Latin America
has in Caracas, Venezuela one of the largest active social groups
of expats (expatriates) in South America. Called the Rincon
Gang or Rinconeers, they publish a regular newsletter, the Rincon
Reminder, which updates their Caracas community web site, www.Expat-Village.com
The Rincon Reminder updates are also issued to ex-Caracas Rinconeers
now living and working in over 25 countries..
The Expat-Village web-site has all the latest Venezuelan news in English.
We publish news stories of interest to expatriates, including world news, sport,
entertainment and business. We have features on travel in Venezuela, Latin
America and the Caribbean, quick food recipes, and Venezuela security alerts.
Caracas social activities are listed in ‘What’s on in Caracas’, and we’ll keep
you amused with the 'Joke of the Day' page.
Rincon Computer Tips
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Skype, This is Not Nice!
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A Blog, posted in Geekzone ( http://www.geekzone.co.nz ) by M Freitas
Last
week Skype sent their users an email asking to change passwords. To
that end users should click on a link provided on an email, enter their
username and password and change to something new.
Apparently Skype was doing this to protect our privacy and data.
Sure this is good. But in these days of on-line phishing and scams,
people will not be clicking on links and providing email username and
password. I didn't do it, because I have SkypeIn and SkypeOut accounts,
and I don't want anyone using my account (if that wasn't a legitimate
email).
So I visited the Skype web site, and guess what? No information about this "password change" requirement. So I didn't do it.
Now I can't login into my account. And worst thing is...............
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Skype 2.0 Clarifies Video Chat Picture
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Skype Technologies, the Luxemburg
company famous for its free Internet telephone calls, today launches an
update that brings us closer to an elusive technological dream — the
videophone.
The new Skype 2.0 software provides the ability to see as well as hear
computer-to-computer callers — provided both parties have webcams.
Video chats, as part of instant messaging services such as one
sponsored by Yahoo, have been around for years, but they offer only
postage stamp-sized, jerky, pixilated video that looks as if it was
transmitted from Jupiter during a sunspot eruption. These seem to be
mostly popular among the cybersex crowd, but I'm not sure how they can
see anything well enough to get excited.
With the Skype 2.0 update, the picture is far clearer, larger and more
stable. So much so, this may be the long-awaited application that
brings video telephony to the masses, especially now that webcams can
be bought for as little as $30.
It doesn't hurt that the software is free, like the.......
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Rincon Computer Tips
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Make that Laptop Battery Last?
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Laptops drain batteries faster than children drain grape juice. Plugging in the AC adapter recharges the batteries, but what do you do to maximize the time spent between AC outlets? To keep your batteries breathing as long as possible, try some of these tricks.
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