PC Update is the Melbourne PC User Group magazine/newsletter. The first issue of PC Update appeared in March 1984 under the title MELB-PC.
The name was changed to PC Update in September of the same year and has remained unchanged ever since. The magazine has won a number of International Awards.
PC Update has been published in various formats, firstly as a printed newsletter, then a printed magazine, then an e-magazine, and currently as a e-newsletter.
April 2022
Beer Wine Spirits
Beer and spirits have more detrimental effects on the waistline and on cardiovascular disease risk than red or white wine Researchers are working to tease apart […]
Bitcoin
The Other Side of the Bitcoin By David Kretchmar, Computer Technician, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club https://www.scscc.club In the April 2021 edition of the Gigabyte Gazette, […]
East SIG Report – March 2022
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the March meeting, again from home via Zoom. The first presentation of the night was by George Skarbek presenting his […]
Editorial April 2022
From the president (and editor) David Stonier-Gibson Zooming into the future While we still live in the shadow of Covid, there are clear signs we are […]
Green Hydrogen
Australia plans to be a big green hydrogen exporter to Asian markets but they dont need it Andrew Blakers, Australian National University and Cheng Cheng, […]
Monthly Meeting May 2022
May monthly meeting special guest Our monthly meeting for May is on Wednesday 4th at 7pm. This will be held as a hybrid. You are encouraged […]
Reflecting on Linux as my daily driver
Using Linux as my daily driver Hugh Macdonald I initially wrote an article of October 2020 where I announced I was going to spend more time […]
Start a New Habit in ’22 – Back Up!
By Kurt Jefferson, Editor, CKCS Newsletter. https://ckcs.org/ As we start a new year, it’s a great time to start a new habit – back up your […]
March 2022
An open letter to Scott Morrison
An open letter to Scott Morrison On March 15 the full federal court ruled that the federal environment minister, Sussan Ley does not have a duty […]
East SIG Report – February 2022
East SIG Report – February 2022 Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the February meeting, (our first for 2022), again from home via Zoom. The first […]
Editorial March 2022
Editorial March 2022 David Stonier-Gibson Hugh Macdonald is temporarily indisposed, so I am holding the editor’s quill for him until he’s back onboard. More precisely: I’m […]
Free Tutorials – How to use Smartphones, Tablets and Computers
Free Tutorials – How to use Smartphones, Tablets and Computers Committee member Stewart Gruneklee has taken the initiative to start a training program for people struggling […]
Make a Wi-Fi QR Code Using Android
Make a Wi-Fi QR Code Using Android John Krout, Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society Instead of forcing family, friends, and user group members to type […]
Monthly Meeting April 2022
Monthly Meeting April 2022 David Stonier-Gibson With a federal election on the horizon, there is much speculation about the large number of independents putting their hands […]
Potential Problems Ahead For Users of Three Popular Web Browsers
Potential Problems Ahead For Users of Three Popular Web Browsers By Kurt Jefferson, Editor, Central Kentucky Computer Society Three of the most popular Web browsers in […]
Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond
Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond Shane Keating, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Oceanography, UNSW Sydney Clare Kenyon, Astrophysicist and […]
February 2022
Club Notices February 2022
A Commodore 64 challenge for Melb PC Harry Lewis Melb PC was approached recently by local poet Ted Holmes. Between 1999 and 2001 Ted published three […]
East SIG Report November 2021
Neil Miller Host Paul Woolard opened the November meeting, again from home via Zoom. The first presentation of the night was George Skarbek presenting his usual […]
Editorial February 2022
Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to another edition of PC Update and welcome to another year in the life of Melbourne PC User Group. I’m sure […]
How to become a Linux expert by installing Arch
Roger Brown You too can amaze your friends and colleagues by becoming a LINUX EXPERT who runs the very best rolling distribution – Arch Linux. For […]
How To Delete Your Social Media Accounts
Sharon Horwood, Deakin University For more than a decade we’ve been deeply immersed in a love affair with social media. And the thought of ending things […]
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello Nearby Share On Android: All You Need To Know https://joyofandroid.com/nearby-share-on-android/ If you are an Android user and want to know about Nearby Share, check […]
Mandatory logins for ABC iview could open an intimate window onto your life
Michael Cowling, CQUniversity Australia Last week, the ABC announced it will begin to track the viewing habits of all users of its iview streaming platform from […]
Member Fiction: How The World Is Run
George Wright There was once a leader of a country who wanted to be safe from atomic attack so he asked another friendly country to provide […]
Monthly Meeting February 2022
The November 2021 Monthly Meeting was held online on Wednesday 2nd February 2022, with about 90 members in attendance via Zoom. Guest segment: Zero to One […]
