| PRESENTER/ORGANIZATION |
WEB SITE /
TOPIC |
| Evelyn Watts of Corel
Corporation |
CorelDRAW® Graphics
Suite X5 http://www.corel.com/ |
| Bert
Schopf of Blackbird Publications,
Communication & Design |
http://www.blackbirdpcd.com/ Image
Editing with Photoshop |
| Richard Brisson of
Bletchley Park |
Codebreaking Enigma -
The World War II challenge then and today http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ |
| David Skoll, President and
CEO of Roaring Penguin Software |
The State of Spam and
Spam-Fighting
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/ |
| Bob Walker (OPCUG) |
Web 2.0 and Social
Networking |
| Bruce Cowper of Microsoft
Canada |
Microsoft Hack and
Defend |
| Member's Favourite Night |
Chris Taylor presented
the private side of the OPCUG - The
Pub.
Alan German presented several programs he chose
for the OPCUG Free Software Guide articles
Harald Friese presented some of his favourite
programs. |
| Harley Bloom of Bloom
MicroTech |
http://www.bmtnet.com |
| Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
Buying the perfect
digital camera |
| Rick Claus, IT Pro
Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
Microsoft Windows 7,
Microsoft XBox 360 |
| Roger Wambolt, Corel
Corporation |
Video Editing |
| Chris Taylor, OPCUG |
How the Internet Works
... and Doesn't |
| Steven Totolo /
tvcAutomation, Ottawa |
The Future of Home
Automation http://www.tvcAutomation.com |
| Elizabeth Dussault,
Natural Resources Canada |
Computers and Persons
with Disabilities |
| Rick Claus, IT Pro
Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
Microsoft PhotoSynth |
| Members' Presentations |
http://opcug.ca/file/area43/CT-AcerAspire1.pdf
Chris Taylor’s presentation on the Acer
Aspire One and other netbooks.
http://opcug.ca/file/area43/DC-OO3.pdf
Don Chaisson’s presentation on Open Office 3
http://opcug.ca/file/area43/AG-SoftwareGuide.pdf
Alan German’s presentation on 8 programs he
has picked for the OPCUG Free Software Guide
http://opcug.ca/file/area43/HF-UsefulThings.pdf
Harald Friese’s presentation on 8 useful
programs he has happened across. |
| Harley Bloom of Bloom
MicroTech |
http://www.bmtnet.com |
| Doug Gray, Co-ordinator of
the Computer Genealogy SIG of Ontario
Genealogical Society (Ottawa Branch) |
computer based tools
for the popular hobby of genealogy |
| Harald Freise, OPCUG |
Changes in Storage
(Hard Drive) Technology |
Gordon Graham, Director of
Marketing
Wrapped Apps Corporation |
http://www.wrappedapps.com |
| Jason Tryon, Service Desk
Delivery Manager, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. |
n/a |
| Members' Presentations |
Acronis True Image http://www.acronis.com/ (User Group
special offer promos.htm#UGR)
Rsync (Linux) http://rsync.samba.org/
cwRsync (Windows) http://www.itefix.no
Partimage http://www.partimage.org
SystemRescueCd http://www.sysrescd.org
Gparted http://gparted.sourceforge.net
GNU Emacs http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ |
John Shore, Retail
Specialist and
Rob Blackburn, Account Manager,
Eurocom Computers, Ottawa |
http://eurocom.com |
| Andrew Clunis, Ottawa |
One Laptop Per Child
(OLPC): http://laptop.org |
| Maggie James, Monitor
Magazine |
Monitor's Tax
Preparation Update |
| Jean-Pierre Fiset of
Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi |
n/a |
| Harley Bloom of Bloom
MicroTech |
http://www.bmtnet.com |
| Rick Claus, IT Pro
Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/products/
windowsvista/default.mspx |
John Selwyn, Executive
Director,
National Capital Freenet (NCF) |
http://www.ncf.ca/ |
| Alan German, OPCUG |
Microsoft
Office Publisher 2007:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/FX100487821033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com |
| Dr. Michael Geist,
University of Ottawa |
Canada's
Choice: Copyright, Culture, and the Internet.
OPCUG member Micheline has created a
comprehensive article about his presentation. Her
article also contains the many URLs Dr. Geist
showed us. Available in PDF (444 KB) or HTML format. |
| Chris Ellis, CISSP Systems
Engineer, McAfee Canada Inc. |
http://www.mcafee.com/ca-en/ |
Rick Claus, IT Pro
Advisor,
Microsoft Canada, Canadian IT Pro Blog |
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/products/
windowsvista/default.mspx |
Evelyn Watts, Product
Specialist
Corel Corporation, Ottawa |
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ca/en/Content/1150905725000 |
| Alan German, OPCUG |
A Little HTML
Knowledge |
| Harley Bloom of Bloom
MicroTech |
http://www.bmtnet.com |
Don Chiasson,
Harald Freise,
Alan German,
Chris Taylor
|
Due to popular demand,
these dedicated OPCUG members gave several mini
presentations:
Don Chiasson:
Open Source definition, SourceForge;
Harald Freise: CDex (CD ripper),
Ewido
(anti-spyware), Foxit (PDF
reader), Foobar2000 (media
player);
Alan German: FileZilla (file
transfer), Sunbird
(calendar-schedular);
Chris Taylor: SpamBayes (spam
control), UltraVNC (remote
access) |
| Dr. -Ing. Detang Zhong,
Mobile GPS Online, Ottawa, ON |
http://mobilegpsonline.com |
| Lothar Wegner of Novell
Canada |
http://www.novell.com/linux/ |
Evelyn Watts,
Product Specialist, Corel Corporation |
Corel
WordPerfect X3 and CorelDraw X3 |
| Dany Bouchard and Benjamin
Campin of DBx GEOMATICS |
http://www.dbxgeomatics.com Web Mapping
with Scalable Vector Graphics |
| Chris Taylor, OPCUG
President and System Administrator |
Chris gave us an
informative presentation on configuring a secure
(enough) home wireless network. |
| Elliot Finkleman,
Practical Computing |
"Protect your
computer from virtual crime";
CFRA Forums: http://www.voicemediaonline.com/forum/ |
| Mike Potter, Adobe Systems
Canada |
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/
200512/120505AdobeAcquiresMacromedia.html
Mike discussed the
technical integration of Adobe and Macromedia. |
| Michael Ondrechak, O-C
Linux Users Group |
http://www.oclug.on.ca/index.php
Michael gave a presentation on Linux Live Install |
| Rick Claus, IT Pro
Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/default.aspx |
| Sylvain Dumas of Montreal |
Sylvain gave a
personal presentation on setting up a Home
Theatre System |
Gary MacArthur,
President,
GMA Perfect Image Inc.
