Just a brief reminder that there will be no SMS presentation on
Friday 12 February 2010 due to the Chinese New Year long weekend
holidays. Our presentations will resume on Friday, 19 February 2010.
SMS wishes everyone Gong Xi Fa Cai, and a Happy and Prosperous Year
of the Tiger.
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 5 February 2010
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: (1) Principle of Web Page Design
(2) Create website with Adobe Dreamweaver
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Learn some principles of a good web design, usability testing and use
of templates.
An overview on domain name registration, web hosting, HTML, CSS, CGI
and JavaScript.
Introduction to Dreamweaver, learn to create a website and upload
them to web server using FTP.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
Adobe Dreamweaver is originally created by Macromedia, which was
acquired by Adobe in 2005.
Dreamweaver is one of the industry's leading Web site design tool,
used by web designers and developers.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Internet Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
12 Feb 10 ** No presentation ** (Chinese New Year holidays)
19 Feb 10 Presentation by General Interest Group
26 Feb 10 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
Fee:FREE for SMS members ; $10
door fee for non-members ; $5 door fee for Passion Club members
Topic: SMS Digital Photography Meetup of the
Month
Presenter: Mr Whiz Chua
Chairman, Digital Photography SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
We will be looking at the current development in camera hardwares and
photo-editing softwares, trends in photography as a hobby and/or as a
photography profession pertaining to the Singapore landscape, plus
discussion on future developments and the Sunday trip (31 Jan 10) to
Botanic Garden ***.
<< UNQUOTE >>
***
31 Jan 10 Nature Photography (Long-ranged Telephoto) Field
Trip at Singapore Botanical Garden
(Sun) Presenter/Leader :
Mr Ben Lee
Founder, Nature Trekker Singapore
( for SMS members : pre-register with
manager@... )
Organised by Digital Photography Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them along
for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note:Kindly ensure that your SMS
membership is up-to-date if you wish to continue to be on this mailing
list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next few
weeks:-
5 Feb 10 (1) Principle of Web Page Design
(2) Create website with Adobe Dreamweaver
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Internet Interest Group
12 Feb 10 ** No presentation ** (Chinese New Year
holidays)
19 Feb 10 Presentation by General Interest Group
26 Feb 10 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 22 January 2010
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: The Components of Trading Well
Presenter: Mr Ng Chee Seng
Chairman, Stocks & Shares SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
1. The Trading Process
2. The Wealth Process
3. Developing & Maintaining a Business Plan
4. Develop a System
5. Position Sizing
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Stocks & Shares Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
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Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
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Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
29 Jan 10 SMS Digital Photography Meetup of the Month
Presenter: Mr Whiz Chua
Chairman, Digital Photography SIG, SMS
Digital Photography Interest Group
31 Jan 10 Nature Photography (Long-ranged Telephoto) Field Trip at
Singapore Botanical Garden
(Sun) Presenter/Leader : Mr Ben Lee
Founder, Nature Trekker Singapore
Digital Photography Interest Group
5 Feb 10 (1) Principle of Web Page Design
(2) Create website with Adobe Dreamweaver
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Internet Interest Group
12 Feb 10 ** No presentation ** (Chinese New Year holidays)
19 Feb 10 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
26 Feb 10 Presentation by General Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 15 January 2010
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: (1) Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS4 ;
(2) Photo editing with Photoshop ;
(3) Photoshop open source alternative - GIMP
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Photoshop is the world's leading image-editing program, developed by
Adobe Systems. People use Photoshop in everything from designing
posters to designing fashions. They use it to edit pictures of
people's grandkids and of supermodels. They use Photoshop in
blockbuster Hollywood movies and in video games. Anything you can do
with a photo, you can do in Photoshop.
In this presentation, you will learn about the latest Photoshop CS4,
how to use it to edit photos and also use of open source GIMP, a
Photoshop rival.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/http://www.gimp.org/
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Windows Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
22 Jan 10 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
29 Jan 10 SMS Digital Photography Meetup of the Month
Presenter: Mr Whiz Chua
Chairman, Digital Photography SIG, SMS
Digital Photography Interest Group
31 Jan 10 Nature Photography (Long-ranged Telephoto) Field Trip at
Singapore Botanical Garden
(Sun) Presenter/Leader : Mr Ben Lee
Founder, Nature Trekker Singapore
Digital Photography Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 8 January 2010
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Introduction to Windows Phones and Windows Mobile 6.5
Presenter: Mr Teo Soon Bock
Chairman, Mobile Computing Interest Group, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Windows Phones was officially launched by Microsoft in October 2009
together with Windows Mobile 6.5 (WM 6.5).
Modern WM Windows Phones (smartphones) have many features : phone,
sms, mms, email (including pull/push mail), camera, photo viewer,
calendar, FM radio, alarm clock, wifi, BlueTooth, 3G/GPRS data,
games, mp3 for music and audio books, mp4 (video), GPS, Microsoft
Office apps, web browser, RSS reader, YouTube streaming, and Internet
apps like Facebook and Twitter.