Using Google Workspace
Greg Eden Part 1 – Document scanning and OCR Can you use your Android phone as a document scanner? Yes. As a way of copying old […]
Yammer Highlights January 2022
Dennis Parsons Linux Frank plugged his Kobo eBook into his Linux computer but couldn’t get it to connect properly. The reader was showing as connected on […]
December 2021
Behind The Scenes At PC Update
Hugh Macdonald I began as PC Update editor back in September 2019 and with my permanent step into the role, there were a lot of changes […]
From The Editor December 2021
Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to the final edition of PC Update for 2021! And what another strange year it was. It started with some promise […]
Getting To Know The Committee for 2021/22
At the November 2021 annual general meeting of Melbourne PC User Group the committee of management was up for reelection. Due to the fact that only […]
How 2021 was the year governments really started to wise up against big tech
David Tuffley, Griffith University After all the bad press tech companies have received, would anyone still be surprised to learn the outwardly smiling face of social […]
How To Install Linux
Hugh Macdonald Every few months in PC Update, reviews of different Linux distributions are featured, and other aspects of the operating system are discussed as well. […]
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello A Quick Way To “Clear Your Web Browsing History And Data” … https://technewsforyou.com/2021/03/01/a-quick-way-to-clear-your-web-browsing-history-and-data/ I can’t believe I did not know this before. This shortcut […]
Monthly Meeting December 2021
The November 2021 Monthly Meeting was held online on Wednesday 1st December 2021, with about 70 members in attendance via Zoom and a few in attendance […]
Most Common Issues that Need Repair from a PC or Mac Repair Shop Perspective
Dan Douglas, President, Space Coast PCUG This month I am updating the presentation highlights from the session I gave at the APCUG virtual Technology Conference held […]
Why wearable fitness trackers aren’t as useless as some make them out to be
Ben Singh, University of South Australia and Carol Maher, University of South Australia Wearable fitness trackers will be on many Christmas shopping lists this year, with […]
Yammer Highlights November 2021
Dennis Parsons Computer Help Smart phones can be confusing for everyone at times and doubly so when you’re on the other end of a phone call […]
November 2021
An update on some minor changes to the Website Menu and login
Rob Brown Some small changes have been rolled out to the melbpc.org.au website to improve the user experience for new visitors to the site. The changes […]
Book Review: I, Warbot
Tim McQueen I, Warbot – the dawn of artificially intelligent conflict. Kenneth Payne Hurst & Company, London Payne based his title for this book on […]
DOTW Highlights October 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report October 2021
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the October meeting, once more joined by an increased audience, again from home via Zoom. Paul announced that starting […]
From The Editor November 2021
Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to the November 2021 edition of PC Update. It’s an interesting issue, with our feature articles being on the various types […]
How vulnerable is your personal information? Four essential reads
Eric Smalley, The Conversation When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging […]
MelbPC Email Changes Gear
Harry Lewis Members with Melb PC email accounts have been provided with access to their new mailboxes hosted by Google Workspace (formerly G Suite). From the […]
Member Fiction: Identifying Yourself As A Computer Nerd
George Wright When deleting emails over six years of age you recognise you don’t trust anybody. When deleting emails under three days old you recognise you […]
Member Fiction: Thinking Machines
Tim McQueen Daryl was frustrated. He’d left the job in Philadelphia, suspecting that international travel bans would come, but had risked going home via Cambridge to […]
Monthly Meeting November 2021
The November 2021 Monthly Meeting was held online on Wednesday 6th October 2021, with about 70 members in attendance via Zoom. This was the program for […]
Solid State Drives
Tom Burt, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club Solid State Drives (SSDs) have been around for quite a while. However, prices have come down while capacities and […]
Yammer Highlights October 2021
Dennis Parsons Windows With the move of our services from Microsoft to Google based the use of Melb PC e-mail addresses for a Windows login will […]
October 2021
Advantages of New Wi-Fi Standards
Joe Callison, Seniors Computer Club of Greater Kansas City Wi-Fi technology and the routers and Wi-Fi adapters using it have advanced a lot in recent […]
DOTW Winners September 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report September 2021
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the September meeting, with a significant increase in members joining again from home via Zoom. The first presentation of the […]
From The Editor October 2021
Hello and welcome to the October 2021 edition of PC Update. Exciting news – our Moorabbin headquarters can reopen soon! By about October 30 2021, Victoria […]
How Do I Know When It Is Time to Buy a New Wi-Fi Router?
