General Meeting's Topics

These 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.

2010-2011
Jun 8, 2011 10th BBQ: Pizza Night
May 11, 2011
Apr 13, 2011
Mar 9, 2011
Feb 9, 2011
Jan 12, 2011
Dec 8, 2010
Nov 10, 2010
Oct 13, 2010
Sep 8, 2010 Linux 101 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 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  
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