Quick round-up of hardware requirements for WM 6.5
Quick round-up of WM 6.5 Operating System and applications.
This talk will demo a Samsung Omnia II Windows Phone, which is run on
WM 6.5 Professional with touchscreen.
Is it necessary to sign up a data plan when using a Windows Phone ?
Short demo of some extra applications to install/consider:-
(1) GPS (Global Positioning System)
How to use Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) to speed up GPS satellite acquisitions.
Comparison of GPS software :
(a) Agis NavFone PPC (commercial - may be provided free with your
Windows Phone) : http://www.asiagis.com.sg
(b) MapKing (commercial) : http://www.mapking.com.sg
(c) Garmin Mobile XT (commercial) : http://www.garmin.com
(2) Pocket PC Win4D Advance (1 month free trial) :
http://www.assemblix.com.sg/pda/index.asp
(3) iSilo for Windows Mobile (1 month free trial) : http://www.isilo.com
Needed to view free Singapore Bus Guide in iSilo format :
http://www2.sms.org.sg/isilodocs/
[Note: for (2) and (3) above, may need to load alternative Theme in
your Windows Phone for improved contrast of text.]
(4) MyMobiler (freeware) : http://www.mymobiler.com
(5) PHM Registry Editor (freeware) : http://www.freewareppc.com
(6) G-Profile (freeware) : http://www.freewarepocketpc.net
(7) ReRemind (freeware) : http://www.freewarepocketpc.net
(8) oldSAP Utilities for Hard/Soft Reset (freeware) :
http://www.smartphone-freeware.com
(9) NoData (freeware) :
http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
(10) Metro (freeware) : http://www.freewareppc.com/travel/metro.shtml
Questions & Answers
<< UNQUOTE >>
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wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
15 Jan 10 (1) Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS4 ;
(2) Photo editing with Photoshop ;
(3) Photoshop open source alternative - GIMP
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Windows Interest Group
22 Jan 10 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
29 Jan 10 Presentation by Digital Photography Interest Group
Just a brief reminder that there will be no SMS presentations on the
next two Fridays :-
Friday, 25th December 2009 : Christmas Day
and Friday, 1st January 2010 : New Year's Day
Our weekly presentations will resume on Friday, 8th January 2010.
SMS wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Our SMS end-of-year pot-luck party will be on this coming Friday 18th
December 2009.
Interested SMS members are encouraged to sign up quickly.
For those members who had already signed up, but have not confirmed their
pot-luck food/drink item, please do so as soon as possible.
Updated on 16th December 2009
Pre-registration :
(1) Lim Beng Cheng : Chicken curry
(2) Tan Boon Tham : Chicken Nuggets
(3) Ham Hwee Woon : Nonya Kueh
(4) Chan Hung : Indonesia-made cookies
(5) Hung Khee Hua : Home-cooked fried mee-hoon
(6) William Ho : Packet Drinks
(7) Ng Chee Seng : Attending a seminar on that evening. Donated $20
for Curry Puffs. Thanks.
(8) Loi Kah Fun : Fish balls
(9) Whiz Chua : Unable to attend. Donated $10 for Char Siew
meat. Thanks.
(10) Teo Ean Lian : pot-luck item to be decided
(11) John Hing : pot-luck item to be decided
(12) Vincent Lye : Fruits
(13) Michael Samy : Apples
(14) B T Tan : Konnyaku Fruit Jelly
(15) Tang Boon Swa : Log Cake
(16) L T Yeo : homemade Brownies
(17) Vincent Chen : Otah
(18) Ng Hon Wing : Water melon
(19) Victor Yee : Ang Ku Kueh
(20) Yip Tok Foon : pot-luck item to be decided
(21) Cheng Wei Hsien : Roast Pork
(22) Teo Soon Bock : Honey-baked Ham, and supporting items
like serviettes, disposable plates/cups/forks/spoons, cleaning cloth and
trash bags.
PROGRAMME
(A) Mr Ng Hon Wing will bring his portable Karaoke machine for sing-song
session
(B) Mr Chan Hung will do an informal demo of a IPTV usb thumb drive which
can view thousands of TV programs via the Internet.
Our SMS end-of-year pot-luck party this year will be held on Friday 18th
December 2009 at our weekly presentation venue at Lecture Room 3, Bishan
CC, from 7.00 to 10.00 pm. This will be our 7th end-of-year
pot-luck party since 2003, and the first one at Bishan CC.
For the Pot-Luck Party, it is suggested that each member attending will
bring a food or drink item worth around $5 or more to share with the
other members. Each member is allowed to bring along one guest, who
will also bring food/drink item worth around $5 or more.
