Category: PresentationPost
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What are the risks of being on-line today? How can we be safe?
The bad guys are getting better at exploiting our frailties to make money through identity theft, phishing, hacking into personal accounts – the list is endless. Should we be afraid? What can we do to minimise risk without becoming paranoid? … Read more
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Bye bye, Windows 10
Microsoft will be phasing out Windows 10 in 2025. It wants us all to move to Windows 11…What to do? – force Windows 11 to install on my unsupported PC? Buy a new laptop? – what about a second-hand one? … Read more
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What’s the right way to backup your stuff?
We are all different, and no size fits all, especially when deciding what digital stuff we want to keep securely for future reference. Some of us want to keep copies of every e-mail we received and photo we took since … Read more
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Escaping Microsoft One-drive’s clutches
A common complaint from Club members is the intrusive and confusing control of their documents and photos by Microsoft OneDrive. This cloud service is set up by default in a standard Windows installation. It spreads its clutching tentacles far and … Read more
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Guest Speaker – Business solutions using cloud computing and AI
On Thursday 31st October we will have a guest speaker and a club day. Bart Dorlandt, currently on holiday in Javea, works for Rackspace which is a company providing worldwide cloud services to companies and government agencies. He is a … Read more
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Mixed Messages !
When someone says they’ll send you a message, you’d better understand what they mean. Is it a Text message, a Messenger message, a WhatsApp message? a Telegram message? or perhaps they message via LinkedIn or Instagram ? This Thursday October … Read more
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The AI explosion and how it will transition from the digital into the real world
This Thursday, 17 October, guest speaker and AI enthusiast Bill Pole will talk about the explosion of AI into the public consciousness in November 2022 with the launch of chat GPT. He will look at some of the main developments … Read more
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Discovering diversions around paywalls (but you should still support good journalism!)
The content of more and more websites (mostly news) is becoming hidden behind paywalls. Some demand a subscription when you are only interested in one article. However, did you know there’s an open access archive of web pages you can … Read more
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You don’t need to ditch Chrome or Edge to browse privately.
People who don’t want Google or Microsoft “following them around” on the Internet with targeted ads and trackers recommend switching to a browser focusing on privacy, such as DuckDuckGo or Brave. However, before taking such a step, it might be … Read more
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Playing around with DuckDuckGo
JCC members noted that there had been adverts for the Browser/Search engine DuckDuckGo on TV recently. Why is DuckDuckGo advertising itself so much? It’s been around for 16 years! – What is it?DuckDuckGo is an American software company that … Read more