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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 2012. We calculated our retirement income and expenses (including taxes) to make sure we could live satisfactory on that amount.   This forced me to think about technology for...Continue reading→

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 happened or maybe you touched the screen just a teeny bit out of place, and BAM, there is a pop-up add or window!  It overlays part of your screen...Continue reading→

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 for the evening: Guest Speaker:  Colin Pudsey Topic: Virtual Reality for Seniors Colin Pudsey Colin is Founder and CEO of SilVR Adventures, a Melbourne based start-up using Virtual Reality...Continue reading→

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: During last month’s Q&A it was mentioned that MS Office 2019 was available from Groupon for $49.95. I purchased a copy and wonder if I uninstall my current Office...Continue reading→

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 interest to other user group members. Why Video Calls Are So Exhausting (And What You Can Do About It) https://www.besttechie.com/why-video-calls-are-so-exhausting-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/ Attending a lot of video conferences and now exhausted?...Continue reading→

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 program for the evening: Guest Assoc. Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk MB, BS, PhD,  FRACS (Urology) Topic: Modern Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment Associate Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk MB, BS, PhD, FRACS...Continue reading→

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 have been very much less harmful than in many other countries. Nevertheless, it has had an effect on us all, and on our club. Despite the challenges and potential...Continue reading→

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 our first in-person monthly meeting for nearly twelve months and some SIGs are now back meeting in person as well. The club rooms at Moorabbin are undergoing change: after...Continue reading→

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 threaten to pull out of Australia. Google Australia’s managing director Mel Silva said if the government’s proposal goes ahead, “we would have no real choice but to stop making...Continue reading→