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General Meeting's TopicsThese are the Ottawa PC Users' Group Meetings topic as best as I could piece them together. All contributions are welcome; please post them into the "General" conference area of the PUB or email them to Future topics are in green and subject to change, for the latest info check the upcoming meetings and previous presenters and their web site pages. |
| 2011-2012 | |
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| Jun 13, 2012 | 11th BBQ: Pizza Night + ISP by Ross Kouhi, Executive Director, National Capital FreeNet |
| May 9, 2012 | Accessible Computing by Bob Walker, OPCUG |
| Apr 11, 2012 | Window 8 by Pierre Roman, Microsoft Canada |
| Mar 14, 2012 | The Year the Internet Fought Back by Dr. Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa |
| Feb 1, 2012 | Linux 102 - An Introduction to the "Other" Operating System by Alan German, OPCUG |
| Jan 11, 2012 | How to protect your computer by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Dec 14, 2011 | Privacy and the Internet by Bill Wilson, Chief Privacy Technologist, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada |
| Nov 9, 2011 | PaintShop Pro by Evelyn Watts, Product Marketing Manager, Corel Corporation |
| Oct 12, 2011 |
Members' Favourite by OPCUG members:
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| Sep 14, 2011 | Personal Computers & Audio Recording by Roger Lanthier |
| 2010-2011 | |
| Jun 8, 2011 | 10th BBQ: Pizza Night + Home Theatre by Sylvain Dumas. McAfee, Montréal |
| May 11, 2011 | Emerging Trends by Google |
| Apr 13, 2011 | So, you want to be a blogger...? by Alan German, OPCUG |
| Mar 9, 2011 | Consumer Technology Innovation with Cloud Integration by Rick Claus, Senior Technology Evangelist, Microsoft Canada |
| Feb 9, 2011 | Enterprise Social Media Tools by Bob Walker, OPCUG |
| Jan 12, 2011 | Clicking, Flicking and Tweeting: Social Networking Controversy by Chris Taylor and Andrea Wells, OPCUG |
| Dec 8, 2010 |
Members' Favourite by OPCUG members: Secunia Personal Software Inspector by Chris Taylor Understanding VOIP, worldline.ca, 295.ca, freephoneline.ca by Jeff Dubois [PDF] Filehippo's update checker, Desk Hedron virtual desktops, VisiPics identical pictures, Sumatra PDF, Process Monitor, CombineZP merge photographs, Geni family tree, HDClone disk imaging, QuickShadow instant backup, Taxman Income Tax, StudioTax Income Tax, laptop alarm by Alan German [PDF] Skype VoIP, Google Voice, Radio? Sure!, Songr song search engine, Picasa photo editing, UltraDefrag by Harald Freise [PDF] |
| Nov 9, 2010 | The State of Network and System Security by Chris Ellis, McAfee Inc. |
| Oct 13, 2010 | What you need to know when buying a computer by Brian Glaser, Orleans Computers |
| Sep 8, 2010 | Linux 101 - What Every Windows' User Should Know by Paul Godin |
| 2009-2010 | |
| Jun 9, 2010 | 9th BBQ: Pizza Night + CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 by Evelyn Watts, Corel Corporation |
| May 12, 2010 | PhotoShop editing by Bert Schopf, Blackbird PCD |
| Apr 14, 2010 | Codebreaking Enigma - The World War II challenge then and today by Richard Brisson, Bletchley Park |
| Mar 10, 2010 | The State of Spam and Spam-Fighting by David Skoll, Roaring Penguin Sofware |
| Feb 10, 2010 | Microsoft Hack and Defend by Bruce Cowper Microsoft Canada |
| Jan 13, 2010 | Members Favourites by Chris Taylor, Alan German and Harald Freise, OPCUG |
| Dec 9, 2009 | 11th Christmas Goodies by Harley Bloom, Bloom MicroTech |
| Nov 11, 2009 | How to Buy a Digital Camera by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Oct 14, 2009 | Microsoft XBox 360 by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| Sep 9, 2009 | Windows 7 by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| 2008-2009 | |
| Jun 10, 2009 | 8th BBQ: Pizza Night + Video Editing by Roger Wambolt, Corel Corporation |
