Windows Security Update
It appears that Google has found some serious issues in Symantec security software products so users of this Norton software may want to consider purchasing a Fixme Stick
I’ve tried the latter and it’s great. Easy to use to clean out the junk that’s missed by most anti-virus software.
Symantec will likely be working on correcting this issue soon so Norton users should keep those updates recent.
By the way, if you were planning on upgrading your PC’s operating system to Windows 10 you have until July 29th, 2016 to do it for free. An upgrade cost you $120 afterwards, more if you upgrade to Pro.
Most users of the previous operators systems will be prompted to upgrade through-out the month, some with full screen warnings.
Important Message For PC Users
Microsoft will be ending their support for XP on April 8th, 2014.
This means that you have a month to upgrade to retain support for your PC.
Their will be no new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates for this operating system so upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8
is recommended.
Please note that an upgrade to Windows 8.1 is provided free to those upgrading from XP or Vista to Windows 8
and that file backups are recommended prior to upgrading.
Attention Bell Customers
Bell has announced price “updates” on their home phone and internet services, effective January 1st, 2012.
Postal Talks Broken Off
I’ve just received an email from Canada Post, informing me that talks inbetween the Canadian Union Of Postal Workers have broken off.
Foreign CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Listing Added
Now that the Canadian and US dollars are at Par I thought i’d add a
foreign CD/DVD/Blu-ray source listing to this blog, that I will be updating a.s.a.p.
Please note : DVDs and Blu-Ray discs originating from outside North America may not be compatible with your DVD or Blu-Ray disc player. Region 0 NTSC or Region 0 Pal DVDs and Blu-Ray discs may be played on certain North American players but DVDs and Blu-Ray discs other than Regions 0 or 1 will require a region free DVD player or region free Blu-Ray disc player.