Stuart Morrison, VP-Market
Development, OS Security |
http://GMAPerfectImage.com http://www.ossecurity.ca
|
| Eric Jacksch, Tenebris
Technologies Inc., Ottawa |
http://www.tenebris.ca/ |
| Don Chiasson, former OPCUG
member |
n/a |
| Rick Claus, IT Pro
Advisor, Microsoft Canada |
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/default.aspx |
| Harald Freise, Jocelyn
Doire, Chris Taylor, Alan German |
Many thanks to these
dedicated OPCUG members who gave several mini
presentations after a scheduled speaker canceled
at the last minute.
FireFox
browser (Harald Freise); WebCoder and InkScape (Jocelyn
Doire); Total Commander and TextPad (Chris
Taylor); Excel Compare and Universal
Document Converter (Alan German) |
| Gord Hopkins, RA Photo
Club |
http://www.raphotoclub.com/ |
| Bob Gowan, OPCUG Program
Coordinator |
We thank Bob for
gaving a last minute presentation on Etopo Digital Maps when the
scheduled speaker canceled his presentation. |
| Chris Burchett of
BOLDStreet Inc. |
http://www.boldstreet.com |
| Chris Taylor, OPCUG
President and Sysop |
We thank Chris for
giving a last minute presentation on Microsoft
Digital Image Pro 9 after
a speaker cancelation. |
| Josh McPherson of the
Microsoft Office 2003 Team |
http://www.microsoft.com |
| Michel Daw of Corel
Corporation |
http://www.corel.ca |
| Joe Donnelly and Alison
Canavan of Hemera Technologies |
http://www.hemera.com |
| Pete Roberts, OPCUG member |
We thank Pete for
giving a last minute presentation on Scanning
after a speaker cancelation. |
| Brian Donovan of
Macromedia Canada |
http://www.macromedia.com/ca/ |
| Steve Totolo of Total
Voice Control |
http://www.totalvoicecontrol.com |
| Toggle Software |
http://www.toggle.com |
| Sylvain Dumas of McAfee
Security |
http://ca.mcafee.com |
| Eurocom Corporation |
http://www.eurocom.com |
| Bob Walker, OPCUG member |
We thank Bob for
giving a last minute presentation of Microsoft
Access after a speaker
cancelation. This was, in fact, Bob's second
presentation of the Microsoft Access database. |
| Bill Hanigsberg of Alpha
Software |
http://www.alphasoftware.com |
| Cheryl Witoski of Injury
Prevention Plus |
http://www.injurypreventionplus.com |
| Olympus |
http://www.olympusamerica.com |
| Information Technology
Security, Inc. |
URL not available |
| Texar Corporation |
http://www.texar.com ; http://www.s-peer.com |
| Corel Corporation |
http://www.corel.com |
| Microsoft Canada's Home
Division |
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/insider/default.asp ; http://www.microsoft.ca/holiday |
| Environment Canada |
http://publiservice.gc.ca/training/acttp-ftia/act_e.htm |
| Forefront Graphics Corp. |
http://www.forefront.com |
| Total Media Systems Inc. |
http://www.totalmedia.ca/english.html |
| Zero-Knowledge Systems,
Inc. |
http://www.zeroknowledge.com |
| The Focus Centre |
http://www.focuscentre.ca |
| Communications and
Information Technology Ontario (CITO) |
http://www.cito.ca |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank |
http://www.tdaccess.com |
| Newtech Home Automation |
www.newtechautomation.com |
| PSION Users Group |
http://www.geosurv.net/pug/pughome.htm |
| David F. Skoll |
http://www.roaringpenguin.com |
| Intel |
http://www.intel.com |
| Avery Dennison Canada |
http://www.avery.com |
| Lotus Development Corp. |
http://www.lotus.com |
| Keating Technologies Inc. |
http://www.keating.com |
| Epson Canada |
http://www.epson.com |
| IBM Canada |
http://www.ibm.com |
| New Deal Inc. |
URL not available |
| Centrepoint Technologies |
http://www.ctrpoint.com |
| Data Web |
URL not available |
| Griffin Computer Training
and Consulting |
http://www.griffininc.ca |
| Kinetic Imagery |
http://www.kinetic-imagery.com |
| Vorton Technologies |
http://www.vorton.com |
