Help celebrate 25 years of fabulous meetings, great presentations, award-winning websites and newsletters plus many super-duper SIGs, all rolled up into 25 years of learning, sharing and just plain fun. What: Banquet buffet dinner with cash bar When: Wednesday, March 9th starting at 5:30 … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2016
APCUG Advisor Report to Region 1 User Groups
This edition of NOOZ is being sent to your group’s officers that are listed in the UGLS (APCUG’s membership database). We urge you to share the information by including it in your newsletter, posting it on your website, or e-mailing it to members of your group. In this edition of NOOZ: Don … [Read more...]
February 17th: Linux Workshop
First up at our meeting will be a presentation, demonstration and discussion using cwRsync as a synchronized backup intended for Windows users using the Linux algorithm rsync in a Cygwin environment. The configuration and use of the free client of cwRsync will be featured. (Server versions are paid … [Read more...]
APCUG Winter 2016 Virtual Technology Conference (VTC)
APCUG’s FREE 2016 Winter Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) will be held on Saturday, February 20, from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern Time. The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions via Q&A; the questions are answered by the presenter at the end of … [Read more...]
Everything We Know About Ukraine’s Power Plant Hack
Everything We Know About Ukraine’s Power Plant Hack … [Read more...]
Linux zero-day affects most Androids, millions of Linux PCs
A new zero-day vulnerability allows Android or Linux applications to escalate privileges … [Read more...]
January 26th: Video Production Workshop
This meeting will be held at the Charter Communications television studio in Newtown, and it will focus on the recording of live interviews. There will be opportunities for participants to learn: Practice Being On Camera. Be interviewed and interview others, in mock filming setups. Learn … [Read more...]
DACS Board Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm. Bert Goff chaired the meeting in place of President Dick Gingras, who was absent due to illness. In attendance were board members Richard Corzo, Bert Goff (Treasurer & Secretary), Dave Green, Cathy Quaranta, Andy Woodruff, and Tom Zarecki. DACS … [Read more...]
January 2016: Apple Workshop Notes
Apple TV versus Roku - This month we discussed some video streaming devices that connect to your TV: the Apple TV and the Roku. Many people have smart TVs that connect to their home network, via either Wi-Fi or Ethernet cable. Typically this provides access to Netflix, YouTube, and some other … [Read more...]
Book Review: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson ©2011 Simon & Schuster Most of the books about Steve Jobs and Apple Computer, indeed most biographies, tend to be sequential, moving linearly through time telling the story, one anecdote after another. While this book more or less flows through time, Isaacson … [Read more...]