Ever wonder if someone is poaching on your Wi-Fi or worse, trying to hack your network? Here is how to see who and what is connected to your Wi-Fi. Read on... … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
Top 5 PC Makers Open Your Laptop to Hackers
When you take your new computer out of the box and turn it on for the first time, I'm sure you, like most of us, assume that at that moment, it is as secure as it can be. After all, nothing has run on the machine other than the core of a freshly installed Windows. Well, think again. As you apply the … [Read more...]
May 2016: John Patrick on Net Attitude
As Bert Goff noted in his introduction, this was John R. Patrick’s 24th presentation at a DACS General Meeting. We invite him back because we learn something new every time. Year after year, John’s presentation is always our best-attended meeting. The kicker to all this is that it really puts the … [Read more...]
DACS President’s Letter, June 2016
John Patrick’s presentation at the May General Meeting was a great success! A big thank you to Andy Woodruff for all his hard work, making arrangements and preparations for the event, and then recording it. Also to Lisa Leifels, who helped video the meeting, and to Bert Goff who brought the food. … [Read more...]
June 23 – Demo of Video Editor Software
Andy Woodruff will demonstrate the use of Adobe's video editor called "Premiere". He will target this workshop toward attendees with no background in video editing. Andy videotaped John Patrick's presentation at the DACS General Meeting in May. He will utilize these files in this demonstration. … [Read more...]
Linux Workshop for June 15th
Perhaps, following on our May 18th meeting where we saw details about using the Bash shell in Windows 10 presented by Jim Scheef, we will continue our discussions on that promising use of Bash. For our June 15th meeting, no other topics are scheduled yet though we are always open to topics that … [Read more...]
June Preview: Small Business Technology Challenges – Rick Van Akin
Date: Tuesday, June 7th, 7:30 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Robilotti Conference Center Presenter: Rick Van Akin By Bert Goff DACS is pleased to have Rick Van Akin, Owner of Computer Troubleshooters of Greater Danbury in Brookfield, CT introduce us to many of the technical challenges … [Read more...]
DACS Linux Workshop for May 18th
We welcome attendees from beginner to advanced with Linux. Our workshop features discussions and demonstrations of software and hardware as they relate to Linux. No new topics are planned yet for this month, but issues and ideas may be presented by any of our meeting attendees. Our meetings … [Read more...]
May 10th: Apple Workshop
We didn't get to it last month so we'll try again with Apple CarPlay. If your car supports it, plugging in your iPhone displays some car-friendly apps on your car’s touchscreen. It enables Siri for voice control, gives you directions with Apple Maps, plays your music, podcasts, and provides access … [Read more...]