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Coronavirus misinformation is a global issue, but which myth you fall for likely depends on where you live
Jason Weismueller, University of Western Australia; Jacob Shapiro, Princeton University; Jan Oledan, Princeton University, and Paul Harrigan, University of Western Australia In February, major social media platforms attended a meeting hosted by the World Health Organisation to address coronavirus misinformation. The aim was to catalyse the fight against what the United Nations has called an...Continue reading→
Digging your own digital grave: how should you manage the data you leave behind?
Patrick Scolyer-Gray, Deakin University; Arash Shaghaghi, Deakin University, and Debi Ashenden, Deakin University Throughout our lifetimes we consume, collate, curate, host and produce a staggering quantity of data – some by our own hand, some by others on our behalf, and some without our knowledge or consent. Collectively, our “digital footprints” represent who we are...Continue reading→
Five projects for Raspberry Pi at home
Ben Nuttall The Raspberry Pi computer can be used in all kinds of settings and for a variety of purposes. It obviously has a place in education for helping students with learning programming and maker skills in the classroom and the hackspace, and it has plenty of industrial applications in the workplace and in factories. I’m going...Continue reading→
Your Favourite Browser Extensions
Hugh Macdonald For me, my web browser is easily my most frequently and most extensively used application across the various computers I operate. For the last few years I’ve been using Mozilla Firefox as my primary web browser, as it was much less taxing on system resources than Google Chrome was, which I had used...Continue reading→
How to subscribe to SIG mailing lists and find out about their meetings
Hugh Macdonald Ever since Covid-19 became a concern to society, SIGs at Melbourne PC User Group have ceased meeting in person and many have transitioned to a meeting via video conferencing platforms such as Google Meet and Zoom. The opportunity that this presents to members, is that SIG meetings that were previously a long drive...Continue reading→
Windows 10 – Reset, the ability to Reinstall the OS
Phil Sorrentino, Contributing Writer, The Computer Club I don’t think any other Windows OS version has included a feature that would allow you to easily reinstall the Windows Operating System, without having the installation media available. Here is a quote from the Microsoft Windows Support website; “If your PC isn’t running well, resetting it might...Continue reading→
Tuning Up Your Windows 10 Start Menu
Tom Burt, Vice-President, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club Windows 10 was originally released in July 2015. It’s latest major update is V2004 – this article is written using the Fall 2209 update. Originally, I had mixed feelings about Windows 10’s new hybrid “list and tiles” Start menu. However, I gradually came to like it as...Continue reading→
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello, Boca Raton Computer Society 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. The following are some items I found interesting during February 2020. Understanding Your Google Account Online Space Allocations (For Gmail,...Continue reading→
Editorial August 2020
Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to the August 2020 edition of PC Update. Isolation and lockdown unfortunately continue for all of us in Melbourne, and so what better time is there than now to overhaul your PC. In recognition of this, there is an article dedicated to using the Windows 10 reset feature, which you...Continue reading→