As a follow-on to the December general meeting on cord cutting, we talked about the tvOS 10.1 update for the 4th generation Apple TV that introduces the new “TV” app. This app allows you to search for movies and TV shows across all supporting apps such as Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, and many … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Our Resource Center Needs an Upgrade!
New paint, fresh carpet, and a fresh look will make our Resource Center a great asset for DACS. We want it to be a comfortable place to meet new friends and learn new skills. But materials need to be bought, and this is where you can help. A tax deductible donation will give us materials. Let's … [Read more...]
General Meeting Review 12/6: Cord-cutting with Bill Saturno
By Richard Teasdale TV watchers and home phone users fed up with the high fees charged by wired service providers got a comprehensive review of their options for cutting or "shaving" the cord, at the December General Meeting of DACS. Bill Saturno, the evening's speaker and a former DACS board … [Read more...]
DACS Board Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 7:13pm by the DACS President, Dave Green. In attendance were board members Richard Corzo, Bert Goff (Secretary & Treasurer), and Dave Green (President). Dick Gingras, Jim Scheef, and Andy Woodruff were not present. The minutes were taken by Richard … [Read more...]
Annual Meeting Minutes, Tuesday, December 6, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 7:38pm. Dave Green, President of DACS, chaired the meeting. Election of Directors DACS has two alternating slates of directors, who each serve for two years. The terms of the four-member slate of directors (Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras, Cathy Quaranta, … [Read more...]
Single Board Computer Workshop
We missed the planned November meeting (entirely my fault) so January will be devoted to planning out the new 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? A possible group project might be a Raspberry … [Read more...]
Remove Preinstalled Windows 10 Apps Using Windows 10 App Remover
Here is another method to remove Windows 10 preinstalled apps. Read on... Related content: How To Uninstall Default Apps In Windows 10 … [Read more...]
A Ton of Popular Netgear Routers Are Exposed—With No Easy Fix
The vulnerability here is trivial to exploit, so easy in fact that you can easily test to see if your router is vulnerable with a simple URL. While a Netgear has released a tentative patch, this is so serious that the recommendation is to "pull the plug". There is a work-around that is easy to … [Read more...]
How To Uninstall Default Apps In Windows 10
We have all been victim to finding our new PC bloated with so-called trial software more often called "crapware". Generally speaking these are easy to remove using the "Programs and Features" applet in Control Panel. On the other hand, "Modern" or "Metro" apps can be another story. Even from a clean … [Read more...]
December 13th: Apple Workshop – Hour of Code
In honor of Apple's Hour of Code week we will do our own session with an introduction to Swift Playgrounds, an iPad app for learning how to write Swift code. So if you have an iPad, come bring it and join in on the fun. Or just come and watch. If Apple's timing is right, we may … [Read more...]