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Roger Brown DOTW (whatever that stands for) our weekly Yammer poll and light-hearted review of the sillier events of the week, continues – social isolation rules notwithstanding. Thanks to those who vote and also to the odd member who might “feature” – all in fun of course. And perhaps we should all thank George Pell...Continue reading→

Tom Burt, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club About every 18 months I teach an introductory seminar on how to use LibreOffice. Attendance is usually good, but I still have been only reaching about 20 of our members at any one time. So, I decided this month to write about it here. Also, I had a...Continue reading→

Jim Cerny, Sarasota Technology Users Group So someone sends you a file attached to their email – you try to open the file and you can’t, why is that?  I mean they obviously could open the file on their computer, why couldn’t you open it on yours?  Unfortunately, this is the frustrating part about FILE...Continue reading→

Jeff Wilkinson 5G is the designation for the upcoming fifth-generation cellular network technology. This technology, which had the standards set at the end of 2017, promises to bring faster speeds than the current 4G technology in use by most cell phones today. This technology will not only affect your cell phones, tablets, and laptops, but...Continue reading→

Mahmoud Elkhodr, CQUniversity Australia About 1.13 million people had downloaded the federal government’s COVIDSafe app by 6 am today, just 12 hours after its release last night, said Health Minister Greg Hunt. The government is hoping at least 40% of the population will make use of the app, designed to help reduce the spread of...Continue reading→

Leighton West We are the RACV of the Computer World A unique free service to members that is one of the best reasons for anyone joining, even if you never use us “It’s there if you need it”. Access to iHelp is not just appreciated, but in many cases the sole reason for maintaining membership....Continue reading→

David Stonier-Gibson What a difference a day makes! I have started measuring time in Corona weeks and months. Things are happening so fast in this new, weird, wacky, and scary world we suddenly live in. Last week’s reality, its truth, now seems like months ago, and today there’s a different truth. The situation changes by...Continue reading→

Dan Douglas, President, Space Coast PCUG, Florida At a recent learning centre meeting, the topic of what was better to get, in my opinion, a desktop or a laptop? We agreed to include various other devices in the category of ‘laptop’ – tablets, Chromebooks, netbooks, notebooks, etc. Let’s take a look at the various factors...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. The following are some items I found interesting during the month of December 2019.   How To Clear Browser Cache In All Web...Continue reading→