Personal Technology Experts(R) at Support.com Discuss Seven Great Features That Make Windows(R) 8 PCs Deliver Improved …
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microsoft has pulled back the curtains on Windows 8 by making the Consumer Preview freely available. According to Microsoft, the new operating system will "change the way you interact with your PC, with improved functionality, speed and performance." The Personal Technology Experts at Support.com (Nasdaq:SPRT - News), a provider of technology support services and software for consumers and small business, have been testing the preview edition and have identified seven features that deliver on that promise:
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The new "Metro" User Interface: the "Start" button and desktop shortcuts have been replaced with Windows Phone Metro-style tiles that both launch common applications and display notifications (like received email). You can "pin" any application to the Start screen to create a tile or group common applications into a single tile by dragging them together.
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New Authentication Methods: there are now four authentication methods, three of which are new: PIN, Windows Live(R) ID, Picture Password, and the traditional User ID and Password. If you choose a Windows Live ID you have an option to sync your settings between multiple devices running Windows 8. Additionally, with SkyDrive(R) you can easily share files between all of your devices.
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Faster Boot Times: Microsoft has introduced a hybrid shutdown and boot process that will take less than 10 seconds for a Windows 8 PC with a SSD (solid-state drive) to go from powered down to the start screen, which is 30% to 70% faster than Windows 7.
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Refresh and Reset: reinstalling the OS or returning the PC to its original state is easier than ever. Microsoft has introduced an easy-to-use, step-by-step wizard to 'Reset' and 'Refresh' PC configurations. The 'Reset' feature helps users go back to the original state (default install) of their PC, which removes all data and apps while the 'Refresh' feature will restore default settings without losing any data or applications.
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Hertz Expands "Speed, Ease and Personal Service" Rental Programs
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PARK RIDGE, N.J., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The Hertz Corporation (HTZ) announced today an aggressive expansion of new technology-driven, customer service enhancements to more Hertz locations worldwide. The services, highlighted in the "Traveling at the Speed of Hertz" campaign, provide speed and ease helping Hertz Gold members save time via mobile and on-site service options and getting customers quickly behind the wheel of their preferred rental vehicle.
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"Hertz is responding to the exponential growth of mobile technology to streamline consumers' lives, including business and leisure travel," commented Hertz Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mark P. Frissora. "Customers love our Mobile Gold 'Carfirmations' because the service provides consumers confidence that their rental vehicle is ready to go. Hertz's suite of technological innovations is a key element of our commitment to make the car rental experience the fastest and easiest in the industry."
Hertz Gold Choice gives Gold customers the power to select their own car and go, and is now available at 48 U.S. locations and 7 European locations, with plans to add 10 additional locations within the next year. Hertz ExpressRent Kiosks, which let customers rent a car without a reservation through a live, face-to-face video kiosk, are live in 153 airport and off-airport locations across the U.S. Hertz has processed more than 100,000 rentals with its ExpressRent Kiosks and has set a new record handling of approximately 6,000 transactions per week via the kiosks.
"Traveling at the Speed of Hertz" enhancements that Hertz continues to expand include:
In addition to the success of the programs above, Hertz was recently voted the Best Overall Car Rental Company in Zagat's 2012/13 U.S. Car Rental Survey. In addition to best overall, Hertz earned top honors in 14 additional categories, more than any other car rental company surveyed. The Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program also garnered top honors for Best Rewards Program and Best Overall Benefits in the Americas, Europe/Africa, and Middle East/Asia/Oceania in the first annual FlyerTalk Awards.
About The Hertz Corporation
Hertz is the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand, operating from approximately 8,500 corporate and licensee locations in approximately 150 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and New Zealand. Hertz is the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 119 major airports in Europe. In addition, the Company has sales and marketing centers in 60 countries which promote Hertz business both within and outside such country. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Choice, Hertz #1 Club Gold, NeverLost customized, onboard navigation systems, Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and unique cars and SUVs offered through the Company's Adrenaline Prestige and Green Traveler Collections, set Hertz apart from the competition. In 2008, the Company entered the global car sharing market with its service now referred to as Hertz On Demand which rents cars by the hour and/or by the day, at various locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Hertz also operates one of the world's largest equipment rental businesses, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, offering a diverse line of rental equipment, from small tools and supplies to earthmoving equipment, as well as new and used equipment for sale, to customers ranging from major industrial companies to local contractors and consumers, from approximately 315 branches in the United States, Canada, China, France, Spain, Italy and Saudi Arabia, as well as through its international licensees. Hertz also owns Donlen Corporation, based in Northbrook, Illinois, which is a leader in providing fleet leasing and management services. To make car rental reservations or for more information, customers can call their travel agent, or call Hertz toll-free at 1-800-654-3001. Information and reservations are also available on the web at http://www.hertz.com.
