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Configuring a Windows PC For a Senior Citizen? 823

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @05:43AM from the keeping-it-simple dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I would like to know if there are any resources on the Web or elsewhere describing how to configure a Windows PC for an older parent not living in the same household. Assume little computer familiarity or aptitude. Some stuff is obvious, like using only a few large icons for favorite Web sites, or an icon perhaps for composing email and another for checking email. Other considerations are eliminating nuisance messages from Windows update and antivirus/firewall. What works and what doesn't? Can anyone who has worked/volunteered at a senior center offer some insights?"

Comment Re:Let me attempt to translate... (Score 4, Informative) 576

by nuke-alwin on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @03:43PM (#25737533) Attached to: Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks

Luxembourg - The Danish manufacturer will have to swallow hard as the European Court of Justice decided on Wednesday that anyone may produce a block which fits on the original Lego block. Lego went to the European Court of Justice in a battle against the Canadian competitor Mega Brands who have brought a block to market which fits to those of Lego. The Court decided today that the design of Lego is not protected by European trademarks and that there can be no exclusive rights. The rest of the article is historical information about Lego.

Submission + - Hawkeye not as accurate as we are made to believe (cardiff.ac.uk)

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nuke-alwin

on Saturday June 28, 2008 @06:45PM

nuke-alwin writes: "It is obvious that any model is only as accurate as the data in it, and technologies such as Hawkeye can never remove all doubt about the position of a ball. Wimbledon appears to accept the Hawkeye prediction as absolute, but researchers at Cardiff University will soon publish a paper disputing the accuracy of the system. As this kind of technology is being introduced into other sports which have traditionally depended on human judges, the accuracy of the technology should be highlighted as even without quantum mechanics, nothing can be known with absolute certainty."

Submission + - Hawking searching for Africa's Einstein (news.com.au) 1

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nuke-alwin

on Monday May 12, 2008 @04:07AM

nuke-alwin writes: "Stephen Hawking has travelled to South Africa in search of Africa's Einstein. The project will create Africa's first post-graduate centre for maths and physics.The British government has unfortunately decided not to back the project which is hoping to fight poverty by identifying the kind of talent which can creat wealth."

Submission + - Google to be sued for the way it sells advertising (channel4.com)

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nuke-alwin

on Saturday May 03, 2008 @02:18PM

nuke-alwin writes: "Channel 4 news in the UK is reporting that Google will be sued by Lastminute.com for the way it sells advertising. Adverts from competitors will now be displayed when searching for some trademarks. Google say that consumers will benefit.

Some trademarks becomes so familiar that all similar products are known by the trademark name: think Coke and Hoover for example. I think that searching for these kind of words should allow competitors to advertise their similar products."

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