Tag Archive for: Everywhere

Final lesson for graduating seniors: Surveillance cameras really are everywhere

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Whether you are of a criminal mind or merely a teenage mischief maker out to prank your school as graduation day nears, there needs to be a greater recognition of this simple fact of modern life: Surveillance cameras more ubiquitous than public restrooms, park benches and water fountains combined (caution: that’s a totally made-up fact but you get the idea.)

Sometimes this is good thing, sometimes it’s a bad thing, and sometimes it’s just a thing.  

From a story on PennLive:

A prank that included smearing petroleum jelly about a Snyder County high school will not prevent those responsible from attending Friday’s commencement.

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Windows 8’s Flash whitelist goes black, turns on Flash almost everywhere

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Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 and Windows RT contains an embedded version of Flash, updated through Windows Update. However, not all Flash sites can actually use this embedded Flash. On Windows 8, the Metro version of Internet Explorer can only use Flash on a list of sites that Microsoft authorizes. Only the desktop version has full unfettered Flash access. On Windows RT, both Metro and desktop Internet Explorer use the whitelist.

That’s going to change tomorrow when the list will change from a whitelist to a blacklist. Flash will work on every site except a selection that Microsoft is explicitly blocking due to known incompatibilities with touch. Desktop Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 will continue to be unrestricted.

Why the about turn? Microsoft says that most sites with Flash content do in fact work sufficiently well with touch, enough so that a blacklist approach provides a better user experience. Fewer than four percent of sites that the company tested didn’t work properly, and most of those non-functional sites didn’t work because they also needed other browser plugins.

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Norton 360 Everywhere bundles Windows, Mac, Android security software – update – iTWire

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Mobile Today

Norton 360 Everywhere bundles Windows, Mac, Android security software – update
iTWire
It's no longer unusual for a household or small business to use a mixed of computers, tablets and smartphones. So Symantec has released a mix-and-match bundle of its security software for three popular platforms. As foreshadowed, Symantec has …
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The Growing Portrait Of Google As A Big, Scary, Expanding Everywhere Copy Monster (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land)

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
The Growing Portrait Of Google As A Big, Scary, Expanding Everywhere Copy Monster  —  Twice this year, Google’s been fairly frank and vocal about something competitors have done that it feels is unfair.  Twice, I’ve watched the technosphere largely react by beating the company over the head with a …

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