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The reasons aren't clear but it might be that decreased pedestrian (and driver?) vigilance is a factor...

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/893770/20mph-speed...

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

The Financial Times carries a substantial story today which states that foreign manufacturers are facing serious obstacles even in doing testing and preparation toward autonomous vehicle deployment in China apparently triggered by Chinese government concerns of spying.

Analytics firm Net Applications revised its methodology to cull bots from its browser share numbers and found that as much as half of the traffic to Edge on Windows 10 was artificially inflated.

Microsoft's Edge browser is less popular with Windows 10 users than earlier thought, if revised data from a U.S. analytics vendor can be believed.

President Trump signed into law a bill that bans the Kaspersky Antivirus as well as any other software made by Kaspersky Labs from use in U.S. federal departments, agencies, or organizations. The law applies to any company that is controlled by Kaspersky in any way or in which it has majority ownership.
U.S. Government Bans Kaspersky

Facebook is one of several companies exploring ways to detect online behaviors that have been linked to self-harm

A list of twenty internet visionaries have written the FCC urging it to back off this week's planned repeal of net neutrality protections.

Security researcher Michael Myng announced that he uncovered a keylogging component in HP’s keyboard driver. The keylogging code seems to be from a debugging tool that HP forgot to take out before shipping the driver to customers.

This week we’re recognizing DonaldB530 and Mahoney!

If you don’t know why, you must be really new to POI Factory!
These two file maintaining powerhouses have been busy this week updating some of our more popular files for the holiday season, such as travel/fuel stations and grocery/fast food places to grab a quick bite while on the road.

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

Up till W10 I've been using Aconis Home 2011, and have been very happy with it... I have 3 W7 systems, one (Server) that still boots off SCSI, and I've used that program to boot off CD, store backups to USB Drive and then recover it to same or entirely different drive... Been Quite Happy with it...

The Windows 10 Creators Update comes packed with some truly new and exciting features. One of these new additions is the "Pick up where I left off" feature. This feature will display quick links in the Action Center so you can quickly jump back into your Microsoft Edge session and SharePoint (or other cloud-based) documents after switching PCs.

The FCC is refusing to aid a law enforcement investigation into who submitted millions of fake comments in support of the FCC's planned rollback of net neutrality rules. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been conducting an investigation into the millions of fake comments (some belonging to dead people) submitted in support of the FCC's attack on net neutrality.

I switched from Windows 7 to Windows 10 several months ago, without any issues.

I have also been happily using Outlook 2003 with no issues for years. Windows did an upgrade last night and Outlook opens up, but the send and receive and any attempt to export to create a backup no longer work. I get a simple message that says, Operation Failed.

We’re recognizing a couple of B’s this week, Bobkz and Bdhsfz6!

Bobkz worked hard to update his Offbeat Tourist Attractions - US File

And

Bdhsfz6 was helpful in the USB Charge-Only Cables; Garmin Compatible discussion.

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a new tool for users interested in knowing whether their identity was stolen and used to fraudulently support the FCC's attack on popular net neutrality rules. The NY AG's office announced earlier this month that it was investigating identity theft and comment fraud during the FCC's public comment period.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a new tool for users interested in knowing whether their identity was stolen and used to fraudulently support the FCC's attack on popular net neutrality rules. The NY AG's office announced earlier this month that it was investigating identity theft and comment fraud during the FCC's public comment period.

American parents have been warning teenagers about the dangers of marijuana for about 100 years. Teenagers have been ignoring them for just as long. As I write this, a couple of kids are smoking weed in the woods just yards from my office window and about a block and a half from the local high school. They started in around 9 A.M., just in time for class.

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It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

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"POI Factory is not a forum for politically charged debate.
Let's avoid topics that already have a long list of Democrat or Republican talking points or that name specific politicians."

~Angela