a try!
If you prefer Gmail or Yahoo! Mail’s shortcuts, you can change your setting to use those instead (Click on the Options drop-down, then More options. In the “Customize your mail” section, click on Change keyboard shortcuts).
We hope these updates will help you e-mail more efficiently! - The Windows Live Hotmail Team
Clubhouse Tags: Clubhouse, efficient, Hotmail, new year, 2010, resolutions, productive, save time
Things you can do from here:
 FW: Google's next step in hardwiring the Internet: More location-sensitive DNSDear Blog Site: Sincerely,
Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:
via Betanews by Scott M. Fulton, III on 1/29/10
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews If today's Internet worked the way it was originally designed, where content took whatever route seemed most convenient at the time to reach its destination, there's a good chance we'd already be in a state of gridlock today. As it turns out, global-scale load balancing has already been well under way for several years, with companies like Akamai providing edge caching services that move copies of frequently accessed content from a high-volume server geographically closer to the clients that access it. Now, Google wants the entire Internet to be capable of implementing a concept that could make similar services to Akamai's feasible on smaller scales everywhere. Earlier this week, the company announced it had submitted a formal proposal to the Internet Engineering Task Force, that would enable authoritative nameservers -- the principal directories in the Domain Name Server system -- to ascertain more clearly where the request for a resolved address is coming from. That way, Google says, the DNS server can craft a response that can be more directly and expressly routed to its recipient. As it stands now, recursive resolvers -- the DNS entities that more often directly face the public -- tend to forward requests to nameservers using their own geography, rather than that of the original client. This is not at all the same thing as caching content, but it could have a very similar impact: The information in a geographically-centered DNS resolution could theoretically be used to help load-balance the Internet, to build a more direct route for the content being requested from the servers whose names have been resolved. "To find the best reply for a given query, most nameservers use the IP address of the incoming query to attempt to establish the location of the end user," begins Google's proposal to the IETF. "Most users today, however, do not query the Authoritative Nameserver directly. Instead, queries are relayed by Recursive Resolvers operated by their ISP or third parties. When the Recursive Resolver does not use an IP address that appears to be topologically close to the end user, the results returned by those Authoritative Nameservers will be at best sub-optimal. This draft proposes a DNS protocol extension to enable Authoritative Nameservers to return answers based on the network address of the actual client, by allowing Recursive Resolvers to include it in queries." It's an appealing proposition, and the way Google has phrased it to the IETF, it would not be a privacy violation for the client: Requests passed on to name servers would be required to mask the more granular portions of their sources' IP addresses to some extent, probably just so the response centers around the client's network center rather than his location on a map. But it could also end up being very lucrative for Google anyway, whose own mapping services -- especially to the extent we're now seeing them tested in Google's first branded phone, the Nexus One -- definitely want to know where you are. Already last month, the company launched its free public DNS server, with the altruistically stated aim of resolving the world's DNS addresses faster. If the IETF adopts Google's proposal, Google would have one of the authoritative nameservers capable of gleaning DNS requesters general locations, even as they're passed up the chain by recursive resolvers. Google states it will not leverage such a service to serve clients advertising, and there's good reason to believe that if the IETF implemented it as Google proposes, it couldn't do so if it tried. However, with Google also a prominent content server, it would have a much better idea of the geographic locations from which high-volume requests are produced. That's very valuable information for a worldwide entity that could create services that compete against Akamai -- or, more accurately, that seek to render what Akamai and competitive services perform, obsolete. What's more, Google has grown very interested of late in the notion of providing more end-to-end Internet service -- a notion that improved service, improved routing, and an improved client Web browser collectively could result in a visibly superior Web experience for users. Last November, the team behind the Chromium platform (which supports Google's Chrome browser) announced their involvement in an experimental replacement transport protocol for HTTP, called SPDY ("speedy"). Boiled down, SPDY requires fewer TCP connections to achieve the same amount of transport. SPDY is one of the protocols that could conceivably benefit from improved packet forwarding -- a potential side-effect of Google's own servers making use of the information it gleans from the new DNS approach it proposed to the IETF this week. A very quiet amendment to Google's SPDY page includes a presentation to Google's researchers by Chromium contributor Mike Belshe (PDF available here). Although much of the presentation file's content is categorical rather than descriptive, it's clear that Belshe made an argument in favor of joining SPDY research with packet forwarding, directly citing a passage from Internet Community RFC 2914, "Congestion Control Principles," that spoke of the congestion problem the early Net faced during the pre-Akamai era:
It's fair to presume that an organization of Google's immense scale, were it able to pull this off, would create a kind of de facto "net-non-neutral" scenario, where all the tools involved in the scheme would be open for anyone to use, but only Google would be able to connect all the dots to make them work.
