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COVIDSafe tracking app reviewed: the government delivers on data security, but other issues remain

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… Continue Reading…

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5G is Coming

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… Continue Reading…

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Understanding File Extensions

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,… Continue Reading…

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LibreOffice: A Powerful, Free Office Suite

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… Continue Reading…

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First Look: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Hugh Macdonald Ubuntu is arguably one of the most widely used Linux distributions, and arguably one of the most popular and easiest to use for consumers. On April 23 2020, they introduced their latest long term support (LTS) version, which… Continue Reading…

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How to boost your internet speed when everyone is working from home

James Jin Kang, Edith Cowan University and Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education, and entertainment. This has… Continue Reading…

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