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POPSIt Happened to Me and It Could Happen to You there are 3 work arounds as noted in the last 3 sentences clipped. You'll have to visit the article to get the full details of each of the 3 workarounds. I opted for "uninstall the hotfix" until they get it right. ;)
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POPS OPERATION: BOT ROAST was driven to this article while searching for a way to file a complaint about something else. Definitely worth visiting and reading entire article.
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POPSMicrosoft Patch Hides Tricky IE7 Download Complete article at the link provided. Is short but no so sweet if you were one of the ones that found yourself in this dilemma. In my opinion, this should have sent millions of folks over to Mozilla to download Firefox. MS royally screwed up. If ever they thought they were competing with Mozilla, they had just set themselves up to loose the browser war.
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POPSAbuses in Social Networking sites
I really think it's going to be difficult to monitor what happens and where. I am not sure why the world expects social networking sites to babysit the people that register for these sites. As a parent, I think ultimately, we are the only ones that should be monitoring, watching and teaching our children. Govt and web owners have been trying to come up with solutions for a number of years now and there hasn't actually been anything that they can write in stone that will work or has worked to the fullest extent yet, that will make everyone happy. What about assigning some type of ID to users under the age of 18. For example, in order for someone under the age of 18 to use the internet, they would require something like an "internet pass" that is obtained by some agency (similar to a DMV (dept of motor vehicles)), and would have to be approved by parents. The internet pass would enable the "under 18" crowd access to the web but only one level of it. continued...
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POPSIE Patch: 3 Strikes You're Out "Microsoft's Patch Tuesday on Sep. 12 brought three bulletins covering a three software flaws, but the day will be remembered most for an Internet Explorer mega-patch that is being re-rereleased to address a 10th vulnerability that was missed by the software maker."