Those who are interested in attending the end-of-year pot-luck party this
year on Friday 18th December 2009, please send an email to our Manager,
Mr Teo Soon Bock at
manager@....sg indicating what food/drink
item you will be bringing along.
And for those who wish to donate items for the lucky draw, please inform
Mr Teo Soon Bock, and bring along the items to the Party.
Come and join us for an evening of food, fun, karaoke, and an opportunity
to talk shop with our Management Committee and members.
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 11 December 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Next Gen NBN and you
Presenter: Mr William Ho
Chairman, Internet SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
The Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) is the
wired network of the Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure
(Next Gen NII), a project under the Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015)
masterplan to transform Singapore into an intelligent nation and
global city, powered by Infocomm.
As fibre optics-based broadband is a relatively new topic in
Singapore, many will have questions on this.
the following areas will be covered in this presentation:
- What is Next Gen NBN?
- How to choose a location to install fibre termination box
- What next after installation done?
http://www.ida.gov.sg/Infrastructure/20090731132326.aspxhttp://www.opennet.com.sg/network-rollout/
<< UNQUOTE >>
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** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
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Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
18 Dec 09 End-of-Year Pot-Luck Party
http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/EndofYearPotLuckParty2009.html
25 Dec 09 ** No presentation ** (Christmas Day)
1 Jan 10 ** No presentation ** (New Year's Day)
8 Jan 10 Introduction to Windows Phones and Windows Mobile 6.5
Presenter: Mr Teo Soon Bock
Chairman, Mobile Computing Interest Group, SMS
Mobile Computing Interest Group
15 Jan 10 Presentation by Windows Interest Group
22 Jan 10 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
29 Jan 10 Presentation by Digital Photography Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 4 December 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: A look at this year end releases of popular linux distributions
Presenter: Mr John Thng
Chairman, Open Source SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
This year end we saw new major releases of Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse,
Mandriva, we shall look at the new releases in turn. Ubuntu 9.10 has
a personal cloud called Ubuntu One by default, ext4 by default, and
others .... Fedora 12 is more polished than before. OpenSuse 11.2 is
the long waited release in this year. In addition, Google Chrome
Beta will be demo'ed during the talk.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Open Source Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
11 Dec 09 Presentation by Internet Interest Group
18 Dec 09 End-of-Year Pot-Luck Party
http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/EndofYearPotLuckParty2009.html
25 Dec 09 ** No presentation ** (Christmas Day)
1 Jan 10 ** No presentation ** (New Year's Day)
8 Jan 10 Introduction to Windows Phones and Windows Mobile 6.5
Presenter: Mr Teo Soon Bock
Chairman, Mobile Computing Interest Group, SMS
Mobile Computing Interest Group
15 Jan 10 Presentation by Windows Interest Group
22 Jan 10 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
29 Jan 10 Presentation by Digital Photography Interest Group
Dear SMS member,
Just a brief reminder that there will be no SMS presentation this
week, on Friday 27 November 2009 due to the Hari Raya Haji holiday.
SMS wishes everyone happy holidays.
In this seminar, we shall demonstrate and provide you with free
encryption software that can keep your confidential data encrypted. We
shall demonstrate 2 security programs namely TrueCrypt and
PasswordSafe.
TrueCrypt is an automatic on-the-fly encryption. That means it is
transparent to all your Windows applications. After you login, an
encrypted volume is opened and you can access this encrypted volume just
like another drive. You can also put that volume on a thumb drive. After
you logout or plugged out the thumb drive, the data remains encrypted. If
you have any confidential videos, photos or document in it, it is not
accessible by anyone else. If you send your PC for repair, the repair man
cannot see those information. There are some security issues though and
we shall discuss it in the seminar, so make sure you turn up. You may
never know what you missed.
PasswordSafe is a program that allows you to keep your passwords
stored in an electronic file. Although you can save your passwords in an
encrypted Word document or in a TrueCrypt volume, both these methods have
security weaknesses. PasswordSafe is designed to overcome these
weaknesses. We shall explain in detail these weaknesses. Miss it and you
will regret it.
Anti-virus Write-protected thumb drive can protect you from viruses but you have
to follow some procedures to minimise risks. In this demo, we shall
demonstrate a mock up virus infection so that you have an idea of how a
typical virus can infect your system. Knowing how a virus can spread will
make you more vigilant. Miss this seminar and you may spend days removing
a virus and probably without success.
Those present who buy thumb drives from SMS on this faithful Friday
only, shall be awarded with $5 from my pocket. That means you pay $25
and I will pay for you the other $5. There is no limit to the number of
drives you can buy, just that it is limited by stock.
SMS Projects I was considering embarking on 2 projects which I wish to discuss in
this seminar. One of the project is to provide basic computer training
with hands on practice. This is a chargeable course and the profit shall
be divided with 20% to SMS and the rest to all helpers and trainers. You
may not earn much but this is towards public service and promotion of
SMS.