| May 13, 2009 | How the Internet Works ... and Doesn't by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Apr 8, 2009 | The Future of Home Automation: What's in-store for 2009 by Steven Totolo / tvcAutomation, Ottawa |
| Mar 11, 2009 | Computers and Persons with Disabilities by Elizabeth Dussault, Natural Resources Canada |
| Feb 11, 2009 | Microsoft PhotoSynth by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| Jan 14, 2009 | Members present their favourite computer products, OPCUG |
| Dec 10, 2008 | 10th Christmas Product Presentation by Harley Bloom, BMT MicroTech |
| Nov 12, 2008 | Computer based tools for the popular hobby of genealogy by Doug Gray, Co-ordinator of the Computer Genealogy SIG of Ontario Genealogical Society (Ottawa Branch) |
| Oct 8, 2008 | Changes in Storage (Hard Drive) Technology by Harald Freise, OPCUG |
| Sep 3, 2008 | Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and the "ElastX" initiative by Gordon Graham, Director of Marketing, Wrapped Apps Corporation |
| 2007-2008 | |
| Jun 11, 2008 | 7th BBQ: Pizza Night + HP "Help Desk" by Jason Tryon |
| May 14, 2008 | Members' Presentations |
| Apr 9, 2008 | Come out and see tomorrow's technology today by John Shore & Rob Blackburn, Eurocom Computers, Ottawa |
| Mar 12, 2008 | One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) by Andrew Clunis, Ottawa |
| Feb 13, 2008 | Monitor's Tax Preparation Update by Maggie James, MONiTOR Magazine. |
| Jan 9, 2008 | ogWifi brings free Wireless to YOUR community by Jean-Pierre Fiset of Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi |
| Dec 12, 2007 | 9th Annual Christmas Wish List by Harley Bloom & associates, Bloom MicroTech |
| Nov 14, 2007 | Windows Home Server by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| Oct 10, 2007 | Overview of NCF by John Selwyn, Executive Director, National Capital Freenet (NCF) |
| Sep 19, 2007 | Microsoft Publisher in a Box by Alan German |
| 2006-2007 | |
| Jun 13, 2007 | 6th BBQ + Newsletter contest + QNX - the company, its technology and applications you use every day by Paul Leroux, Public Relations Manager and Technology Analyst, QNX Software Systems |
| May 9, 2007 | Canada's Choice: Copyright, Culture, and the Internet by Dr. Michael Geist, University of Ottawa |
| Apr 11, 2007 | TBA by Chris Ellis CISSP Systems Engineer, Canada, McAfee Inc. |
| Mar 14, 2007 | Windows Vista in your home by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| Feb 21, 2007 | Paint Shop Pro Photo XI by Evelyn Watts, Product Specialist, Corel Corporation, Ottawa |
| Jan 10, 2007 | A Little HTML Knowledge by Alan German, OPCUG |
| Dec 13, 2006 | 8th Annual Christmas Wish List by Harley Bloom & associates, Bloom MicroTech |
| Nov 8, 2006 | Member's Presentations "Open Source Favourites": Open Source definition/Source Forge, WinDirStat (disk stats & cleanup tool), Audacity (audio files editor), MP3 Helper & Open Office by Don Chiasson, Filezilla (file transfer) & Sunbird (calendar-scheduler) by Alan German, SpamBayes (spam control) & UltraVNC (remote access) by Chris Taylor, CDex(CD ripper), Ewido (anti-spyware), VLC Media Player (cross-platform media player), Foxit (PDF reader) & Foobar2000 (media player) by Harald Freise. |
| Oct 11, 2006 | GPS applications for business and consumer use: navigation, tracking and outdoor recreational activities by Dr. -Ing. Detang Zhong, Mobile GPS Online, Ottawa, ON |
| Sep 20, 2006 | SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 by Lothar Wegner, Novell Canada |
| 2005-2006 | |
| Jun 14, 2006 | 5th BBQ + Newsletter contest + Collaboration and information sharing with Microsoft Office 2007 by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| May 10, 2006 | Corel WordPerfect X3 and CorelDRAW X3 by Evelyn Watts, Corel Corporation |
| Apr 12, 2006 | Web Mapping with Scalable Vector Graphics by Dany Bouchard and Benjamin Campin, DBx GEOMATICS |
| Mar 8, 2006 | How to configure a secure (enough) home wireless network by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Feb 22, 2006 | Protect Your Computer from Virtual Crime by Elliot Finkleman, Practical Computing |
| Jan 11, 2006 | Integration of Adobe and Macromedia product lines by Mike Potter, Adobe Systems Canada |
| Dec 14, 2005 | 7th Annual Christmas Wish List by Harley Bloom & associates, Bloom MicroTech |
| Nov 9, 2005 | Linux live install by Michael Ondrechak, OCLUG |
| Oct 12, 2005 | Windows Vista by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| Sep 21, 2005 | Setting up a Home Theatre System by Sylvain Dumas, Montréal |
| 2004-2005 | |
| Jun 15, 2005 | 4th BBQ + Next-Generation Protection for Your Windows Computer by Gary MacArthur, GMA Perfect Image Inc. and Stuart Morrison, OS Security |
| May 11, 2005 | Sylvain Dumas of McAfee, Montréal |
| Apr 13, 2005 | Eric Jacksch, Tenebris Technologies Inc., Ottawa |
| Mar 09, 2005 | Emulators by Don Chiasson (Don C++), former OPCUG member |
| Feb 16, 2005 | Corel's new Paint Shop family (formerly Jasc) by Michel Daw, Corel Corporation |
| Jan 12, 2005 | New Technologies from Microsoft and what they can do for you, by Rick Claus, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
| Dec 08, 2004 | 6th Annual Christmas Wish List by Harley Bloom & associates, Bloom MicroTech |
| Nov 10, 2004 | Firefox by Harald Freise, WebCoder and InkScape by Jocelyn Doire, Total Commander and TextPad by Chris Taylor, Excel Compare and Universal Document Converter by Alan German. |
| Oct 13, 2004 | Selections and Masks by Gord Hopkins, Digital Image Processing |
| Sep 08, 2004 | Digital topographic maps for the desktop or road warrior by Bob Gowan, OPCUG |
| 2003-2004 | |
| Jun 09, 2004 | 3rd BBQ + WPOffice 12 by Michel Daw, Corel |
| May 12, 2004 | Public Access WiFi by Tom Camps, BOLDstreet |
| Apr 14, 2004 | Digital Image Pro 9, Microsoft, by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Mar 10, 2004 | Office 2003 on a Tablet PC by Josh McPherson, Microsoft |
| Feb 12, 2004 | CorelDRAW 12 by Michel Daw, Corel Corporation |
| Jan 14, 2004 | Photo-Objects by Joe Donnelly, Hamera |
| Dec 10, 2003 | What's New for the Holidays by Harley Bloom, Bloom MicroTech |
| Nov 12, 2003 | Scanning 101 by Pete Roberts, OPCUG |
| Oct 08, 2003 | Studio MX, Dreamweaver and Flash by Brian Donovan, Macromedia |
| Sep 10, 2003 | Home Automation by Steven Totolo, Total Voice Control |
| 2002-2003 | |
| Jun 11, 2003 | 2nd BBQ + Office 2003 with Instant Messaging and Windows Sharepoint Services by Joel Plouffe from Microsoft Canada |
| May 14, 2003 | Improving File System Performance by Greg Hayes, Raxco Software |
| Apr 09, 2003 | 20th anniversary: artefacts display, panel discussion and trivia contest + Toggle.com presentation |
| Mar 12, 2003 | Present and future threats, VirusScan and Desktop Firewall by Sylvain Dumas, McAfee Security |
| Feb 10, 2003 | New releases including a new tablet PC by Eurocom computers |
| Jan 08, 2003 | Relational databases and how they work by Bob Walker, OPCUG |
| Dec 11, 2002 | Finalze your holiday gift list by Harley Bloom, Bloom Microtech |
| Nov 13, 2002 | Database Alpha Five, Alpha Software by Bill Hanigsberg, Dawson College |
| Oct 09, 2002 | Injury Prevention by Cheryl Witoski |
| Sep 11, 2002 | Software Application Development by Bob Walker, OPCUG |
| 2001-2002 | |
| Jun 2002 | 1st BBQ |
| May 2002 | Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 by Suzanne Blain, Synersys VP |
| Apr 2002 | Integrating Linux and Solaris into the ExitCertified network by Peter Durst, ExitCertified |
| Mar 2002 | Technology for the future, today by Eurocom Corporation |
| Feb 2002 | XML - MIDI for the Text world by Hugh Chatfield |
| Jan 2002 | Tools to enabe secure collaboration by Michael Vlugt from Techstar |
| Dec 2001 | Large assortment of computer entertainment products by Harley Bloom and Luc Laplante, Bloom Microtech |
| Nov 2001 | The latest on AMD processors and on AMD's road map to future processors by Hanif Mawji, J-Squared Technologies |