Kurt Jefferson, Central Kentucky Computer Society Shortly before Halloween last year, I noticed my Internet connection was getting slower and slower. I would visit CKCS.org to […]
Member Fiction: What Am I Doing Here?
George Wright I love my computer. I know it’s just a machine on my desk, but what can it really do? What use is it […]
Monthly Meeting October 2021
The September 2021 Monthly Meeting was held online on Wednesday 6th October 2021, with about 70 members in attendance via Zoom. This was the program for […]
Presidential Musings October 2021
David Stonier-Gibson This is the last PC Update you will receive before the AGM on Wednesday 3rd November. That meeting will be online only, so votes […]
Revitalising an older PC
Hugh Macdonald You might have received an older PC from someone and now you’re wondering what to do with it. I often get handed old laptops […]
The Apple iPod came out two decades ago and changed how we listen to music. Where are we headed now?
Stuart James, Edith Cowan University On October 23, 2001, Apple released the iPod — a portable media player that promised to overshadow the clunky design and […]
Yammer Highlights September 2021
Dennis Parsons Windows Windows 11 was officially released on October 5th and while most of us probably aren’t brave enough to use it on our […]
September 2021
CitSciOz 2021
If you enjoyed the September 2021 monthly meeting on citizen science, then you might be interested in attending the annual conference which is coming up, Please […]
Digital tech is the future, but a new report shows Australia risks being left in the past
Shazia Sadiq, The University of Queensland and Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, The University of Melbourne Digital technologies are now at the heart of our everyday lives, as […]
DOTW Winners August 2021
DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to Chit […]
East SIG Report August 2021
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the August meeting, again with all members back at home joining the meeting via Zoom. The first presentation of the […]
From The Editor September 2021
Hugh Macdonald Last month in PC Update we celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the IBM PC with an article. This month, if I’d had more time, […]
In Search of Backup Utopia
Harry Lewis In his intriguing article ‘Elephobia’ in last month’s PC Update we were transported to Planet Wright where George (of that ilk) introduced us to […]
Monthly Meeting September 2021
The September 2021 Monthly Meeting was held online on Wednesday 1st September 2021, with about 70 members in attendance via Zoom. This was the program for […]
Presidential Musings September 2021
David Stonier-Gibson This may be the last PC Update you read before submitting your proxy votes for the November AGM. That meeting will be online only, […]
Thanks To The Ancient Greeks
George Wright (with maths advice from Ann Lawry) Humans can identify complex relationships with each other and their habitats. I’ve come to think that the ancient […]
Yammer Highlights August 2021
Dennis Parsons Technology News While last month saw the 30th anniversary of the announcement of Linux, this month marks 30 years since the first actual kernel […]
‘What is my IP address?’ Explaining one of the most Googled questions in the world
Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University and Bogdan Ghita, University of Plymouth What is my IP? It’s an odd question in most people’s minds, yet it’s one […]
August 2021
A Change to PC Update Subscriptions
David Stonier-Gibson The Committee has decided not to accept any new subscriptions for the printed version of PC Update. Here’s why: The large, fancy colour laser […]
Curious Kids: how does music get onto a cassette tape?