Things you can do from here:
 Fw: Public Beta Mobile Geo 2.0, Now AvailableDear Mobile Market:
Code Factory latest release for the Blind and Visually
Impaired to access the Cell Phone Market
Sincerely,
Christopher McMillan, CIO CEEK Technology Blog: http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Web Site: http://www.ceektechnology.com Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Code Factory's latest news on
1/27/10 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, January 28,
2010Public beta version 2.0 of Mobile Geo, Code Factory's award-winning GPS
navigation aid for the blind and visually impaired, is now available for
download and purchase. Public beta Mobile Geo 2.0 is compatible with the highly
anticipated Mobile Speak 4.0 as well as the latest version of the Sendero
Group's GPS technology, SDK 6.2.“This upgrade of Geo is the first part of
version 2.0. For us, there were two priorities: first to integrate
t...Things you can do from here:
Fw: Mobile Speak 4, Now Available!Dear Mobile Market:
Code Factory latest release for the Blind and Visually
Impaired to access the Cell Phone Market
Sincerely,
Christopher McMillan, CIO CEEK Technology Blog: http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Web Site: http://www.ceektechnology.com Sent to you by Chris McMillan, Federal Marketing Manager via Google Reader:via Code Factory's latest news on
1/26/10 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, January 27,
2010Today, Code Factory introduced Mobile Speak 4, a revolutionary screen reader
for anyone who wishes to enhance his/her use of a mobile phone. Are you ready to
experience the most advanced screen reader ever released for mobile phones?
Mobile Speak 4 is Cross Platform: you can move your license between Symbian and
Windows Mobile phones. Mobile Speak 4 is Touch: you can use touch screen phones
such as the Nokia N97, the HTC Touch Pro 2 and many others, w...Things you can do from here:
Fw: [MSpeak] Mobile Speak 4, Now AvailableDear Mobile Market and AT Community
Sincerely,
Christopher McMillan, CIO CEEK Technology Blog: http://ceektechnology.spaces.live.com Web Site: http://www.ceektechnology.com From: Caroline Ragot
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:44 PM
Subject: [MSpeak] Mobile Speak 4, Now Available Mobile Speak 4, Now Available! Cross Platform, Touch, Multi Voice and Ready for the Next Generation Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, January 27, 2010 Today, Code Factory introduced Mobile Speak 4, a revolutionary screen reader for anyone who wishes to enhance his/her use of a mobile phone. Are you ready to experience the most advanced screen reader ever released for mobile phones? Mobile Speak 4 is Cross Platform: you can move your license between Symbian and Windows Mobile phones. Mobile Speak 4 is Touch: you can use touch screen phones such as the Nokia N97, the HTC Touch Pro 2 and many others, with traditional keyboard shortcuts as well as touchscreen gestures and commands. Mobile Speak 4 is Multi Voice: you get three high quality voices from Acapela or Loquendo for the price of one. Mobile Speak 4 is Ready for the Next Generation: you won’t be left behind with old technology, since Mobile Speak 4 supports the latest devices running on the latest operating systems, Windows Mobile 6.5 and Symbian S60 5th Edition. “The mobile phone market is changing rapidly. Mobile Speak 4 is Code Factory’s answer to the future of accessibility. Mobile Speak 4 is everything our users have been waiting for, it will take you to another level of experience, and I can tell you, you will never look back.” explains Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory's CEO. “Mobile Speak 4 is one year of hard work. Mobile Speak 4 is fifteen dedicated people working full time for you. Mobile Speak 4 sets new and higher standards for accessibility. Mobile Speak 4 is revolutionary”. On Symbian, Mobile Speak 4 also brings support for Quickword <http://www.quickoffice.com/> to edit and read documents by character, word, sentence or paragraph, as well as for Fring <http://www.fring.com/default.asp> to make voip calls and chat on instant messaging. On Windows Mobile, Mobile Speak 4 brings new Internet Explorer support which will allow you to navigate by headings, links, forms, etc. as well as search for text, and even add bookmarks to web pages. More features can also be expected; such as a backlight option to save battery power, the possibility to stop Mobile Speak while reading, a privacy mode to use the phone with a locked static background image, and more. Among the new supported phones are: the Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5530, Nokia 5730, Nokia 5800, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720, Nokia 