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> In This Issue: At a Glance
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>>> Today's Headlines
--> FCC's Net Neutrality Powers Remain Questionable
--> Spammer Ordered to Pay Facebook $711M, But is it Enough?
--> On this Day in History: for Monday, Nov 02, 2009
--> Windows Game of the Week: Zuma's Revenge! - Adventure
--> Freeware Picks of the Day: 'Style 7', and 'Lifehacker Complete Guide
To Windows 7'
>>> Incase You Missed It -- Last Friday's Top Stories
--> Hidden Win7 App Turns PC into WiFi HotSpot, Sort Of
--> Win7 Upgrade Trick 'Breaches License,' Says MS
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> Today's Headlines: With Synopsis (plus link to story)
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>>> FCC's Net Neutrality Powers Remain Questionable
It remains unclear whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
will be able to bring its proposed net neutrality rules into force.
Another politician has launched a bid to block the FCC from ...
http://go.infopackets.com/e20091102-03
>>> Spammer Ordered to Pay Facebook $711M, But is it Enough?
Facebook won an unprecedented $711 million dollar legal victory over
one of the world's most notorious spammers, Stanford Wallace. While
many feel that the triumph over Wallace is a just legal ...
http://go.infopackets.com/e20091102-04
>>> Hidden Win7 App Turns PC into WiFi HotSpot, Sort Of (20091030)
An unfinished feature has been discovered lurking within Windows 7,
which would allow a regular laptop computer to be transformed into a
wireless access point. The "secret" WiFi feature is not a ...
http://go.infopackets.com/e20091102-05
>>> Win7 Upgrade Trick 'Breaches License,' Says MS (20091030)
Many users are taking up the offer for Windows 7 Upgrade, which
requires the user to have a pre-existing, legitimate copy of Windows
2000, XP, or Vista already pre-installed on the user's machine. ...
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> On This Day in History: Monday, Nov 02, 2009
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On this Day in History -- November 02
Famous people born on this day:
--> 1734, Daniel Boone, coonskin cap model and hunter.
--> 1795, James K. Polk, 11th President from (1845 - 1849).
--> 1865, Warren G. Harding, 29th President from (1921 - 1923).
--> 1885, Harlow Shapley, US astronomer.
--> 1913, Burt Lancaster, actor.
--> 1936, Rose Bird
--> 1961, K.D. Lang, singer/songwriter.
--> 1966, David Schwimmer, actor "FRIENDS".
Events on this day in history:
--> 1917, Lansing-Ishii Agreement is signed.
--> 1920, KDKA (Pittsburgh) on the air as first commercial radio station.
--> 1936, The world's first TV broadcasting service is inaugurated by the
British Broadcasting Corporation in London.
--> 1947, Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies for first (& last) time.
--> 1948, Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers.
And don't forget...
--> North & South Dakota Admission Day.

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> Freeware Picks of the Day: 'Style 7', and 'Lifehacker Complete Guide To
Windows 7'
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Style 7
Style 7 is a Windows 7 theme generator. It uses the default Microsoft Aero
theme as a base and generates a new theme using blackbox styles created
with a single, simple, human-readable, configuration file. Thousands are
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Lifehacker Complete Guide To Windows 7
Windows 7 is finally ready for widespread, public consumption. This guide
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