Christopher Wenn, The University of Melbourne How does music get onto a cassette tape? — Paul, age 9, Adelaide Hi Paul! That’s a great question. […]
DOTW Winners July 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report July 2021
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the July meeting, again with all members back at home joining the meeting via Zoom. The first presentation of the […]
Forty years of the IBM PC
Hugh Macdonald The twelfth of August 2021 marks forty years since the IBM Personal Computer was first released onto the market. It is widely regarded as […]
From The Editor August 2021
Hello and welcome to another edition of PC Update. On the club front our activities have been back online this month. We had an interesting monthly […]
How one simple rule change could curb online retailers’ snooping on you
Katharine Kemp, UNSW I spent last week studying the 26,000 words of privacy terms published by eBay and Amazon, trying to extract some straight answers, and […]
Member Short Stories: Elephobia
George Wright My wife loves an Apple. I like apples too, but I like eating mine. My computer is Android. Hers backs-up automatically, several times a […]
Smart Home, Smarter Home
Greg Skalka, Under The Computer Hood User Group Everyone wants some control in their lives. Having the ability to control things in our homes can provide […]
Yammer Highlights July 2021
Dennis Parsons NBN Questions and Comments Steve posed the question of whether it was possible to use the 4G fall-back capability of a Telstra Smart Modem […]
July 2021
A Life Changing Monthly Meeting
Kevin Gray Dear David, This is a short note of thanks to the Melbourne PC User Group. I’ve been a member for just on 30 years. […]
A Look Through Windows 11
Hugh Macdonald On June 24 this year, Microsoft somewhat surprised everyone by announcing that a new version of Windows, called Windows 11, was coming This was […]
DOTW Winners June 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report June 2021
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the June meeting, this month with all members back at home joining the meeting via Zoom. After a short introduction […]
Editorial July 2021
Hugh Macdonald Welcome to another edition of PC Update. On the computing front this month, I take a first look at Windows 11, David Stonier-Gibson explores […]
From The President July 2021
David Stonier-Gibson Moorabbin renovations: Can you help? The process of upgrading and reconfiguring Moorabbin has been continuing, even during Covid. A small band of volunteers have […]
How does the Pegasus spyware work, and is my phone at risk
Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University and Roberto Musotto, Edith Cowan University A major journalistic investigation has found evidence of malicious software being used by governments around […]
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello PSA: Gmail Has Your Old Chat Logs From Google Talk (And Hangouts) https://www.howtogeek.com/711404/psa-gmail-has-your-old-chat-logs-from-google-talk-and-hangouts/ Did you use Google Talk and or Hangouts? If so, your […]
Lockdown
Heather Stonier-Gibson This rain fits. It fits the dull, bleak swarm of Melbourne winter. It fits my growing bitterness and sits well with the anxiety that […]
Monthly Meeting July 2021
The June 2021 Monthly Meeting was held online on Wednesday 7th July 2021, with about 70 members in attendance via Zoom and another 20 at Moorabbin. […]
QR scanning is important
David Stonier-Gibson The Virus struck close to home today: It was in Coles at Southland, 10 minutes walk from home, last Monday. And I know my […]
Whither hobby computing?
David Stonier-Gibson The world is changing rapidly, not least of all in the realm of computing. Computing today is vastly different to what it was when […]
Why Darwin Survived
George Wright Last year, unverified rumour says that North Korea’s Supreme Leader ordered a nuclear strike on Darwin because he figured that Australia’s response would at […]
Yammer Highlights June 2021
Windows (formerly Windows 10*) We were able to help Jan with a major learning experience this month – using a bootable Linux USB flash drive to […]
June 2021
Best Practice Backups for your Operating System
Hugh Macdonald Last month in PC Update we published an article by Dan Douglas on backing up in Windows. While this presented a method that would […]
Blocking Unwanted Emails
David Kretchmar, Computer Technician, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club Sooner or later this happens to all of us. You continuously receive unwanted emails, (spam) from an […]
Building a CNC Router (Part 2)
Dave Williams This is the second part of a series of articles on Dave Williams’ experience of building a CNC (computerised numerical control) router, which is […]
DOTW Winners May 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report May 2021
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the May meeting again via Zoom. This month he was seated with a small audience at Eley Road Hall, our […]
Editorial June 2021
Hugh Macdonald Welcome to the June 2021 edition of PC Update. As Melbourne has once again found itself in Covid lockdown, there is not a lot […]
How an app to decrypt criminal messages was born ‘over a few beers’ with the FBI
David Tuffley, Griffith University Australian and US law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced they’d sprung a trap three years in the making, catching major international crime […]