The second project is to provide a national basic computer literacy test
for Primary 6 pupils. Schools pay a fee for their students to take this
test. Results shall be graded and made known to the schools. Top
performers shall be awarded. All helpers will be paid from the 80% profit
with 20% contributing to SMS. As this is also a public service, there may
not be any profit left and this project may be very successful or fail
miserably. Helpers for these 2 projects are encouraged to come
forward.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by IT Business Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them along
for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note:Kindly ensure that your SMS
membership is up-to-date if you wish to continue to be on this mailing
list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next few
weeks:-
27 Nov 09 ** No presentation ** (Hari Raya Haji)
4 Dec 09 Presentation by Open Source Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Library.html for SMS
Library of stock market books available for loan by SMS members.
Date: Friday, 13 November 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Book Review - Trading for a Living by Dr Alexander Elder
Presenter: Mr Ng Chee Seng
Chairman, Stocks & Shares SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
"Trading for a Living," is one of the best-selling and most highly
recommended books on trading ever published. It is written by Dr Alexander
Elder, a world-famous psychiatrist, market analyst, teacher, trader and
speaker at trading conferences and, in my opinion, not only valuable reading
for new traders and market students, but for veterans as well. There's
something of value here for most everyone involved in or interested in the
trading game.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Stocks and Shares Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
20 Nov 09 Presentation by Business IT Interest Group, SMS
27 Nov 09 ** No presentation ** (Hari Raya Haji)
4 Dec 09 Presentation by Open Source Interest Group
11 Dec 09 Presentation by Internet Interest Group
18 Dec 09 End-of-Year Pot-Luck Party
25 Dec 09 ** No presentation ** (Christmas Day)
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 6 November 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Introduction to the newly released Windows 7 OS
Presenter: Mr Hung Khee Hua
Chairman, Windows Interest Group, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
A Look at the New Windows 7
Windows 7 was launched worldwide on 22 Oct 2009. So what is it and
how does it look like? How fast? How different is it from Windows
XP? Why all the buzz and excitement?
In this talk, we will explore Windows 7 Home Premium and the audience
can see and tell me what's different. No prizes for that! (Windows 7
Home Premium cost me $177 compared to $134 for Windows XP Home).
So what are:
Taskbar
Search
Homegroup
Libraries
Windows gestures
Aeropeek
Aeroshake
Jump Lists
Problem Step Recorder
New Calculator
New Wordpad
Please also see
Microsoft- what is Windows 7:
< http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/what-is-windows-7.aspx >
BBC news on Windows 7 at : < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8315298.stm>
Gadget Lab at :
< http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/first-look-windows7/>
Fox News - hidden gems in Windows 7 :
< http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568586,00.html>
Are you Ready for Windows 7? :
< http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/articles/view.php?cid=11&id=3042 >
62 Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets :
<
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/62-windows-7-tips-trick\
s-and-secrets-643861
>
And you can easily find all sorts of links for Windows 7. It is a
very hot topic indeed.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Windows Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
13 Nov 09 Book Review -Trading for a Living by Dr. Alexander Elder
Presenter: Mr Ng Chee Seng
Chairman, Stocks & Shares SIG, SMS
Stocks and Shares Interest Group, SMS
20 Nov 09 Presentation by Business IT Interest Group, SMS
27 Nov 09 ** No presentation ** (Hari Raya Haji)
Fee:FREE for SMS members ; $10
door fee for non-members ; $5 door fee for Passion Club members
Topic: (1) How to create Flash videos ;
(2) Play 4D/TOTO
the right way
Presenters: Mr K L Tan
Technical Manager, Assemblix Technology Pte Ltd ; and
Mr Kang Hai Tong, Business Development Manager
Assemblix Technology Pte Ltd
- We will discuss the concept of 4D/TOTO
- How to interpret the statistic 4D/TOTO
- How to strategy your 4D/TOTO play.
- How software can increase your chances of winning.
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them along
for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note:Kindly ensure that your SMS
membership is up-to-date if you wish to continue to be on this mailing
list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next few
weeks:-
6 Nov 09 Introduction to the newly released Windows 7 OS
Presenter: Mr Hung Khee Hua
Chairman, Windows Interest Group, SMS
Organised by Windows Interest Group, SMS
13 Nov 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group,
SMS
20 Nov 09 Presentation by Business IT Interest Group, SMS
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 23 October 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Book Review: "Your First Million - Make it in Stocks" by Dr
Michael Leong
Presenter: Mr Ng Chee Seng
Chairman, Stocks & Shares SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Dr. Michael Leong, founder of online share investment portal
ShareInvestor discussed many things in the book, among which
conventional wisdom is not always right.
"Know Mr. Market, know thyself, a hundred opportunities, a hundred gains."
You cannot delegate your investment to someone else, and expect to be
really successful in your investment.