| Oct 2001 | Home networking by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Sep 2001 | Office XP by Microsoft |
| 2000-2001 | |
| Jun 2001 | Digital Cameras, Digital Printers and Digital Audio recorders by Olympus |
| May 2001 | VMWare and Microsoft Office XP by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Apr 2001 | Personal Information Electronic Documents Protection Act by Ron Thompson, Information Technology Security |
| Mar 2001 | Computer Recyclers Inc + Tunstall Data Recovery |
| Feb 2001 | CorelDRAW 10 Graphics Suite by Corel |
| Jan 2001 | Security while on the Internet |
| Dec 2000 | Computer games and entertainment products by different manufacturers |
| Nov 2000 | Assistive computer technologies for the disabled by Andre Demers, Environment Canada |
| Oct 2000 | Video editing software for personal and professional by Ian Malcolmson, Forefront Graphics |
| Sep 2000 | Prevention of personal information collection by Liliana Faillace, Zero-Knowledge Systems |
| 1999-2000 | |
| Jun 2000 | Setting up your own home office / small office network by Luc Laplante and Leana Smith, Bloom Microtech |
| May 2000 | E-banking by the Toronto-Dominion Bank |
| Apr 2000 | Windows 2000 by Pat Gilligan |
| Mar 2000 | Operating systems |
| Feb 2000 | Corel Linux Operating System by Wendy Lowe, Corel |
| Jan 2000 | Helpful hints on maintaining and upgrading your computers by Harley Bloom and his crew, Bloom Microtech |
| Dec 1999 | Digital Cameras by John Stephens, Focus Centre |
| Nov 1999 | OPCUG Annual Computer Swap Meet |
| Oct 1999 | Future direction in Computing Technology for Home/Office by Peter Leach, CITO |
| Sep 1999 | CorelDraw 9 Tips and Tricks by Sally Reijerse |
| 1998-1999 | |
| Jun 1999 | ToggleMouse and members presentation: graphics by Jean Vaumoron, documenting the "indispensable" Windows Commander utilities by Chris Taylor, Y2K patch installations by Doug Terry, and website case study on information architecture by David Curling |
| May 1999 | Intel, Pentium!!! The latest processor with an updated version of MMX |
| Apr 1999 | Create self-running multimedia slide shows and distribute them by floppy or by e-mail, by Vorton Technologies, |
| Mar 1999 | Corel Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition and Newtech HAL 2000 voice-activated computer-based home automation |
| Feb 1999 | Psion Handheld Computer |
| Jan 1999 | Introduction to Linux by David F. Skoll, Monitor Magazine |
| Dec 1998 | Computer graphics and networking as they apply to gaming by Luc Laplante, Bloom Microtech |
| Nov 1998 | Removable media storage and drawing tablets |
| Oct 1998 | ListServe (Part Two) by Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
| Sep 1998 | Basic HTML, Java, JavaScript and PERL by Sean Creaghan and Dave Healey |
| 1997-1998 | |
| Jun 1998 | Windows 98 by Bill Noel, Microsoft Canada |
| May 1998 | |
| Apr 1998 | |
| Mar 1998 | |
| Feb 1998 | PC enhanced telephony, micro-PBX communications command center by Centrepoint Technologies |
| Jan 1998 | Hard-disk partitioning and duplicating by Dick Kellerman, PowerQuest |
| Dec 1997 | 3COMs networking, USRobotics Modem, Pilot Palmtop and other items by Eric Albert, Keating Technologies |
| Nov 1997 | CorelDRAW 8.0 (DRAW, PHOTO-PAINT 8.0, and DREAM) by Susan Finlay, Corel |
| Oct 1997 | Processors, chipsets and the past present and future of PC's by Jon Coxworth, Intel of Canada |
| Sep 1997 | The future of the OPCUG by the OPCUG Core Strategy Development Committee |
| 1996-1997 | |
| Jun 1997 | Proper care and feeding of computer peripherals by John Mulroy, DataWeb |
| May 1997 | New Deal Office 97 by New Deal |
| Apr 1997 | Lotus SmartSuite 97 by Dawn Fiander-McCann, Lotus |
| Mar 1997 | |
| Feb 1997 | |
| Jan 1997 | PhotoPC digital camera by Jean Simoneau, Epson |
| Dec 1996 | U.S. Robotics modems by Eric Albert, Keating Technologies |
| Nov 1996 | |
| Oct 1996 | |
| Sep 1996 | |