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello The Two Types Of Cloud Data Threats And How You Protect Yourself https://askleo.com/two-cloud-data-threats/ Leo Notenboom explains the two types of threats for having your […]
Monthly Meeting June 2021
The June 2021 Monthly Meeting was held online on Wednesday 2nd June 2021, with almost 100 members in attendance via Zoom. This was the program for […]
US lawmakers are taking a massive swipe at big tech. If it lands, the impact will be felt globally
Katharine Kemp, UNSW Five antitrust laws proposed in the United States aim to aggressively rein in the market power of “big tech” companies and change the […]
Yammer Highlights May 2021
Dennis Parsons In Memory of Judy Bednar We had a terrible shock when we heard that a long-time member, Judy Bednar, had been murdered in her […]
May 2021
Backing Up
Dan Douglas, President, Space Coast PC Users Group Two types of files are required to be backed up. There are your personal files, normally stored in […]
Book Review
Tim McQueen This is how they tell me the world ends – the cyber weapons arms race Nicole Perlroth Bloomsbury 491 pages On 10 May […]
Building a DIY CNC Router (Part 1)
Dave Williams This is the first part of a series of articles on Dave Williams’ experience of building a CNC (computerised numerical control) router, which is […]
Casting, not in the theatrical sense
Phil Sorrentino, Sarasota Technology Users Group Most modern computers have HDMI outputs so it is easy to display your computer screen on a big-screen TV, but […]
DOTW Winners April 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report April 2021
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the April meeting again presented via Zoom. After welcoming members, the meeting commenced with George Skarbek presenting Q&A. Q: I […]
Editorial May 2021
Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to another edition of PC Update. This month the highlights include: Dave Williams with the first part of his series on […]
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello What Is Archive In Gmail And How To Archive And Unarchive Emails https://www.guidingtech.com/what-is-archive-in-gmail-how-to-archive-unarchive-emails/ Do you know what archiving in Gmail is? If so, do […]
Monthly Meeting May 2021
The May 2021 Monthly Meeting was held in person and online on Wednesday 5th May 2021, with over 20 members in attendance at Moorabbin and over […]
Presidential Musings May 2021
David Stonier-Gibson Successful Covid-be-gone party Sunday 18th April I think I can confidently declare the Party at Moorabbin on Sunday 18th April a success. We all […]
Remember, Apple AirTags and ‘Find My’ app only work because of a vast, largely covert tracking network
Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University Apple recently launched the latest version of its operating system, iOS 14.5, which features the much-anticipated app tracking transparency function, bolstering […]
Want to become a space tourist? You finally can — if you have $250,000 and a will to sign your life away
Cassandra Steer, Australian National University Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space launch company Blue Origin has announced it will sell its first flights into microgravity to the highest […]
Yammer Highlights April 2021
Dennis Parsons Coronavirus Discussion & Comments The use of QR codes for “checking in” to many businesses and venues for COVID tracking purposes, including Melb […]
April 2021
ASCCA Online Courses
Frank O’Loughlin Last Monday I participated in an online course on Gimp photo editor. I haven’t been game to try this previously as my memory is […]
Chromebook Update
Jeff Wilkinson, President, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club I have become more interested in Chromebooks as an alternative for our club members who need to replace […]
DOTW Winners March 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report March 2021
Neil Muller Host Dave Botherway opened the March meeting again presented via Zoom. After welcoming members, the meeting commenced with George Skarbek presenting Q&A. With no […]
Editorial April 2021
Hugh Macdonald Pleasingly, life is beginning to return to normal at Melbourne PC User Group. Everytime I walk into the club these days (usually on the […]
In 2021 vow to start using a password manager
Kurt Jefferson, Editor, Central Kentucky Computer Society I keep telling students in my CKCS classes that they need to start using a password manager. You should […]
Interesting Internet Finds April 2021
Steve Costello Proxy Vs. VPN: When To Use A Proxy Server And When To Use A VPN? https://www.digitalcitizen.life/when-use-proxy-and-when-use-vpn/ Have you heard about Proxies and VPNs. Do […]
Monthly Meeting April 2021
The March 2021 Monthly Meeting was held in person and online on Wednesday 3rd March 2021, with over 40 members in attendance at Moorabbin and over […]
Phone wet and will not turn on? Here is how to deal with water damage
Ritesh Chugh, CQUniversity Australia If you’ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you’re not alone. […]
Potential for harm: Microsoft to make US$22 billion worth of augmented reality headsets for US Army
Ben Egliston, Queensland University of Technology and Marcus Carter, University of Sydney Microsoft has reportedly been awarded a ten year contract worth close to US$22 billion, […]
