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Nominations for Committee Posts 2024

President Margaret March Vice President Keith Scott Secretary Wendy Simpson Treasurer David Lawrence Membership Secretary John Allen Committee Member Peter Bayliss Committee Member Chris Betterton-Jones Committee Member Susan Bridge Committee Member John Jardine Committee Member […]

Laptop Asus VivoBook Max X541N

Asus VivoBook Max 541N Intel 2 core N3350 CPU @1.10 gHz 4 gb RAM 240 gb HDD DVD drive 1 x USB 2 and 1 x USB 3 and 1 x USB ‘C’ VGA & […]

Can you do everything in a browser?

Internet browsers such as Edge and Chrome are becoming more feature-filled these days, while at the same time there are web-based tools for creating documents, editing images, music and even video -. Tasks which were […]

Edge and Chrome – Playing around with the latest versions

On Thursday, February 9th we looked at the latest versions of Edge and Chrome for the desktop and had fun finding our way around. Chris had to update Chrome during the session, which didn’t take […]

Chrome and Edge – latest versions compared. What’s new ? …and What’s useful?

The Desktop versions of Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Edge browsers have recently had updates. This Thursday, February 8th we will explore the features of these latest versions and discuss which tools we are likely to […]

Playing around with Google Docs

On Thursday, February 1st we took a look at Google Docs which is one of a suite of online office editing tools provided free to everyone who has a Gmail account. To get to Google […]

What can I do with Google Docs and the “Google Docs Editor’s suite” ?

Everyone who has a Gmail account has access to Google Docs which is an online word processor included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite. This includes Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google […]

Machine translation perils

On Thursday, January 26th we discussed the failings of machine translation and put Google Translate, https://translate.google.com DeepL https://www.deepl.com/en/translator and ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com through a series of challenges. Translation fails pre-date machine translation of course. The following […]

Don’t fall into the machine translation trap!

AI has improved translation on the fly for web pages, emails, even the spoken word. However these tools have their limitations and are prone to bloopers. This Thursday January 25th we’ll take a look at […]

Managing Spam, Scams and Phishing in 2024

On Thursday, Jan 18th we discussed these increasingly sophisticated attempts to steal your identity or money. AI tools have enabled tricksters to create convincing e-mails and websites. Ever wonder why we use the term “spam” […]