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*WEEKLY SIG MEETING UPDATE 30 AUGUST - 5 SEPTEMBER 2009*
1st Floor *Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts* *280 Pitt Street, Sydney* http://www.sydneypc.com/ Sydney PCUG's Blog UPCOMING SIG'S *6 - 12 September 2009* Programming Friday Seniors Communications MAIN MEETING Door Prize Joan Robertson *MAIN MEETING PRIZES* Donated by Joshua Carr - Asus & Alex Zaharov-Reutt WINNERS Roger Foulds Malcolm Robertson Phillip Soller Clare Wagemans, Bill Parry, Robert Israel, Gerald Hayes, Terry Eakin, Peter Sheldon, James Hill, Dennis Campnella, Elaine Rush, Joan Robertson.	Hello and Welcome, Saturday 5 September your hard working Committee Members will meet again to discuss ways to improve the club and increase the club's membership. If any member has any suggestions or ideas please email your committee. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The presenter for the September Main Meeting Joshua Carr, Product Manager for Retail Notebooks at Asus, explained that the name Asus came from Pegasus - The God of Speed, Art and Learning -'Nimble, faithful and consistent'. On show were several types of notebooks from the new slimline to the new Eee PC, all with great features. One being the battery life of the latest machines some - offering 11 hours, which is great as one can fly from London to the USA and still have ample battery life to keep on working, and secondly the light weight of these latest models. There is also face recognition and finger security for logging on. Our thanks to Joshua for supplying all the great Asus prizes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday 30 August - Membership Drive - 10 am - 3 pm Roundhouse, University of Sydney The Membership Committee will be hosting another stall at the Roundhouse on Sunday, this will be the last for the year and it is hoped that members will make themselves available to come along and help in promoting the benefits of the SPCUG. Whilst there you can also wander around the multitude of stalls with all their inviting 'bits n pieces'. Parking is available please see map. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday 5 September - Penrith - Frank Bowman - 2 pm - 5 pm St Clair High School, Endeavour Avenue, St Clair The session will start with the usual Q and A session around the table, where we share problems, advice and tips. Also the use of some flash disks as Ready Boost RAM with Vista will be shown. QBasic is not used much these days, but we'll see how well we can run some simple programs with XP and Vista. We will take a look at Microsoft's new search engine 'Bing' and look at a number of ways to download videos from YouTube. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tip of the Week Stardock - Fences is a program that helps you organise your desktop, and can hide your icons when they're not in use. It's FREE for personal use, so try it out today, and change how you use your desktop forever! Double click your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they'll return. Check out the video on the Stardock link above. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So until next week, health and happiness, Cheers *Elaine* Please remember if your e-mail address is changed for any reason at all, unless you tell me your new address then you will not receive these weekly updates! Any change of address should be notified to changedetails@sydneypc.com
Information for Members and Visitors: Sydney PC User Group's FREE newsletter: Subscribe Send to Friend Un-subscribe Go to Sydney PC User Group's: Website Events Calendar Please note that all Meetings, except where specifically stated, are held on the 1st Floor, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Sydney PC User Group Incorporated

~ Members helping Members for over 22 Years ~

Visitors are always welcome

WEEKLY SIG MEETING UPDATE 30 AUGUST - 5 SEPTEMBER 2009

1st Floor
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
280 Pitt Street, Sydney
http://www.sydneypc.com/

Sydney PCUG's Blog

UPCOMING SIG'S

6 - 12 September 2009

Programming

Friday Seniors

Communications

MAIN MEETING
Door Prize

Joan Robertson

MAIN MEETING PRIZES

Donated by
Joshua Carr - Asus

& Alex Zaharov-Reutt

WINNERS

Roger Foulds

Malcolm Robertson

Phillip Soller

Clare Wagemans, Bill Parry,
Robert Israel, Gerald Hayes,
Terry Eakin, Peter Sheldon,
James Hill, Dennis Campnella,
Elaine Rush, Joan Robertson.

Hello and Welcome,

Saturday 5 September your hard working Committee Members will meet again to discuss ways to improve the club and increase the club's membership. If any member has any suggestions or ideas please email your committee.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The presenter for the September Main Meeting Joshua Carr, Product Manager for Retail Notebooks at Asus, explained that the name Asus came from Pegasus - The God of Speed, Art and Learning -'Nimble, faithful and consistent'.

On show were several types of notebooks from the new slimline to the new Eee PC, all with great features. One being the battery life of the latest machines some - offering 11 hours, which is great as one can fly from London to the USA and still have ample battery life to keep on working, and secondly the light weight of these latest models. There is also face recognition and finger security for logging on.

Our thanks to Joshua for supplying all the great Asus prizes.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sunday 30 August - Membership Drive - 10 am - 3 pm
Roundhouse, University of Sydney

The Membership Committee will be hosting another stall at the Roundhouse on Sunday, this will be the last for the year and it is hoped that members will make themselves available to come along and help in promoting the benefits of the SPCUG. Whilst there you can also wander around the multitude of stalls with all their inviting 'bits n pieces'. Parking is available please see map.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Saturday 5 September - Penrith - Frank Bowman - 2 pm - 5 pm
St Clair High School, Endeavour Avenue, St Clair

The session will start with the usual Q and A session around the table, where we share problems, advice and tips. Also the use of some flash disks as Ready Boost RAM with Vista will be shown. QBasic is not used much these days, but we'll see how well we can run some simple programs with XP and Vista.

We will take a look at Microsoft's new search engine 'Bing' and look at a number of ways to download videos from YouTube.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tip of the Week

Stardock - Fences is a program that helps you organise your desktop, and can hide your icons when they're not in use. It's FREE for personal use, so try it out today, and change how you use your desktop forever!

Double click your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they'll return. Check out the video on the Stardock link above.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So until next week, health and happiness,

Cheers

Elaine

Please remember if your e-mail address is changed for any reason at all, unless you tell me your new address then you will not receive these weekly updates! Any change of address should be notified to changedetails@sydneypc.com

Information for Members and Visitors:

Sydney PC User Group's FREE newsletter: Subscribe Send to Friend Un-subscribe

Go to Sydney PC User Group's: Website Events Calendar

Please note that all Meetings, except where specifically stated, are held on the
1st Floor, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney.