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HughesNet is decommissioning the Horizon 2 satellite at the end of October. If you are a tripod Internet user and are assigned to Horizon 2, you will need to contact a dealer to have your satellite reassigned.
If you are a HughesNet satellite internet user and will potentially be affected by this change, take a moment to visit the Escapees Club website ”What’s Hot” page and review the “how to” article submitted by Larry (Laurence) Holbrook, SKP # 91027. The article can be found at www.escapees.com/hot_article.asp?ID=291.
Back in May, HP announced availability of a Wi-Fi enabled mouse, targeted at mobile users. The aptly named HP Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse uses a systems’ Wi-Fi controller as its interface, eliminating the need to plug in a dedicated USB transceiver dongle. On USB starved notebooks, not having to plug in a dongle means freeing up a valuable port and not having to carry around (and potentially lose) another piece of hardware.
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