Presidential Musings April 2021
David Stonier-Gibson Internet lounge equipment As part of our refurbishing and de-cluttering the club rooms, we have moved all the Internet Lounge equipment into temporary storage. […]
Yammer Highlights March 2021
Dennis Parsons Windows 10 Merv, our loud and proud purple dinosaur (if you see his Yammer profile pic you’ll understand), has been on a rather steep […]
March 2021
DOTW Winners February 2021
Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week. Don’t take it too seriously and do pop over to […]
East SIG Report February 2021
Neil Muller Host Frank Maher opened the first East SIG’s meeting for 2021 again hosted via Zoom. After welcoming members, the meeting then commenced with George […]
From The Editor March 2021
Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to the March edition of PC Update. Our magazine this month covers a range of topics: A discussion of various types […]
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello, SEFCUG Gmail’s New Quick Settings https://cynmackley.com/2020/08/04/gmails-new-quick-settings/ https://cynmackley.com/2020/08/05/gmail-quick-settings-part-2/ https://cynmackley.com/2020/08/06/gmail-quick-settings-part-3/ If you use Gmail, you should know how to use its quick settings feature. Cyn Mackley […]
Member Wanted Ad
Expert tuition and assistance needed in using software to improve vinyl records and cassettes. I have a basic knowledge of Adobe Audition 1 and hope to […]
Monthly Meeting March 2021
The March 2021 Monthly Meeting was held in person and online on Wednesday 3rd March 2021, with over 75 members in attendance. This was the program […]
New evidence shows half of Australians have ditched social media at some point, but millennials lag behind
Roger Patulny, University of Wollongong A recent nationally representative survey has shown Australians are willing and able to pull the plug on social media. But it […]
Security flaws in Microsoft email software raise questions over Australia’s cybersecurity approach
Carsten Rudolph, Monash University On March 2, 2021, Microsoft published information about four critical vulnerabilities in its widely used Exchange email server software that are being […]
Those Nasty Pop Up Ads
Jim Cerny, Help Desk Host, The Saratoga Users Group You’re going along just fine, enjoying a fun game on your device, you don’t know how it […]
Why Linux?
Jim Quinn, Vice President, Under the Computer Hood User Group In 2008 we (my wife & I) decided to do the 5-year plan to retire in […]
Yammer Highlights February 2021
Dennis Parsons Computer Help Occasionally members raise the issue of readability of the Yammer posts, no not the quality of the content, but the combination of […]
February 2021
AI can now learn to manipulate human behaviour
Jon Whittle, Data61 Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning more about how to work with (and on) humans. A recent study has shown how AI can learn […]
Book Review
Tim McQueen Uncanny Valley – A memoir Anna Wiener Farrar Strauss & Giroux 284 pages Wiener is a contributing writer to The New Yorker. After college […]
Club News February 2021
Hugh Macdonald Upgrades to the AV system at Moorabbin Our Moorabbin headquarters hosted its first in-person monthly meeting since February 2020 on Wednesday 2 February, when […]
East SIG Report December 2020
Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened East SIG’s December meeting again via Zoom. After welcoming members, the meeting then commenced with George Skarbek presenting Q&A. Q: […]
From The Editor February 2021
Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to PC Update for another issue, and another year! The club is slowly returning to ‘normal’. Earlier this month we had […]
From The President February 2021
David Stonier-Gibson 2020 will of course always be remembered as the year of Covid 19. We are fortunate that in Australia the effects of the pandemic […]
If Google does pull its search engine out of Australia, there are alternatives
Gianluca Demartini, The University of Queensland The Australian government’s push to make Google pay news organisations for linking to their content has seen the search giant […]
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello, SEFCUG In the course of going through the more than 300 RSS feeds, I often run across things that I think might be of […]
Monthly Meeting February 2021
The February 2021 Monthly Meeting and Annual General Meeting was held online on Wednesday 3rd February 2021, with over 75 members in attendance. This was the […]
UEFI Configuration for Booting Live Media
Dick Maybach, Brookdale Computer User Group In modern PCs the boot process is controlled by a Unified Extended Firmware Interface (UEFI), that has replaced the old […]
Use keyboard commands to create screenshots in Win10
John Stampfel, President, Brookdale Computer Users Group I learn something new every day. To someone’s question “In Windows 7 (or 8 or 10), is there a […]
Yammer Highlights January 2021
Dennis Parsons Computer Help In these days of COVID online meetings are ubiquitous and if you wish to fully participate a functioning camera and microphone […]
Your Committee For 2021
Leading up to this month’s Annual General Meeting, the committee for 2021 was installed. There were quite a number of familiar faces returning, but also a […]