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LivePCs™ are virtual PCs that you can create and share just as you can share the rest of your digital life (photos, music, videos, etc..) A LivePC contains everything needed to run a virtual computer — an operating system and a bunch of applications. You can create and share your own LivePCs, or use the public LivePCs created by others in our BetaGarage™. You can use LivePCs on your desktop, or you can take them with you everywhere on a portable USB drive.
With LivePCs a family can maintain separate computer personalities (work,
home, kids) on a single PC. Software developers can make it easy for users to try out their latest suite of applications. Professionals can go on vacation and take their LivePCs with them on a USB stick to use "just in case".
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If you have confidential files on your laptop, USB drive, or even your desktop that is accessible to others, you should encrypt your confidential files. File2File is a free Windows utility by Cryptomathic. It uses AES, the "Advanced Encryption Standard" with a 128-bit key. Check Fred Langa's article "Easy Encryption" on securing your computer for more information: www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10100525. Also, WinZip 9.0 brings 128- and 256-bit AES encryption with this upgrade. The original Zip encryption method is easy to crack; 256-bit AES (locked by a well-chosen passphrase), is proof against most attacks. You should also read Langa Letter: 5 Essential Steps To PC Security
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Start Downloading! This is going around the math-sci listservs:
The Royal Society has digitized & onlined all of its publications (1665-present). Access is NOW free, but ONLY until December. This is an unbelievable sci/tech resource — 60,000 articles by folks from Newton and Leibniz to Hawking and Chandrasekhar.
"The complete archive of the Royal Society journals, including some of the most significant scientific papers ever published since 1665, is to be made freely available electronically for the first time today (14th September 2006) for a two month period."
Grab the good parts while it's still free.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings from an article by John Derbyshire
With Election Day, November 7, coming soon, Project Vote Smart is a good resource to learn about requesting an absentee ballot, registering to vote, getting more information about your state and federal candidates, or learning their views on issues of importance to you and your family.
Project Vote Smart is a non-partisan, independent organization that operates a website that not only allows you to get helpful information on requesting an absentee ballot or registering to vote, but it also acts as a national library of factual information, covering your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings (wide range of interests represented).
Visit Project Vote Smart and get informed.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
The Google Blog offers frequent updates and insights about our technology and products, and the company at large.
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Share Google Friends with a friend through Google Groups (includes subscribe/unsubscribe information).
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Google Friends archive
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Submitted by Stan Hutchings