Farewell to Microsoft XP

You probably heard that this week Microsoft ceased supporting their venerable old operating system XP - if you havent, and you run XP, you need to be aware that your old workhorse may be increasingly vulnerable to hackers. The general advice is to now consider upgrading your PC to a new OS (Win 7 or 8) but this expensive option may not be feasible for some. So if you want to continue using XP here are 10 tips to keep yourself and XP safe.
   Finally, this might amuse you - a review from September 2001, of the then brand new, Microsoft XP by CNet. Whats truly shocking now is the price, $118.95 (USD) to upgrade from Win 95 or 98. Not hard to see why Microsoft was so profitable.

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A Farewell to Orkut

Youve probably never heard of Orkut (unless youre Brazilian) and I didnt even recall having an account with them, but yesterday I received an email from Google telling me they were closing the service down. Orkut was Googles version of Facebook; launched in 2004 it became one of India and Brazils most popular websites. However, Facebook e clipsed it in the rest of the Western World and if you live in the West (outside of Brazil) then youve probably never heard of it. Google say that the growth in YouTube and Google+ means that Orkut is no longer needed. It lasted longer than Google Buzz though, which barely lasted a year.

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