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Yammer Highlights August 2020

Dennis Parsons Internet Connectivity Survey I’m re-running the Internet connectivity survey I conducted in early 2018 so please get involved and let us know how you connect to the Internet at home. The turnout so far has been excellent and… Continue Reading…

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Coronavirus misinformation is a global issue, but which myth you fall for likely depends on where you live

Jason Weismueller, University of Western Australia; Jacob Shapiro, Princeton University; Jan Oledan, Princeton University, and Paul Harrigan, University of Western Australia In February, major social media platforms attended a meeting hosted by the World Health Organisation to address coronavirus misinformation.… Continue Reading…

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Digging your own digital grave: how should you manage the data you leave behind?

Patrick Scolyer-Gray, Deakin University; Arash Shaghaghi, Deakin University, and Debi Ashenden, Deakin University Throughout our lifetimes we consume, collate, curate, host and produce a staggering quantity of data – some by our own hand, some by others on our behalf,… Continue Reading…

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Five projects for Raspberry Pi at home

Ben Nuttall The Raspberry Pi computer can be used in all kinds of settings and for a variety of purposes. It obviously has a place in education for helping students with learning programming and maker skills in the classroom and the hackspace,… Continue Reading…

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Your Favourite Browser Extensions

Hugh Macdonald For me, my web browser is easily my most frequently and most extensively used application across the various computers I operate. For the last few years I’ve been using Mozilla Firefox as my primary web browser, as it… Continue Reading…

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Add a Vimeo video to your Weebly (basic) site

How to add a Vimeo to a Weebly basic website. These instructions assume you have a basic Vimeo account and a free Weebly account and that you are logged in to either Vimeo and weebly. I have circled relevant information… Continue Reading…

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How to subscribe to SIG mailing lists and find out about their meetings

Hugh Macdonald Ever since Covid-19 became a concern to society, SIGs at Melbourne PC User Group have ceased meeting in person and many have transitioned to a meeting via video conferencing platforms such as Google Meet and Zoom. The opportunity… Continue Reading…

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Windows 10 – Reset, the ability to Reinstall the OS

Phil Sorrentino, Contributing Writer, The Computer Club I don’t think any other Windows OS version has included a feature that would allow you to easily reinstall the Windows Operating System, without having the installation media available. Here is a quote… Continue Reading…

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Tuning Up Your Windows 10 Start Menu

Tom Burt, Vice-President, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club Windows 10 was originally released in July 2015. It’s latest major update is V2004 – this article is written using the Fall 2209 update. Originally, I had mixed feelings about Windows 10’s… Continue Reading…

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