After reading the book, your exciting adventure in stock investing begins.
Most of your questions with reference to Singapore stock markets are
answered...
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Stocks and Shares Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
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Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
30 Oct 09 (1) How to create Flash videos ;
(2) Play 4D/TOTO the right way
Presenters: Mr K L Tan
Technical Manager, Assemblix
Technology Pte Ltd ; and
Mr Kang Hai Tong, Business
Development Manager ;
Assemblix Technology Pte Ltd
General Interest Group
6 Nov 09 Introduction to the newly released Windows 7 OS
Organised by Windows Interest Group, SMS
13 Nov 09 Presentation by Mobile Computing Interest Group, SMS
20 Nov 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group, SMS
27 Nov 09 ** No presentation ** (Hari Raya Haji)
Just a brief reminder that there will be no SMS presentation this
week, on Friday 16 October 2009, being the Eve of the Deepavali holiday.
SMS wishes everyone happy holidays.
** See
http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 9 October 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for
non-members ; $5 door fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Watch Home TV Anywhere
Presenter: Mr David Ng
Product Manager, V-One Multimedia Pte Ltd
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Watching TV Anywhere ? Yes is possible
SnaZio* HAVA HD Streamer literally brings TV
viewing experience to a whole new level where you
will never miss your favorite TV programmes even
when you’re not at home. Stay in touch with local
news, TV shows, Sports programmes and all other
premium channels you pay for – at the office, in
the hotel, at the WIFI hotspots anywhere around the world.
Feel free and plan your vocations without having
a worry to access the TV programmes you watch in
your living room. Imagine it’s all just a
beginning of what you can do with this amazing device.
i) Multiple inputs allow you to watch & control
up to three devices including one HD source.
ii) Remote TV streaming on mobile phones &
internet connected PC generally referred as Place-shifting,
iii) TV streaming on local home network (virtual
Tuner on every home Computer / Laptop),
iv) Tivo like time-shifting controls, scheduled recording remotely or locally
v) MCE integration makes SnaZio* HAVA HD Streamer
an essential component for your today’s lifestyle
Finally the presentation will close with touch on
of other lifestyle like HD Media Player, HDTV receiver and Magic Sing Karaoke.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by General Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may
wish to bring them along for free Internet access
(email; web surfing) during our weekly presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is
up-to-date if you wish to continue to be on this
mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of
presentations for the next few weeks:-
16 Oct 09 ** No presentation ** (Eve of Deepavali)
23 Oct 09 Book Review: "Your First Million -
Make it in Stocks" by Dr Michael Leong
Presenter: Mr Ng Chee Seng
Chairman, Stocks & Shares SIG, SMS
Stocks and Shares Interest Group
30 Oct 09 (1) How to create Flash videos ;
(2) Play 4D/TOTO the right way
Presenters: Mr K L Tan
Technical
Manager, Assemblix Technology Pte Ltd ; and
Mr Kang Hai
Tong, Business Development Manager ;
Assemblix Technology Pte Ltd
General Interest Group
6 Nov 09 Introduction to the newly released Windows 7 OS
Organised by Windows Interest Group, SMS
13 Nov 09 Presentation by Mobile Computing Interest Group, SMS
20 Nov 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group, SMS
27 Nov 09 ** No presentation ** (Hari Raya Haji)
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 2 October 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/seminarvenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: (1) Basic Principles and Elements of Design
(2) Design with Adobe Illustrator
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
1. DESIGN ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES
Learn the practices of good visual design which form the basis of all
intentional visual design strategies and principles that constitute
the broader structural aspects of its composition.
The elements of design are the 'vocabulary' of the design - things
that make up a painting, drawing, design etc. Good or bad - all
design works will contain most of if not all, the seven elements of design.
The Principles of design constitute the broader structural aspects of
its composition - can be thought of as what we do to the elements of
design and also on how we apply the Principles of design determines
how successful we are in creating a work of art.
2. ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR DESIGN TOOL
Illustrator, developed and marketed by Adobe, is a widely recognised
industry standard drawing program that enables users to make
technical illustrations, elaborate drawings, graphics and page
designs for print, the Internet and multimedia.
Its dynamic features and widespread use has made it the standard
vector-based design and illustration program used by graphic
designers, web designers and visual effects professionals all over
the world, to create logos, posters, business card, brochure and
banner. It is popular with web and print designers because it allows
them to edit, scale and manipulate images without reducing image quality.
Adobe Illustrator offers an extensive range of drawing and painting
tools, including typographic control. It is very similar to Photoshop
where it has feathering, inner and outer glow and nondestructive drop shadows.