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Stakes Success for Wealthy Man
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Stakes Success for Wealthy Man
Six-year-old New Zealander Wealthy Man (NZ) (Danzighill x Tatts M' Name) claimed his first stakes success in Macau on Saturday, beating top racehorse Luen Yat Forever (Honours List) to win the M$700,000 M-2 Macau Directors' Cup (1500m).
French apprentice jockey Charles Perkins gave Wealthy Man the perfect ride in the feature race of the meeting, jumping on the speed before settling in the box seat just off the leaders and powering away in the straight. The race winning time of 1 minute 25.5 seconds was a new track record, over half a second quicker than the old record of 1 minute 26.1 seconds.
Trained by Stephen Chow, the win was Wealthy Man's eighth from 28 career starts. The six-year-old has been close to stakes success in the past having run second in the Listed Macau Sprint Trophy (1200m) in 2010 and third in the Listed Macau Hong Kong Trophy (1500m) in 2011.
Bred by Abingdon Thoroughbreds, Wealthy Man was purchased by Glenn Old from White Robe Lodge at New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock for $12,000. He has now won over NZ$400,000 for his owners Lau Fu Wing & Tse Kam Po.
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Equifax Launches Program to Address Credit Literacy Among U.S. Hispanic Consumers
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ATLANTA, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Equifax Inc. (EFX) announced today that its Personal Solutions unit is launching an innovative program to address credit literacy among U.S. Hispanic consumers, including a Spanish-language web site (www.equifax.com/espanol) and three Spanish-language products.
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Equifax is among the first of the major consumer credit product companies in the U.S. to target Hispanics with a program to educate the community on the importance of credit and also empower consumers with educational resources, products and tools to make sound decisions. Both the web site and products have been designed to meet the unique needs and preferences of the Hispanic consumer.
Equifax has collaborated with a trusted financial advisor and media personality in the Hispanic community, Julie Stav, to develop and launch this important program. Stav engages millions of Hispanic consumers each month through her national radio show, Tu Dinero con Julie Stav, and other media platforms. She is now serving as the Equifax program's ambassador, generating awareness and promoting engagement among Hispanic consumers.
"Understanding and serving the Hispanic market is and will continue to be critical to the success of any company in the U.S. We're proud to be among the first consumer credit product companies to launch an initiative specifically designed for this market," said Trey Loughran, president, Equifax Personal Solutions. "Hispanic buying power in the United States is increasing significantly every year, and these consumers must understand and have access to credit to purchase homes, cars and other significant items. It's why we created this program and why we are teaming with Julie Stav, an expert in understanding Hispanic consumers' personal finance and credit education needs."
The Hispanic population in the U.S. is expected to grow 167 percent from 2010 to 2050, according to the U.S. Census. Hispanic buying power in the U.S. is estimated to be $1.2 trillion in 2012 and is projected to increase to $1.5 trillion in 2015, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth.
Equifax's Spanish-language web site for Hispanic consumers features educational content on a range of credit-related topics, including broad use of video and graphics. The site also features a new credit monitoring subscription product and two credit reporting products. For more information, visit http://www.equifax.com/espanol.
"Everything we are doing with our Hispanic-focused initiative from the educational web site and Spanish-language products to the relationship we have developed with Julie Stav ties directly to the Equifax Personal Solutions mission: empowering consumers to be their financial best," said Loughran. Our Spanish-language program and offerings enable us to reach, educate and empower many more people."
