Google opposes SOPA and PIPA, urges petition

Google main search engine page is now seeing an additional link urging the Congress not to censor the Internet to oppose against Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).

Google's stand is to end piracy and not liberty and Google wants us to sign a petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before the Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Click here to vote.

Ho Ching named 5th most powerful and is mistaken as first lady by Forbes

Forbes named Singapore Prime Minister wife and CEO of Temasek Holdings, Ho Ching, as the 5th most powerful woman in the world. Ho Ching is mistaken as Singapore's first lady! OMG!

I wonder how can Forbes makes such a blunder. For a complete list, refer to here.

How to stop FortiClient from starting automatically?

Installed FortiClient recently but the challenge in disabling the application/service from running automatically on every start-up annoyed me. Attempt to stop 'FortiClient Service Scheduler' only return 'Parameter is incorrect' error message.

An article on Technet help solve my trouble. To stop FortiClient from starting automatically, try the following:
Shut down FortiClient from the system tray.
Run net stop fortishield on command prompt.
Run msconfig.
On msconfig, switch to the Services tab. Clear the FortiClient Service Scheduler check box and click Apply.Run services.msc on command prompt to open up show all available services.Look for FortiClient Service Scheduler. Switch Startup type to Manual.Restart your computer. FortiClient should not be running automatically the next time round. Hope it helps.

RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB Nationalised

ROYAL Bank of Scotland (RBS), HBOS and Lloyds TSB, three of Britain's leading banks, have effectively been nationalised after the British government announced plans to take significant stake in these 3 banks to "save" them.

The picture above tells all on the stake.

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