Category: Presentations 2024

On Thursday, December 19, we enjoyed nibbles and drinks preceded by a selection of YouTube clips from Christmas editions of classic UK TV series. We also enjoyed a musical interlude and a Spanish mime. Here are the links for members’ … Read more

On Thursday, December 12, we discussed how Two-Step Verification and Passkeys help protect your online accounts from potential threats. The articles Chris found were a bit technical and filled with jargon, so there was a lot to clarify. Here’s a … Read more

On Thursday, December 5th we learned what a VPN (Virtual Private Network) was, and what Club members use them for. It’s difficult to assess if the average user needs one because a lot of the articles about them are written … Read more

On Thursday, November 28th, we discussed the risks the average person faces when going online today. Chris started by referencing her notes from the Club’s 2021 presentation on Internet security, noting that many of the points remained true: e.g. That … Read more

Windows 10 – and quite a few other Microsoft products are due to “retire” in 2025. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2025 On Thursday, November 21st we discussed the options available for Windows 10 users who own PCs which cannot be officially upgraded to Windows … Read more

On Thursday, 14 November we looked at backing up personal digital data. Scotty subscribes to Proton https://proton.me/blog/cloud-storage which provides a wide range of highly secure cloud-based services, including data storage. In contrast, Peter backs up all his data to an … Read more

On Thursday, November 7th, we looked at how to get rid of OneDrive on a Windows PC while saving your documents and other personal files. When Windows is installed on a PC, Microsoft does everything it can to encourage you … Read more

On Thursday October 31st, Guest speaker, Bart Dorlandt, who is a senior IT specialist developing solutions for business cloud computing needs, gave JCC members a presentation on de-mystifying AI. Bart works for Rackspace which provides worldwide cloud services to companies … Read more

On 24th October we discussed how to decide which method of message service to use from WhatsApp, Email, Messenger and SMS. The key elements to think about were  The length of the message – if it was long then email … Read more

On Thursday, 17 October AI enthusiast Bill Pole gave a fascinating and optimistic presentation on the current and future use of AI by the general public. This generated a lively discussion. Here are his remarks and links. Hi Margaret, it … Read more