About Equifax
Equifax Personal Solutions empowers consumers with the confidence and control to be their financial best. Find out more about Equifax's innovative suite of credit monitoring and identity theft protection products designed to enable consumers to maximize their financial well-being at http://www.equifax.com. Get smart information on everything from credit to retirement, all in one place at the Equifax Finance Blog, http://www.blog.equifax.com.
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At Large By: Rina Jimenez-David Philippine Daily Inquirer
JAKARTAIndonesia has been called the smiling face of Islam. Where the religion spread through much of the Middle East through military conquest, Islam in Indonesia (and in much of Southeast Asia) was brought in by Arab traders, proselytizing even as they were establishing commercial routes.
Which is not to say that Islam in Indonesia is less Islamic. I remember visiting the office of a judge in a Shariah court in Pakistan with women leaders from Southeast Asia. An Indonesian delegate remonstrated with the judge about his rather harsh interpretation of a point of law, and he asked: What country do you come from? Are you even Muslim? Of course I am Muslim, I come from Indonesia! she replied. Oh, Indonesia, said the judge with a smirk, you arent real Muslims!
We all left in a huff, and none was more irate than our Indonesian friend. Indonesia, after all, has the worlds largest Islamic population, and while Indonesian Muslims present to the world a gentle, smiling and tolerant face of Islam, they are no less religious, observant or loyal to their faith.
The women of Asyiyah-Muhammadiyah came to our Womens Edition seminar to talk about the role of this faith-based organization in promoting family planning and reproductive health in Indonesia. Dr. Atikah Zaki, the health and social coordinator of the womens branch of Muhammadiyah, came into the room dressed in a floor-length skirt, long-sleeved blouse and her head and neck covered in a scarf that reached down to her chest. Her two companions were dressed similarly. They were the very picture of Islamic modesty, as were most of the other women speakers.
And yet Zaki in particular was unabashed in her pride at the work that Asyiyah, the womens wing of Muhammadiyah, was doing in promoting family planning among their members. While Muhammadiyah was founded as a faith-based organization by a very influential and famous ulama (Islamic religious leader) in 1912 in Yogyakarta, Asyiyah was founded just five years later, and its work of upholding the status of women and promoting Islamic life has only been enhanced by its promotion of family planning and reproductive health.
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AS EARLY as 1968, just when the BKKBN, the national family planning coordinating board, was established, a national congress of ulama issued a fatwa (decree) declaring that Muslims could practice certain family planning methods without committing offense.
Today, Asyiyah and Muhammadiyah endorse the following family planning methods: the contraceptive pill, the IUD, and withdrawal (although this last is considered a traditional method that is unreliable), while forbidding the promotion of abortion, menstrual regulation and sterilization.
Despite the limitations, Asyiyah effectively promotes family planning through a network of 86 hospitals and hundreds of clinics, while teaching responsible sexual behavior (though I doubt if they use the term) in their network of 87 universities and over 4,000 schools. As part of the associations commitment to look after the welfare of members, local leaders also conduct regular counseling sessions, mediating disputes between a husband and wife and even addressing such sensitive issues as domestic violence and premarital sex.
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New Gloucester drops some unpaid tax bills
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NEW GLOUCESTER Selectmen on Monday agreed unanimously to write off $17,297 in unpaid personal property taxes from 1998 to 2011.
The taxes include business establishments that never started, bankrupt businesses and those whose business establishments closed or moved out of town. One includes a person who died and another person is in jail.
The towns contracted assessing agent, Michael ODonnell, said often the towns records report miscellaneous items rather than a specific listing of items being taxed, making it more difficult to collect the taxes.
Town Manager Sumner Field III told the board in a memo that, "My recommendation is to abate these noncollectable taxes due to the reason listed to clear the accounting records and reflect a more realistic amount due to the town.
Going forward, I recommend that the Assessors approve a floor amount below which the Assessors Agent will not commit taxes on personal property, he said. He recommended a minimum value for business assets to be assessed and committed be set at $4,000.
ODonnell said the personal property tax list will require a workshop with selectmen in the future to discuss other personal property taxpayers in arrears. No action was taken.
In other business, selectmen agreed to fund $45,000 from Pinelands Tax Increment Financing funds to the New Gloucester Water District.
Lawrence Zuckerman, chairman of the three-member water district trustees, said in a letter to the board that the volunteer trustees are in the precarious position of applying for loans and grants and building a water system without insurance. Additional seed funding from the town will address this for fiscal year 2013.