Demo will be based on the latest version, Illustrator CS4, which has
numerous new features including multiple art boards in a single
document, a "blob brush" that is similar to the brush in Adobe Flash,
and support for transparency in gradients among other features.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Windows Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
9 Oct 09 Watch Home TV Anywhere
Presenter: Mr David Ng
Product Manager, V-One Multimedia Pte Ltd
General Interest Group
16 Oct 09 ** No presentation ** (Eve of Deepavali)
23 Oct 09 Book Review: "Your First Million - Make it in Stocks" by
Dr Michael Leong
Presenter: Mr Ng Chee Seng
Chairman, Stocks & Shares SIG, SMS
Stocks and Shares Interest Group
30 Oct 09 (1) How to create Flash videos ;
(2) Play 4D/TOTO the right way
Presenters: Mr K L Tan
Technical Manager, Assemblix
Technology Pte Ltd ; and
Mr Kang Hai Tong, Business
Development Manager ;
Assemblix Technology Pte Ltd
General Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Note: Our Chairman of Stocks and Shares Interest Group, Mr Ng Chee
Seng, is still attending a course on Friday evenings during August -
September 2009, and has provided a DVD video entitled "Other People's
Money" to be screened on Friday 25 Sept 2009.
Date: Friday, 25 September 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Other People's Money is a 1991 drama/romantic comedy film starring
Danny DeVito, Penelope Ann Miller and Gregory Peck.
Corporate raider Lawrence Garfield, a.k.a. "Larry the Liquidator"
(Danny DeVito), always looking for the next big score, puts his
sights on New England Wire and Cable, a publicly traded company that
is run by old codger Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) and is a
major employer in a small town. Trying to stave off the takeover,
Jorgy hires Kate (Penelope Ann Miller), his stepdaughter, to stall
Larry. Before long, Larry becomes involved in a complicated game of
cat-and-mouse in which he and Kate each struggle to maintain the
upper hand. As he closes in on his goal -- taking over New England
Wire and Cable, which he intends to sell off in parts and shut down
operation - Larry has to decide which he lusts after more: money or Kate.
An exchange of speeches between Garfield and Jorgenson at the
company's shareholders' meeting is the climax of the film. They
provide an accurate and dramatic portrayal of two sides of an
economic concept that Joseph Schumpeter referred to as creative
destruction. In Schumpeter's vision of capitalism, innovative entry
by entrepreneurs was the force that sustained long-term economic
growth, even as it destroyed the value of established companies
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Stocks and Shares Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
26 Sep 09 Nature Photography (Macro) Field Trip at Sungei Buloh
Wetland Reserve
(Sat) Presenter : Mr Ben Lee
Founder, Nature Trekker Singapore
( see
http://www2.sms.org.sg/SungeiBuloh_260909.txt for details )
Pre-register with manager@...
Digital Photography Interest Group, SMS
2 Oct 09 (1) Basics Principles and Elements of Design
(2) Design with Adobe Illustrator
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Windows Interest Group
9 Oct 09 Presentation by IT Business Interest Group
16 Oct 09 ** No presentation ** (Eve of Deepavali)
23 Oct 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
30 Oct 09 Presentation by General Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 18 September 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Google App Engine: RAD (Rapid Application Development) for the Web
Presenter : Mr Deepak Sarda
Analyst Programmer at Citi
About the speaker : http://antrix.net/stuff/dsarda_resume.htmlhttp://antrix.net/journal/techtalk/
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Google App Engine is a web platform unlike any before that allows
anyone to build and deploy web applications on the same scalable
infrastructure that powers Google's services. Using the example of
NextBus, a web-app that went from idea to production in just a
weekend, discover how App Engine provides the perfect Rapid
Application Development platform for the Web.
Mr Deepak Sarda made use of Google App Engine's Development Web
Server at http://code.google.com/appengine/ to host his "NextBus
Proxy for SBS Transit" covering all bus stops, since September
2008. And just last month in August 2009, the Land Transport
Authority launched http://www.publictransport.sg/mobile which showed
similar kind of results for the 215 bus stops that were covered :
http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=2169
Come and learn how the "NextBus Proxy for SBS Transit" is implemented
on Google App Engine, and how your own killer app idea could be
similarly implemented.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Mobile Computing Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
25 Sep 09 Screening of video "Other People's Money"
Organised by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
26 Sep 09 Nature Photography (Macro) Field Trip at Sungei Buloh
Wetland Reserve
(Sat) Presenter : Mr Ben Lee
Founder, Nature Trekker Singapore
( see
http://www2.sms.org.sg/SungeiBuloh_260909.txt for details )
Pre-register with manager@...
Digital Photography Interest Group, SMS
2 Oct 09 (1) Basics Principles and Elements of Design
(2) Design with Adobe Illustrator
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Windows Interest Group
9 Oct 09 Presentation by IT Business Interest Group
16 Oct 09 ** No presentation ** (Eve of Deepavali)
23 Oct 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
30 Oct 09 Presentation by General Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 11 September 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: "How do I recover from....?"