6730, Nokia 6790, Nokia E52, Nokia E72, Nokia N86, HTC Touch Pro 2, HTC Touch 2, HTC Touch Diamond 2, AT&T Titl 2, AT&T Pure, AT&T HP iPAQ Glisten, HP iPAQ Data Messenger, Sprint Samsung Intrepid, Samsung Omnia Pro B7610, Samsung Omnia Pro B7330, Acer beTouch E101, and Sony Ericsson Xperia x1. To consult the full list of supported devices, visit http://www.codefactory.es/en/phoneslist.asp?id=342 Download Mobile Speak 4 at http://www.codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=347 and try it for 30 days for free. Everyone can try it, new users as well as existing users who have already used a version, whether full or trial, of a past version of Mobile Speak. To learn more visit http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=402 If you are already a user of Mobile Speak and wish to upgrade to Mobile Speak 4, contact your distributor to purchase an upgrade license. In addition to all the improvements and new features of Mobile Speak 4, if you purchase an upgrade to Mobile Speak 4, you will also get Mobile Magnifier, Mobile DAISY Player, Color Recognizer and the Games for free! To consult the complete list of Code Factory’s official distributors, visit http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351 To learn how to install Mobile Speak 4 for the first time, follow the instructions at http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/MS4_Manual_WM.html#_Toc25227367 0 for Windows Mobile, and http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/MS4_Manual_Symbian.html#_Toc252 274141 for Symbian. If upgrading from a previous version of Mobile Speak, make sure to FIRST UNINSTALL all the Code Factory packages you have installed and then RESTART the device. For more information, follow the instructions at http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/MS4_Manual_WM.html#_Toc25227367 5 for Windows Mobile, and http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/MS4_Manual_Symbian.html#_Toc252 274144 for Symbian To read the full instructions to upgrade to Mobile Speak 4 from a previous version of Mobile Speak, visit http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/MS4_Manual_WM.html#_Toc25227368 3 for Windows Mobile, and http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_4/MS4_Manual_Symbian.html#_Toc252 274147 for Symbian. To learn more about Mobile Speak 4 visit http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318, to hear it in action, listen to some audio demos at http://www.codefactory.es/en/audio.asp?id=103#family_0 For a comprehensive list of changes from Mobile Speak Pocket and Smartphone v2.1 to Mobile Speak v4.0 for Windows Mobile visit http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=407#newWM For a comprehensive list of changes from Mobile Speak for Symbian phones v3.82 to Mobile Speak v4.0 for Symbian visit http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=407#newSymbian About Code Factory Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, Code Factory is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices. Among Code Factory's customers are well known organizations for the blind such as ONCE, and carriers such as AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone. Code Factory has also built strong partnerships with mainstream multinational companies like RIM, Nokia, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard as well as leading assistive technology companies such as HumanWare, Optelec and Sendero Group.
_______________________________________________ Code Factory: Moving accessibility forward! (www.codefactory.es) To view list archives, go to http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/private/codefactory.cat.mspeak_mailing To post: Send message to mspeak_mailing@codefactory.cat TO unsubscribe: Send blank email to mspeak_mailing-unsubscribe@codefactory.cat To change subscription options and list password: GO to http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.mspeak_mailing |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Send a private message
Subscribe to RSS feed
Tell a friend
Add to My MSN
Add to your network
Sign up for alerts
What we're seeing under the hood here is, for now, just a hood as opposed to an engine. The way we expect it to (possibly) work is like this: The Exceptions list (not implemented yet) could be used as either a blacklist for sites for which you do not wish to allow images/JavaScripts/plug-ins/pop-ups when you've set the corresponding option to Allow all..., or a whitelist for sites you do wish to allow when you've set the option to Do not allow.... The Cookies options, which previously appeared in the Privacy frame of the Under the Hood tab, are being moved to a Cookies tab all their own.
|
|
