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THE JANUARY 2012
NEWSLETTER
Preamble
President Paul Turvey has asked me on behalf of the Committee to
extend a very Happy New Year to all members; trusting that we will
again enjoy another fruitful year of computer cooperation and
presentations.
Again, I welcome you to the current newsletter. I
continue to create a number of hyperlinks to various
areas of interest rather than incorporate 'chapter and verse' in the
newsletter.
Should there be any difficulty in connecting to
any
hyperlink,
copy and paste it to your browser.
- Preamble
- Our
last
general meeting on 13 December 2011
- Our
next
general meeting on 14 February 2012
- Annual
Subscriptions
- Publish an eBook
- How to Set Up a Google+ Page
- Google Chrome No, 1 in Security
- Scanning Your Family Pictures
- Microsoft IE6, IE7
- Kindle Fire Update
- Spot Checks
- And
before you go
Our
last
general meeting on 13 December 2011Bill
Nish provided an indepth talk on programming in Visual Basic.
Much interest was shown by members and many questions were answered by Bill in
response to their previous foray into programming in years gone by.
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Our
next
general meeting on 14 February 2012
[As usual, no general meeting has been set down for January 2012.]
The
February meeting will be conducted by our webmaster Charles Hunt, who
will demonstrate the creation of a newsletter using MS Publisher 2010.
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Annual
SubscriptionsThe annual subscription to the Hobart Computer Users Group is $30, This provides good value - interesting speakers,
great
newsletter, low cost software with coffee and biscuits at each general meeting.
It should be noted that the newsletter will only be distributed
to members of the club.
Subscriptions can be made by bank
transfer to the group's bank - BSB: 807-009, account number 51286729.
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Publish an eBookI
self-published a book 10 years ago using iUniverse and I was amazed at
how easy it was. It still took three months and we sold only 300
copies, but it it only cost me $300. With the advent of ebook readers,
you can now publish within hours and reach an audience of millions.
Check out our How To story to find out everything you need. Just
remember, the writing takes time. Click on: Publish an Ebook Now
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How to Set Up a Google+ Page
Google+ Pages, similar to Facebook Pages, allow businesses and
brands to extend their social media outreach to Google's social
network. Here's how to create one, develop it, and leverage it. Click on: How to Set Up a Google+ Page
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Google Chrome No, 1 in Security
A recent study from Accuvant names Google Chrome the most secure
Web browser, with Internet Explorer coming in second, and
Mozilla Firefox way behind in third place. Read the report to
learn what makes Mozilla Firefox so much more vulnerable than
the others. Click on: Google Chrome No. 1 in Security
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Scanning Your Family Pictures
There is, arguably, no
greater gift you can give your family than scanning the family photos.
Make no mistake, it isn't a simple process. It needs to be done with
some care and with an eye toward creating a permanent, high-quality
digital archive. But it is worth it. In this piece, our scanner expert,
David Stone, shares some of his tips for making the process as painless
as possible. Cick on: 12 Great Tips to Scan Your Family Pictures
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Microsoft IE6, IE7[Courtesy C|NET]
To
the dismay of many, Microsoft has decided to start forcing people to
update from older versions of Internet Explorer come January. If you
have Automatic Updates enabled, the company says the update will be a
seamless, Chrome-like experience. Windows XP users of Internet Explorer 6
and 7 will be upgraded to version 8, and Windows Vista users will be
pushed up the stairs to Internet Explorer 9. IE9 doesn't work in Windows
XP.
While disappointment in the move is understandable, Ryan Gavin,
senior director of Internet Explorer for Microsoft, makes a solid point.
"If you're running a 10-year-old browser, it's not good for the Web and
it's not good for the consumer. Getting more and more users onto a
modern HTML5 browser is good for everyone. Click on: http://ct.download.com/clicks?t=1113494780-ec2e84a4a4abb3e3e09e2b84aff2b10b-bf&brand=DOWNLOAD&s=5
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Kindle Fire UpdateAmazon has released the latest update for the Kindle Fire, and
while it's only incremental, it adds some notable performance
and menu tweaks. Click on: Hands On: Amazon Kindle Fire 6.2.1 Update
The update fixes some
bugs and makes the browsing experience as bit smoother. Haters will no
doubt complain that the update does not magically transform the Fire
into a 10-inch tablet like the iPad, but you can't please everybody!
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Spot Checks
And
before you go
Again, don't forget to let me know if you come
across something you may think would be interesting to other members of
our club.
If you do, I will endeavour to include it in our
next
newsletter.
My email :dipol3@internode.on.net
Paul the Editor
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