Presenter: Mr William Ho
Chairman, Internet SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
A few days ago, Gmail was down for a few hours. How did this affect you?
The Topic: "How do I recover from....?", the question is
intentionally vague to prompt everyone to fill in the blanks.
Recover from a system hack, a natural disaster, catastrophic
equipment failure, theft etc., etc.,
the answers to these questions are also very broad, however to enact
an effective recovery,
the answers need to be as focused as they can possibly be.
Some of the crucial items to consider
the following areas will be covered in this presentation:
Where is my crucial data being stored offline?
Where is my data being stored? Do I have an off-site contingency?
What is my recovery procedure going to be in case of 'x', where 'x'
is a given failure?
How can I exercise these plans?
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Internet Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
18 Sep 09 Google App Engine: RAD (Rapid Application Development) for the Web
Presenter : Mr Deepak Sarda
Analyst Programmer at Citi
Mobile Computing Interest Group
25 Sep 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
26 Sep 09 Nature Photography (Macro) Field Trip at Sungei Buloh
Wetland Reserve
(Sat) Presenter : Mr Ben Lee
Founder, Nature Trekker Singapore
( see
http://www2.sms.org.sg/SungeiBuloh_260909.txt for details )
Pre-register with manager@...
Digital Photography Interest Group, SMS
2 Oct 09 (1) Basics Principles and Elements of Design
(2) Design with Adobe Illustrator
Presenter: Mr Tan Boon Tham
Vice-President, SMS
Windows Interest Group
9 Oct 09 Presentation by IT Business Interest Group
16 Oct 09 ** No presentation ** (Eve of Deepavali)
23 Oct 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
30 Oct 09 Presentation by General Interest Group
Please note:-
(1) the change of venue for this presentation ;
(2) there is very limited seating at the venue. Members can sit on
the carpeted floor, or stand during the 1 hour plus presentation ;
(3) Sim Lim Square (SLS) is just within the CBD. ERP ends at 8 pm
;
(4) Parking rate at SLS is $2.14 per entry after 6 pm ; there is free
parking for the first hour from 5.00 pm :
http://www.simlimsquare.com.sg ;
(5) Nearest MRT is at Bugis station (East-West Line), or at 'Little
India' station (NEL) ;
(6) === There will be a quick tour, for interested SMS members, of the
shops at Sim Lim Square on Friday, 4 September 2009, from 6.00 pm to 7.20
pm (see below for details). ===
Date: Friday, 4 September 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: JS Gadget Store @ Sim Lim SQ
1
Rochore Road
#06-65
< - - - - - please note the correct unit number
Sim
Lim Square, Singapore 188504
1. What is High Definition (HD)?
2. Type of HD Content
3. Comparison between Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition
(HD)
4. High Definition Television
5. Type of HD Video Format
6. Type of HD connector
7. What is Bluray
8. Difference between Bluray and DVD
9. Next Generation TV Broadcasting - Internet TV
10. Showcase HDX & Hisense High Definition Player
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by General Interest Group, SMS
===
Friday 4 September 2009 : Prior to the presentation on "Experience
High Definition", at JS Gadget Store @ Sim Lim SQ #06-65 starting at
7.30 pm, our Windows SIG Chairman Mr Hung Khee Hua (HP: 97823157), who is
also the Manager of Ace Computer Services
(http://www.acesservice.com),
will conduct a a quick tour, for interested SMS members, of the shops at
Sim Lim Square from 6.00 pm to 7.20 pm.
Mr Hung is a frequent shopper at SLS and does not own, or earn commission
from, any of the shops mentioned. The details of the quick tour are as
follows:-
6.00 pm (4/9/09) : Meet at ground floor near the ATM machines.
a) shops at 3rd floor - mama and papa shops: nice windows display of
various processors, display adapters. Another shop selling cheap made in
Indonesia notebooks.
b) shops at 4th floor - the back circle lane: mostly repair shops and
selling used items like $2 optical mouse, $1 ps2 keyboard, motherboards,
graphic cards from $20. Shop selling mostly used IBM notebooks and
desktops.
Shops at the front circle lane selling mostly laptops: take your pick.
Also you can visit Video Pro: large variety of items. Cheaper but must
pay by cash.
c) shops at 5th floor- Bell Systems must be paying huge rental. They
occupy 3 units. My favourite haunt. Saw $60 HP 17" CRT here.
Upgraded my customers' notebooks here - can try out the ram first.
Laser Distributors - another place I go.
And don't forget to visit Mediapro next door.
At this floor, there is Bizgram and Best Bargain. The brothers running
Bizgram were featured in Straits Times. Best Bargain good for memory
cards and thumb drives: I like their price list as it is in A3 and the
back page is blank - can use it to write.
d) shops at 6th floor. We go see a back lane shop again. To see where to
get cheaper vga, usb cables and more cables.
Another shop here (Onasta) sells used laptops. They also have a unit at
4th floor.
