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Phil Sorrentino There is just so much room on your phone for pictures, videos, music, and such. So,  what if someone asks about that video of your grandchild or pet or that list of current movies that you keep up to date? They are probably right there on your computer… at home. And you probably...Continue reading→

Roger Brown DOTW is a lighthearted look at some of the sillier events of the week which has been posted weekly in the Chit Chat group in Yammer. From the start of June, this poll will transfer to Spaces as our Yammer facility is being wound down and will close on June 30th. So if...Continue reading→

Dennis Parsons Google Spaces, a replacement for Yammer With Melb PC moving away from using Microsoft services for the general membership we’ll shortly be closing down Yammer as the host for our Online SIG. It was recently announced after a period of testing, that Google Spaces will be the replacement for Yammer due to “economy...Continue reading→

Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the April meeting, again from home via Zoom. The first presentation of the night was by George Skarbek presenting his usual Q&A segment. This month there were only two questions, the first resulted in an interesting array of responses from our Zoom audience. Q. Has anyone heard of problems...Continue reading→

Neil Muller After 15 years as convener of East SIG, Paul Woolard has decided to retire from the role. On behalf of all members present, new host Frank Maher, thanked Paul for his many years’ service to the Melbourne PC East SIG. Frank then opened the May meeting, again from home via Zoom. The first...Continue reading→

Australia plans to be a big green hydrogen exporter to Asian markets – but they don’t need it Andrew Blakers, Australian National University and Cheng Cheng, Australian National University In its latest budget, the federal government has promised hundreds of millions of dollars to expand Australia’s green hydrogen capabilities. Green hydrogen is made by electrolysis of...Continue reading→

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 emerging back into the world. But it will be a different world. Within Melb PC, while I am encouraging personal attendance and, very importantly, socialising at monthly meetings, it...Continue reading→

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 usual Q&A segment. Q. I have a hard drive with 5 partitions on it and I want to delete one of the partitions. One partition is called C, another...Continue reading→

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, I contributed an article titled “Bitcoin – the New Gold?”. I stated that “Gold and Bitcoin, as different as they are, both have characteristics of good investment vehicles and...Continue reading→