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Link Sharing – El Salvador Version

It has been a while since I did a post full of links.  I keep a folder in Outlook where I file any interesting tidbits I pick up off my RSS feeds.  I like sharing that stuff because if your here reading this site then it is very possible they will also interest you. 

Why is it El Salvador style?  Well I am sitting in a hotel near Comalapa, El Salvador on an official visit to some of our deployed Sailors – so El Salvador it is.

Our Internet at the hotel is down right now though so I have some time to put together this post with the links I have recently collected.  The staff has called in tech support for the Internet so hopefully I will get to post this online tonight instead of having to wait until I get home tomorrow evening.

So without further delay – Enjoy:

• Consolidating all my communication methods – how do you do it?
• Primer on Device Support and Testing for Windows 7
• The 72-hour test with Windows 7
• 5 Great New Features Between Live Writer And Live Spaces
• Can Microsoft do what it’s never done before: Make a new Windows version run better on old/low-end hardware than its predecessor?
• Gogo Wi-Fi Coming to United Airlines Flights in Late ‘09
• New Version of Windows Live Search for Windows Mobile
• Speedtest.net – measure your network speed to locations around the world
• Shortcut Keys in Windows Seven 7
• RSS Overload: Don’t Complain, Do Something About It
• Live Mesh team joins Windows/Windows Live org
• Windows Live 2009: Rodger Benson on Windows Live Photo Gallery
• Engineering the Windows 7 “Windows Experience Index”
• Why Microsoft TAG is Interesting
• What are People saying About the Windows 7 Beta?
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 vs. Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.1.0
• Follow-up: Accessibility in Windows 7
• 4 Great Windows Home Server Videos
• Windows Management on Win 7
• Nice Windows 7 Feature – IE8 Download Progress
• Upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
• Review: Windows 7 Action Center and the Control Panel
• Review: Windows 7 BitLocker
• Our Next Engineering Milestone: Windows 7
• IE8 Accelerator for Twitter
• Microsoft Fix it
• Microsoft on Twitter
• Thank You IE8 Beta Testers

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Lets Talk Old Web Browsers and Online Safety

I recently started using a very slick plug-in on my website to track stats – it is called StatPress Reloaded.  I have only had it running for a couple of days but an interesting thing has popped out of the details:

Almost half of the visits I have had in the last couple of days are from users on Internet Explorer 6 (IE6).  Now please do not get me wrong – I LOVE MY VISITORS!

However, I am concerned about your online safety.  According to the website Secunia there are 22 un-patched vulnerabilities in IE6.  Please do me a favor – go upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer, currently IE7 is the latest final release with IE8 close to being done, then come back and keep on visiting – but upgrade your web browser.

Hey – I am even OK with you using Firefox or any other web browser and visiting my site – just get into something a little safer for online browsing!

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