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A reader asks: "I love watching movies and TV shows on my PC, but it would be really cool to beam them over to my 50-inch HDTV. I'm just confused by all the different hardware and software options for making it happen. What do you suggest for streaming online video content to my TV set?" Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other web services offer online movies and popular TV shows, but you've spilled too much popcorn on your PC. 
Windows 8 will be released in 2012, according to some pundits who cite unnamed sources. That seems rather unlikely, given that Windows 7 came out just two years ago. But a 2012 release date dovetails nicely with the end of the Mayan calendar and civilization as we know it. Perhaps it's not a coincidence. :-) 
The security of fax transmissions is especially important to healthcare, legal, and financial entities. Even occasional users may wonder if Internet faxing, despite its many advantages, is secure enough to protect their confidentiality and that of their clients. Should you be concerned about the risk of your online fax transmission falling into the wrong hands? 
Reformatting wipes your hard drive clean of ALL files, and some people are tempted to reformat when their computer is running slow due to a virus or other problems. But that's usually a mistake. If you really do need to reformat a hard drive using Windows 7, the method you should use depends on whether you want to reformat a bootable drive or a secondary drive. 
"Wait... I didn't mean to delete that file!" It happens to everyone... a stray mouse click or fumbling fingers, and the document, spreadsheet or presentation you just spent hours creating is gone. Or maybe not. Sooner or later, everyone deletes a file which they wish to recover. Recovering deleted files on Windows 7 systems is often possible, but it requires a gentle touch and a bit of luck. 
ICANN just approved .XXX as the official red-light district of the Internet, so why are pr0n makers mad? Firefox V4 has been downloaded over 43 million users -- will you be switching? Here's the latest edition of the Geekly Update, presented in small bytes. Get the scoop on gadgets & hardware, online happenings, computer security, social networking, web tech and search engines. 
