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Cover Story: Meet the DMA® SIGs
by Randy Young and Lisa Singh
This month's program literally has something for everyone as well
as FROM everyone. This will be a fantastic opportunity for members to
see and hear about all the components that make up the incredible workings
of the Dayton Microcomputer Association. Have you ever had the feeling
that there's a lot going on in this association but you weren't sure
how it all fit together? ... more »
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The Wireless Technology with the Funny Name
by Beverly Rosenbaum, HAL-PC member
After years of promotion, will Bluetooth-enabled devices begin to
make a splash in the marketplace? IT industry analysts predict that
2003 will finally be the year that Bluetooth goes mainstream. Bluetooth
is a radio frequency-based cable replacement technology designed to
be an inexpensive wireless personal networking system for all classes
of portable devices such as laptops, PDAs (Personal digital assistants),
mobile phones and headsets. Bluetooth can also replace cabling in a
static environment between desktop computers and printers ... more »
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Online Dating
by Jerry Wonderly, regular contributor to The DataBus
There's a Brave New World out there, folks, when it comes to dating
and finding a special someone, or even marriage. Besides going to clubs
or grocery stores (does that really work?), running personal ads, joining
clubs you don't like (that knitting class had lots of women but was
a bore!), and relying on friends and co-workers for blind dates (ugh!),
thanks to the internet we now have the world, and its singles, literally
only an email away ... more »
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DMA® supports THINKTV Auction
by Carol Ewing
WPTD-Channel 16 Public Television held their annual THINKTV Auction
April 7 - 12, 2003. DMA® provided several volunteers who had a great
time and enjoyed plenty of food and drinks. We had people taking bids
over the phone and sometimes on camera including our DMA® President,
Secretary, Trustees, Computerfest® Staff and members ... more »
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Hardware Review : Kworld TV Tuner
by Dan Woodard, DMA® member, DataBus Software Reviewer
Back in college, in the early 90's, I recall my first encounter
with a video capture board. The fellow across the hall had a nice computer
setup. While I pretty much waited until most computer technology matured
before buying it, he always had to have the latest and greatest. He
shelled out several hundred dollars for a card that seemed like a fantastic
toy at the time, but in retrospect was really an expensive peripheral
that produced pixilated output. I remember thinking that I would probably
never have anything similar on my computer ... more »
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Technology.talk - Joyce Maynard
by Patrick J. Suarez-Regular Contributor to The DataBus
Illustrious DMA® member Gary Turner once said that the true power
of the Internet was the willingness of people to share information and
experiences with one another. Perhaps truer words about the Net were
never spoken. I might further that idea with the notion that the Internet
gives us the ability to discover new friends (while expanding, refining,
testing and perhaps validating our own beliefs) and, maybe more important,
rediscovering old friends ... more »
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Really Stupid Internet Explorer Crash
From Woody's Windows XP
Ramon Cascales on Bugtraq reports that a simple five-line HTML document
(and I mean a simple five-liner) will crash Internet Explorer. Or Outlook.
Or FrontPage. Or anything else that uses Internet Explorer's SHLWAPI.DLL
to render HTML. No, I'm not going to show you the code, or give you
direct links. But you do need to know about this because some cretin,
somewhere may use it soon to make your life a little miserable ... more »
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President's Corner May 2003
by Lisa Singh
Last month we had a wonderful meeting with Microsoft. This month
we are providing an opportunity for everyone to share some wisdom and
for members to view some of the exciting programs that our SIG's provide.
We will have an "Ask the Experts" accompanying the meeting so that any
questions can be answered by experts in our panel or our audience. This
is a great opportunity to get some of those questions answered ... more »
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Consumer Computing
I just recently received a new laptop, and with it all the instruction
manuals and warranties that you never read. But I wonder what you'd
find if you actually read them. I've come across a warranty message
that was designed to be one of those never read pieces of paper. This
one apparently came inside a box for a disk drive from "Bubba's" in
Louisiana. No kidding! ... more »
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Planning The Future of Computerfest®
by Randy Young
Many of you by now have noticed that Computerfest® is on a pathway
of evolution that is taking it away from the tired old “flea market
for techies” theme to a fully integrated computer, technology and information
event. While other shows have become extinct due to their inability
to adapt to the changing market, the future of Computerfest® is a bright
one ... more »
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Microsoft Insider Update
Download fun, free creativity packs for spring. Put your imagination
in charge! Download new Microsoft® Windows® XP Creativity Fun Packs
to create greeting cards with your photos, spice up your home movies
with new sound effects and use them as video screen savers ... more »
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Digital Photography SIG Does Video
by Edwin Davidson, Editor - The DataBus
The Digital Photography SIG is one of the best-attended SIGs I have
visited. I think Dave Lundy must go to all of the SIG meetings, or
else he’s just a camera stud. All of the best pictures seem to have
him in the frame at some point. ... more »
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The Deals Guy
by Bob (The Cheapskate) Click
Thanks for your messages about my income tax problems. At my readers’
suggestions and my own curiosity, I returned to the AARP volunteers
to see what was wrong. Since I took the printout of my TaxAct version,
they quickly compared the numbers and found that the one prepared by
their person was incorrect... more »
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