Program Notes and Reviews 2014 HISTORY

15 Dec 2014

Holiday Club Meeting – George Kornbluth
DNA Replication – Marjorie Morales

We will have the annual Holiday Club Giveaway at the meeting. We will hold
election of officers for 2015 and decide on the future of the IBM Mid-Peninsular PC Club.


Marjorie Morales will also present “DNA Replication”
DNA Replication is one of most basic processes that occurs within a cell. Each
time a cell divides, the two resulting daughter cells must contain exactly the same
genetic information, or DNA, as the parent cell. To accomplish this, each strand of
existing DNA acts as a template for this replication.
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If time allows, we will review some recent Windows features available with the 8.1 version and we will share with each other any new tech items any of us has discovered that might make great gifts for the holidays (we’ll solicit audience input).
17 Nov 2014

Lenovo 2-14 Flex Computer
by Peter Hirsch

I will be demonstrating a new fast Lenovo 2-14 Flex Computer along with the Microsoft 8.1 Windows Operating System. The computer is one of the the latest laptop computers from Lenovo designed to run efficiently the new Windows 8.1 operating system. The features and speed of this computer should impress you. It is my first computer with a solid state drive and no rotating hard drive. Windows 8.1 was designed for a touch screen, but I have been using it efficiently with a mouse/keyboard. I will explain how to use Windows 8.1 primarily with a mouse/keyboard.

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20 Oct 2014

This is the meeting that was rescheduled and then canceled in September...

We will be talking about the new Apple iPhone 6. I just ordered an iPhone 6 and hope to have it before the meeting. If others have received a new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, they can join me in demonstrating it or making the presentation.

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22 Sep 2014

Our next IBM PC Club meeting will be delayed 1 week until Sept. 22 and we will be talking about the new Apple iPhone 6. I just ordered an iPhone 6 and hope to have it before the meeting. If others have received a new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, they can join me in demonstrating it or making the presentation.

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18 Aug 2014 No Speaker - Have a Great Summer!
21 July 2014 Windows 8.1: Fundamentals of the New Windows 8
Workshop

Michael Solari, Microsoft
Participants will see new features, improvements to old features, and a lot of new ways to personalize their device. This workshop also features new built-in apps and great ones from the Windows Store and walks through how to be more productive with Windows 8.1. There will also be demos of the new Windows laptops, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro 3
16 June 2014 No Meeting - Have a Great Summer!
19 May 2014

IBM Retirement Health Plans

IBM started a new process for retiree’s health plans at the end of 2013. We now have had over 4 months into 2014 to use these new health plans.

We will have a round table discussion of everyone’s experience with the new plans and the procedures to enroll in the new plans, including the Health Retirement Accounts (HRAs). Please be prepared to present what plans you are using and your experience, good or bad, with your plans, so we can all learn from your experience.

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21 Apr 2014 Microsoft's OneDrive
by Peter Hirsch

Microsoft's OneDrive not only provides cloud storage capability, but also provides a user with access to free Microsoft Office “on-line” from any computer, tablet or laptop as long as you have Internet capability. This includes iPad, iPhone, Android devices, Macs, etc.

If you attend the meeting with a computer, tablet or smart phone, and want to try it during the meeting, I suggest you login to OneDrive and set up and Id and
Password prior to the meeting, if you do not have a Microsoft account.
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17 Mar 2014 Access Magazines Free Online by Scott Maiden

We need your help for our next meeting presentation on March 17!

At this meeting Scott Maiden will show you how to check out and
view a free electronic copy of over 100 magazines from your library
on your iPad, android tablet or Kindle fire. In addition Scott will show
you how to make a free phone call to anywhere in the United States or
Canada using your Wi-Fi or data (3G or 4G) iPad, iPod, or android
tablet without cellphone charges. Following the presentation Scott will
hold a workshop to assist you in setting up these functions on your
device.

To do this efficiently we need your prior meeting help to:

1. Set up a Gmail account, if you don't already have one.

2. Get a library card from your local library with a web sign-on account/password for your library website, if you don't already have a currently active one.

3. Download the free Zinio app and run it and open a new account using your Gmail address and a password that you establish and then quit the app as this app charges for any magazines that you order through it. We are going to use the app to read our free magazines that we get from the library.

This should be a fun meeting and we hope to see you all there.
17 Feb 2014

New Applications (Apps) for the Apple iOS and Google Android Operating Systems - by Peter Hirsch

We will discuss useful new Apps that run on the Apple iOS and Google Android Operating Systems.
We will look at some Medical, Utility, News, Financial and Cloud apps.

If you have some new Apps you would like to present, please bring them to the meeting and be prepared to discuss and share them.

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20 Jan 2014

It's a Laptop, it's a Tablet -- the Lenovo Twist Convertible

by George Kornbluth

George will present the features of the new Lenovo Twist Convertible Tablet and Laptop as well as changes in Microsoft’s Windows 8.1.

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