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John Weigle What are the effects of the Supreme Court ruling on web businesses having to pay state sales taxes.
Craig Ladd Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 Has A Nasty Surprise
News Item The Biggest Digital Heist in History Isn’t Over Yet
News Item New WPA3 Wi-Fi Standard Released
News Item How the EU copyright proposal will hurt the web and Wikipedia
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U.S. rules police need warrant now for cell
Fred Krueger From time to time my screen will go black for 2 to 3 seconds and come back. What is causing this? this can happen anyplace in firefox
Craig Ladd I went to settings to switch Wi-Fi on bus, I noticed that it was picking up every hotspot as we passed it on freeway – does this use up battery power ?
Fred Krueger On my Yahoo Mail in Firefox, there is a border on the right for ads and on the dividing line is an arrow to expand the view and get rid of the border. when you click on the arrow and expand the view a pop-up appears wanting $3 plus to let you have this space. How do you get rid of this annoyance?
News Item: Someone Is Taking Over Insecure Cameras and Spying on Device Owners
News Item: US Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant to Track Cell Phone Location
News Item: The UK’s tax agency has collected the voice records of over 5.1 million Brits
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Lisa Toth I am wondering about VLC. Is it any good?
Tony Pizza I’ve had a fair number of popup warnings on my PC that it’s seriously infected and to do something about it. I don’t even click on the X to close it; I use Alt-F4 to close the window. Tonight, while looking at something on Facebook, for the first time, I got one of those on my Android phone. Turned the phone off.
Fred Krueger Why is it difficult to open back up files and see what is there? was trying to look for something I deleted that may have made it into the monthly backup.
Fred Krueger Doesn’t it seem a little strange that after the Equifax debacle that the other credit rating companies are asking for the very information that was exposed in order to run a check for you. they more than likely already have the information and want to verify they have info on the correct person. looks like more intrusion into your life to me.
News Item: The price of Bitcoin was manipulated last year.
News Item: Microsoft Ending Support for Windows 7, 8, & Older Apps in the Microsoft Forums
News Item: Microsoft Office is getting a facelift. Among other new items is an icon to “Reply by IM”
News Item: After 20 years of Salesforce, what Marc Benioff got right and wrong about the cloud
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redstone 5
Fred Krueger Instead of Google search, how about using Duck Duck Go
News Item: Yahoo Messenger Now Joins the List of Discarded Chat Programs
News Item: Microsoft Store Brings Remote App Install to Windows 10 With “Install on my devices”
News Item: Windows 10 ‘Redstone 5’ may add a ‘Switch to S Mode’ option
News Item: Switzerland has decided to block all online gaming sites from Swiss citizens
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how VPN works
Fred Krueger When I click on firefox to open I keep getting the message, do I want this browser and the app page opens asking me to set the default browser. What happened?
Lisa Toth I’m thinking about getting another tablet as a companion to my Amazon Kindle Fire. I discovered that they use their own version of Android. I want to get one with Android that has not been modified. So, looking for info on the small tablets. Maybe a Galaxy? Any other ideas?
Lisa Toth Wile looking for apps for an Android tablet, I see there is a Firefox Focus: the privacy browser. What is it?
News Item: Google Search keeps asking if I’m human when I use VPN.
News Item: Amazon Blocks Australian Shoppers From US Site Because of New Tax
News Item: All the major wireless carriers in the US and Canada are selling every client’s real time location to anyone who wants to buy it. Want to burgle a house. Check to see where the owner(s) are first. Think your spouse is cheating? Track them in real time and look up where they are spending time. The opportunities for abuse from this are endless and dangerous.
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Microsoft meets GDPR requirements
Tony Pizza Window 10 file manager is slow, “working on it”. I’m considering trying Free Commander. Looks like something I used on DOS and WIn 3.1. Any other recommendations? What sites are safe to download from? I forgot what ones to avoid.
