Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac, new Apple TV In March we covered Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac and I shared my experience with the new 4th generation Apple TV. Office 2016 for Mac is available as a one-time purchase or as part of an Office 365 monthly or yearly subscription. In the past the Mac … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2016
Major sites hit by ‘ransomware’ malvertising
Who would think that reading the news on the NY Times or BBC websites could get your computer encrypted with ransomeware? The weak link is advertising that comes from third parties.This may be the best argument in favor of using an ad-blocker in your browser. I use Ad Blocker Plus in Firefox. … [Read more...]
DACS Board Meeting Minutes, March 2, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 7:10pm. Dave Green chaired the meeting. In attendance were board members Richard Corzo, Bert Goff (Secretary & Treasurer), Dave Green, Jim Scheef, and Andy Woodruff. The minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale. The Minutes of the 2/3/2016 Board Meeting … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Letter, April 2016
The DACS 25th Anniversary Banquet was a resounding success, thanks to Jim Scheef, who did most of the work organizing the event. He not only publicized the dinner and printed name tags for all attendees, he gave an oral history of DACS from his perspective. Then he invited all members to speak about … [Read more...]
April Preview: Introduction to Genealogy
Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 7:30 PM Danbury Hospital Robilotti Conference Center Presenter: John O’Donnell Curious about your family history but don’t know where and how to start? Need guidance about doing research and what resources to choose? Join John O’Donnell, librarian and genealogy … [Read more...]
March 2016: Music Notation Software
Music notation software is the software application for music composition. A composer can write musical notes in a music notation application and then print professional looking music scores. Music notation applications can typically also play audio from the scores. The applications are … [Read more...]
DACS Linux Workshop for March
At this March 16th meeting, the upcoming LibrePlanet 2016 conference at MIT on March 19th and 20th that I will be attending will be described. No other specific talks have been planned for this meeting, but there is still much to talk about: using the scanner features of all-in-one printers when … [Read more...]
Top iPhone Hackers Ask Court to Protect Apple From the FBI
Top iPhone Hackers Ask Court to Protect Apple From the FBI … [Read more...]
Pentagon Launches the Feds’ First ‘Bug Bounty’ for Hackers
Of course you must break several parts of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to find these bugs, but what the h377 - it's only the Pentagon! Pentagon Launches the Feds’ First ‘Bug Bounty’ for Hackers … [Read more...]
March 8th: Apple Workshop – Office 2016 and Apple TV
At the March meeting we'll take a look at the new Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac. Microsoft usually follows up a new Windows version of Office with a new Mac version. The last time they did this was Office 2011 for Mac following Office 2010 for Windows. We didn't get a new version for Mac after the … [Read more...]