>Can the panel on the right side (with Last 10 stuff) be turned off for people who are too cheap to subscribe (like me for the moment (not for long))?
Click on SetUp button.
Click on Update Your Account (that is for ALL., not only for subscribers) and uncheck "Enable Subscription panel"
Then save of course :-)
Then you must logoff and logon again :-)
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