The funds are earmarked for operations at $5,000; insurance at $5,000; legal work at $5,000; consulting fees at $10,000; fundraising efforts at $10,000; and contingency funds of $10,000.
Until the water system is built and generating income, the district has no source of income to undertake the work for the new water system, which is projected to cost $3 million.
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HMC female staff attend workshop
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The human resources department at HMC organised a workshop titled, Springboard Womens Development Programme in co-operation with the British Council. The one-month long programme, which consists of four different workshops, is being attended by 25 female employees from HMC. The Springboard Womens Development Programme, designed to enable women to take control of their lives by identifying clear, practical and realistic initiatives and take their own steps towards self-improvement, has won many international rewards, a spokesperson said. The programme covers some 26 countries and is being applied in all types of corporations, universities, public administrations and financial institutions. It has now been successfully used by over 200,000 women worldwide in 12 different languages. Instructor and consultant Einas Malkawi for Springboard UK said that Springboard counselling is a pioneering institution in the field of training and counselling. It works at an international level for the professional and personal development of women, she said. Malkawi explained that the programme included four workshops and participants were given a book containing a number of practical activities and ideas for them to work at. The workshops also include the attendance of a female guest, whose work is prominent in society, to share their success story with others. Several successful HMC female staff and women from the local community were invited to the workshops to highlight their professional and personal journies and any challenges they had faced whilst trying to achieve professional objectives in keeping with their personal, social and cultural values, she said. Malkawi emphasised the importance of the programme for HMCs female staff, reiterating that HMC recognised the vital role Qatari women have in both the society and civil service, in which they occupy senior administrative and executive positions. To expected outcomes of the workshop, she said that the participants will gain more self-confidence and self-motivation, clear objectives, better communication and interaction skills, the ability to reflect positive self-image and most significantly the ability to strike balance between a career and personal life. Hundreds of businessmen worldwide are happy with the instant and long-term fruits reaped by female staff participating in Springboard programme. They gain more motivation, enthusiasm and ability to communicate and interact with others, Malkawi said. Several public and private commercial enterprises, governmental and non-governmental organisations, public agencies, universities and voluntary societies have benefited from participating in the programme globally, she mentioned.
Web Talent Marketing's Marketing Manager Earns Google Analytics Qualification
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LANCASTER, Pa., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Full-service digital marketing agency Web Talent Marketing is pleased to announce that its Marketing Manager, Brent Delperdang, has earned Google's prestigious Analytics Qualification making it the only agency in the area to covet this title.
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In 2009, Google launched its Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ), which allows individuals to demonstrate proficiency in Google Analytics. Google provides a free online course that covers web analytics techniques and Google Analytics implementation, administration, and analysis tools. The Google Analytics IQ program is tailored for agencies who want to retain and develop employees who are knowledgeable about Web analytics, and for individuals who seek ways to improve their job prospects or further their own personal development.
"We are proud that Brent took the initiative to further his professional development and receive recognition for his excellent web analytics skills," says Mike Canarelli, Web Talent's chief operating officer. "We are also proud to be one of the only agencies in the area to obtain this recognition, allowing us to offer superior work to our clients."
Brent has been with Web Talent Marketing for over four years. From conversion focused website design to user-friendly interfaces, Brent oversees the process and creates new-age marketing solutions that fit the goals and objectives of WTM's clients. Brent holds a B.S. in Technology from Pittsburg State University in Kansas. Brent graduated one year ahead of schedule and at the top of his class with a 3.8 GPA.
About Web Talent Marketing
Web Talent Marketing is a Lancaster, Pa.-based, full-service digital marketing agency harnessing the advertising power, cost-efficiencies and metrics of the Internet to expand clients' website traffic and increase sales. Web Talent Marketing sits at the intersection of creativity and innovation to offer a one-stop-shop for progressive web design, development, advertising and search-engine marketing that leverages Internet's accountability to maximize the return on web marketing investments. Learn more at http://www.webtalentmarketing.com.
Media Contact: Mike Canarelli, Web Talent Marketing, 1-800-405-2947, mike@webtalentmarketing.com
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