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East SIG Report October 2022
Neil Muller After welcoming members to the October meeting of the East SIG, host Frank Maher then outlined the nights agenda below: Presentation 1: Q&A with Georg Skarbek Presentation 2: Current Scams and Preventions by Dave Botherway Main presentation: Multimedia home setup and upgrade issues by Rod Jones The first presentation of the night was Q&A...Continue reading→
From The President November/December 2022
Hugh Macdonald Welcome to my very first president’s report in PC Update. To recap I became president at the November Annual General Meeting and I said I would focus on a number of things for the coming year; to increase the overall membership of the club, to try and encourage a more diverse range...Continue reading→
The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant
Vitomir Kovanovic, University of South Australia The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot has given us a glimpse into the future of teaching and learning alongside artificial intelligence. Educators immediately pointed out the chatbot’s ability to generate meaningful responses to questions from assessments and exams. And it’s often not possible to attribute these responses to a...Continue reading→
From The Editor November/December 2022
Hugh Macdonald So like they say all good things must come to an end, and with my recent decision to become President of Melbourne PC User Group, I no longer feel that I can give PC Update the attention that it deserves as editor. The good news is that as of the next issue of...Continue reading→
Revisiting Chromebook
Hugh Macdonald I’ve used a Chromebook in the past and the premise of its operating system, Chrome OS is a great one. It’s a very lightweight operating system that doesn’t require premium CPUs, extensive amounts of memory, or large amounts of storage (because it largely uses the Google cloud for that. For any user who...Continue reading→
From The Editor October 2022
Hugh Macdonald Welcome to the October 2022 edition of PC Update. This month our two main feature articles are about buying a new PC and using Flatpaks in Linux. It’s always fun buying a new PC, whether it’s a laptop or a desktop PC. I like deciding things like how much RAM I want, what...Continue reading→
East SIG Report September 2022
Host Frank Maher welcomed members to the September Zoom meeting of the East SIG. Frank then outlined the nights agenda below: Presentation 1: Q&A with Georg Skarbek Presentation 2: Tuning Windows 11 – Personalisation and Privacy issues Main presentation: Electric Commercial Aircraft by Viv Ellison The first presentation of the night was Q&A by George Skarbek. Question 1...Continue reading→
Interesting Internet Finds
Steve Costello While going through more than 300 RSS feeds, I often encounter things I think might interest other user group members. The following are some items I found interesting during May 2022. Amazon Dropping MOBI Support On Send To Kindle Apps https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2022/05/03/amazon-dropping-mobi-support-on-send-to-kindle-apps/ Kindle users do not panic! MOBI files on your Kindle...Continue reading→
In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media. Here’s how to know what to trust
Stan Karanasios, The University of Queensland and Peter Hayes, CQUniversity Australia In an emergency, where do you turn to find out what’s going on and what you should do to stay safe? Traditionally, government agencies have been the “go-to” sources of information in events such as floods and bushfires, as well as health emergencies such...Continue reading→