Andy Toth What’s the secret to sharing drives between computers on Windows 10 Home? The computers are all in the same workgroup. I’ve set the properties of the drive enable sharing and allow everyone full control. I enabled file and printer sharing in Network and Sharing Center. Not using passwords to connect is also activated. Every time there’s an update all file sharing and the homegroup disappear.
Lisa Toth I have a couple of magazines I get digitally as downloads. One I received recently is 22 plus MB. I’d like to store them to read more than once. What is the best way?
Donn Coon Like many other CIPCUG members I’ve heard about, my latest Firefox download has provided a miserable browser. I have another browser (Chrome) but it’s nearly as miserable for me to work with.
Lisa Toth Please comment on the upcoming update in the fall. What is “redstone” and explain tabs in programs/apps coming then?
John Weigle My CanoScan 97000F scanner died after the last Windows 10 update. It keeps insisting that the driver might not have installed correctly and to reinstall it. I’ve done that several times without a change.
News Item: Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR
News Item: Microsoft Will Extend GDPR Privacy Protections to All Users, Not Just Europeans
News Item: US news sites unavailable to EU users under new rules
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Google AI aka Duplex
Tony Pizza I have an Asus that I tell to hibernate, but wakes up with a keypress. If I turn the power strip off, when I turn it back on, it doesn’t reboot, comes back from hibernate status.
Michael Megowan I have an ASUS computer that turns itself back on after I have turned it off, watched it shutdown and walked away. The only way that I can get it to stay off is to hold the power button to force a shutdown.
Is there some setting that I can change to fix this?
Roger Houston Does Black Friday sales include good cellphone sales? Should I wait? I am looking for a replacement for my old Samsung G-S5 smart phone. I want at least 64 GB. Any suggestions? I like Verizon for coverage, but can consider others if coverage is as good. I am looking at a Samsung G-S9 at Costco, sale over on Thursday 24 May [only here is my trade-in worth $200 on a 24 month schedule].
News Item: US cell carriers are selling access to your real-time phone location data
News Item: A bug in cell phone tracking firm’s website leaked millions of Americans’ real-time locations
News Item: Google Drive Renamed to Google One with New Storage Plans
News Item: Does Google’s Duplex violate two-party consent laws?
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Google Assistant AI
Lisa Toth Recently I have discovered I can’t post to some sites even when there is a form to do so. These are sites where I have purchased something and they ask for a review. Is there a setting I need to change?
Jerry Crocker Update to Windows 10 April Update went well.
Toby Scott On reboot, my wife received a message that a Microsoft update had blocked an HP monitoring software program aimed at keeping printers working and reporting back when they don’t.
Jerry Crocker Windows 10 PC but pocket-sized? 5-inch Mi Mini PC arrives at an initial $149 price
News Item: Google’s Assistant can call, make appointments, negotiate times and fool the person on the other end, passing the Turing Test.
News Item: Police Department Loses 10 Months of Work to Ransomware. Gets Infected a Second Time!
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general data protection regulation GDPR
Lisa Toth Just got a fail message from my email. “Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection.”
Fred Krueger What do you know about the usb stick being advertised on TV that will fix your computer?
News Item: Chrome Users Reporting Freezes & Timeouts After Windows 10 April Update.
News Item: News tite: “New Service Blocks EU Users So Companies Can Save Thousands on GDPR Compliance”
We would also like to mention and recognize that past CIPCUG President, George Lakes, died April 19, 2018.
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Update is ready
Lisa Toth I’m still waffling about office 365 and amazon prime. Are free shipping, movies and tv shows reason enough?
As for 365, what do you get?
Lisa Toth I bought a Kindle Fire. Shouldda gotten one a little bit bigger but I can surf the web, play the games I want to, watch YouTube and Ted talks and more. It’s not a computer, however.
News Item: Ski Lift in Austria Left Control Panel Open on the Internet
News Item: Microsoft’s Windows 10 April 2018 Update arrived yesterday
News Item: Whois is dead as Europe tells ICANN they must comply with security terms by May 25
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