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TTT: Delete All Cookies in Internet Explorer 9

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Think you’re removing all of the cookies on your system in IE9?  Well you need to know about the box that gets unchecked in order to make sure they are all gone from the browser cache.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfpBgcNRGzw

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You Can Play Cut The Rope For Free But Only If You Choose To Do It on IE (Chrome Too!)

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Yes – that title rhymes – on purpose.

Yesterday Microsoft released a version of Cut The Rope to highlight the capabilities of Internet Explorer.

To do this, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team partnered with ZeptoLab (the creators of the game) and the specialists at Pixel Lab to bring Cut the Rope to life . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 35

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Welcome to Episode 35 of the Observed Tech PODCAST and the year 2012! This is our first episode for the new year and we appreciate all of your support in 2011 when you downloaded the PODCAST over 5,000 times. In this show we discuss Tech Podcast Networks CES 2012 coverage which will be live streamed here at WindowsObserver.com; how your digital signature impacts your job hunt; IE improvements on Windows 7 but overall decline continues; wish list for Windows Phone in 2012; NASA’s Grail spacecraft enter lunar orbit; Xbox Live online safety controls; trying to spend a $1,000,000 bill; Facebooking a stolen ring; getting sued for your Twitter followers; Facebook says farewell to Internet Explorer 7; Verizon decides against $2 fee; using your bottom for ID; Arfa – world’s youngest MCP not doing well; If This Then That service; Windows Phone Marketplace passes 50,000 apps; Windows Phone SMS bug being fixed; 300 million mobile Facebook users; community wireless Internet project; spam at lowest level in three years; New York Times spams its own readers; cyber security is important to small businesses; businesses charging $100 to set-up your new PC; backup and restore coming to Windows Phone soon and Microsoft does not call you to fix your PC – it is a scam. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 34

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Welcome to Episode 34 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. This is our first green episode as no trees were killed in the production of this show because we are now using a new Acer Iconia Tab W500 as our notes and reference device. In this show we discuss free Skype over the holidays; Google+ improvements; malware making like the police; laptop laziness; embedding tweets; Microsoft and multi-platform releases; new Hotmail features; more Windows Phone 7 accolades; picture passwords in Windows 8; Bing making progress; some smart phones not worth stealing; stop using IE6 already; Kindle Fire selling – well like fire; e-book pricing economics; amateur treasure hunter finds the Viking mother lode; Windows XP on a third of computers out there; lots of DroidRage wanting Windows Phone handsets; rogue security software victims getting refunds; protecting your digital identity in Windows 8; free Xbox Live game Breeze; FCC tells commercials to turn it down; Soluto offers web based PC support solution for everyday users; Microsoft Co-Founder heading to space; teens and the Internet – it is not pretty nor safe sometimes; TwitVid revamped; computer glitch cancels out 57 million dollar jackpot and a Windows Phone SMS attack discovered. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .

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Microsoft Just Announced It will Auto-Update Internet Explorer

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Microsoft just announced it will not allow older versions of Internet Explorer to remain on your PC. This move from past policy will auto-update Internet Explorer.

“In an evolution to our update model for Internet Explorer, we will be instituting auto updates for IE users across Windows XP, Vista, and 7 using . . .

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Internet Explorer Global Usage Increases In November 2011

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According to StatCounter and its global statistics service Internet Explorer’s steady drop in usage on a world wide basis stopped in November 2011 with a small increase from 40.18% in October 2011 to 40.63% for November 2011. There has not been any new releases of IE in the last month or two . . .

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