At this November meeting starting at 7:30 pm we'll resume a discussion begun at our previous meeting about Bash scripting and the installation of a Linux distribution. Jim Ritterbusch may present information about the Dirty Cow exploit which remained unpatched in Linux distributions for many … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2016
FREE APCUG 2016 Fall Virtual Technology Converence (VTC)
Saturday, November 5 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm CT 11:00 am - 2:00 pm MT 10:00 am – 1:00 pm PT Attend the FREE conference from the convenience of your own home! All you need is your computer, tablet, etc. and Internet access. The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer … [Read more...]
Software Review: Smart Launcher for Android
An Android phone or tablet, whether it runs stock Android or more likely a customized skin from the manufacturer, has a default launcher that determines how the home screen looks and works. For instance, Samsung’s Android skin is called TouchWiz, and HTC’s is Sense. The launcher gives you a way to … [Read more...]
November Preview: Software Patents and More…
Date: Tuesday, November 1st, 7:30 p.m. Location: Danbury Hospital Creasy Auditorium by Bert Goff DACS is pleased to have Al Fressola, Esq., a partner in the law firm of Ware, Fressola, Maguire & Barber LLP, speak to us about Intellectual Property and technology. Al will discuss the … [Read more...]
General Meeting Review October 4, 2016
John R. Patrick on Election Attitude This is such a timely topic that we really wanted the opportunity to hear Dr. John R. Patrick speak before the election. As John pointed out at the start of his talk, in recent years he has published books on, and talked to us about Net Attitude, Health … [Read more...]
Single Board Computer Workshop
Here is our schedule for the remainder of the year. October - no meeting November - we'll meet and discuss what we want to do next year. What boards do we want to target? Should we discuss individual projects? Should we have a group project that we can all do together? December - no … [Read more...]
DACS Board Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm by the DACS President, Dave Green. In attendance were board members Richard Corzo, Bert Goff (Secretary & Treasurer), Dave Green (President), Cathy Quaranta, Jim Scheef, and Andy Woodruff. Dick Gingras and Tom Zarecki were not present. The minutes … [Read more...]
October 18 Web Design Workshop: Do you need HTTPS?
Does your website need to use HTTPS? Search engines and Google are putting more emphasis on the importance of website security, and will soon start favoring websites using HTTPS over those that do not. What are Google's criteria for the requirement? In the ongoing battle to reach the top of the … [Read more...]
Linux Workshop for October 19th
Discussion will continue at our October meeting about the Wacom tablet as it applies to a computer running Ubuntu. At our September meeting we looked at a similar configuration with a computer running Windows 7. No new topics are scheduled, though we probably will want to discuss John Patrick's … [Read more...]
October 11th: Apple Workshop – iOS 10
Apple has released iOS 10 not just for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but also for their iPhone models going back to the iPhone 5 and iPads back to the iPad 4, plus all iPad mini models except the original iPad mini. We'll learn what's new. For example, what happened to slide to unlock that we had gotten … [Read more...]