Another shop at this level is where I buy Kodak dvd disks. Oh, there is a
camera shop too.
Tour ends at 7.20 pm at our 6th floor venue for the evening's
presentation.
===
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next few
weeks:-
11 Sep 09 Presentation by Internet Interest Group
18 Sep 09 Google App Engine: RAD (Rapid Application Development)
for the Web
Presenter : Mr Deepak Sarda
Analyst Programmer at Citi
Mobile Computing Interest Group
25 Sep 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
26 Sep 09 Digital Photography Interest Group Field Trip
(Sat)
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 28 August 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: A look at this month's Free Desktop Release, KDE 4.3
Presenter: Mr John Thng
Chairman, Open Source SIG, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
This month we saw the release of the next version of KDE, which is
4.3. It was built globally with 700 contributors, with 63,000 code
tweaks and 10,000 bug fixes. Over 2,000 features have been
implemented in the last six months. Overall user experience of KDE
has improved greatly.
KDE 4.3 will be included in most distributions for the next cycle of
linux distribution period from October to December.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Open Source Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
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Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
4 Sep 09 Experience High Definition
(venue Presenter : Mr Samuel Soon
changed) Director of JSGadget
http://www.jsgadgetstore.biz
# Venue: JS Gadget Store @ Sim Lim SQ
1 Rochore Road #06-55
Sim Lim Square, Singapore 188504
General Interest Group
11 Sep 09 Presentation by Internet Interest Group
19 Sep 09 Digital Photography Interest Group Field Trip
(Saturday)
25 Sep 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 21 August 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: How to prepare for launch of Windows 7
Presenter: Mr Hung Khee Hua
Chairman, Windows Interest Group, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Windows 7 will be launched in about 2 months time, on 22nd October.
In this session we will try to answer these questions
1 What is the recommended hardware for running Win7 - processor,
ram, display card, etc. Can I use my existing computer?
2 Is it possible to install Win7 over WinXP or Vista?
3 Is it better to do a clean install instead?
4 If so, what is the best way to back up your valuable data before
you format the hdd for installation of Windows 7?
5 Does Win7 have a built-in partitioning, antivirus and anti-spyware
software? If not, what is recommended?
6 Impression of using Win7, based on Release Candidate 1 ( RC1 )
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Windows Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
28 Aug 09 A look at this month's Free Desktop Release, KDE 4.3
Presenter : Mr John Thng
Chairman, Open Source SIG, SMS
Open Source Interest Group
4 Sep 09 Presentation by Internet Interest Group
11 Sep 09 Presentation by Mobile Computing Interest Group
19 Sep 09 Digital Photography Interest Group Field Trip
(Saturday)
25 Sep 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 14 August 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: (1) How to build a museum-like photo gallery easily and for free?
(2) Thinking of building an electronic gadget for sale?
Presenter: Mr Lim Beng Cheng
CEO, Hiwire Data & Security Pte Ltd
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
(1)
How to build a museum-like photo gallery easily and for free?
This program is not the one provided by National Heritage Board
(NHB)'s e-Museum and unrelated to it.
It allows you to upload photos into a gallery and users can walk
through the virtual gallery to view the photos. You can also choose
from the many templates available. Your eventual creation can be
saved as a Flash to be uploaded into your web site, saved as a .SCR
screen saver program or as a .EXE executable file.
In this seminar, you will be shown how to install and use this
program as well as how to create Flash, SCR or EXE files.
The program is free, however, you can get it during the seminar from
SMS with a token distribution charge of $2. All collections will go
to SMS funds.
(2)
Thinking of building an electronic gadget for sale?
Once a while, you may have an incredible idea of a new gadget and new
features that you think the whole world will want to buy it. Then
comes the design, testing, PCB fabrication, sourcing for components,
assembling of components and testing. You may also need to design a
casing, moulding, select color and manufacturing.
Eventually, you will need to market it, pay sales people, run a whole
business just to sell that gadget.
How to do it? Can it be done? Is it worth while? Can you become a
millionaire as a result?
Come to this seminar and we shall discuss on all these issues.
As usual, we will try to network with each other so that we can help
to improve each other's business.
See you all there, it's a networking gathering and at least to get to
know each other.
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by IT Business Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
21 Aug 09 Presentation by Windows Interest Group
28 Aug 09 Presentation by Open Source Interest Group
4 Sep 09 Presentation by Internet Interest Group
11 Sep 09 Presentation by Mobile Computing Interest Group
19 Sep 09 Digital Photography Interest Group Field Trip
(Saturday)
25 Sep 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 7 August 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: (1) Talk-cum-demo on PC hardware ;
(2) Demo on a gadget to save electricity
Presenters: (1) Mr Hung Khee Hua
Chairman, Windows Interest Group, SMS
(2) Mr Ham Hwee Woon
Hon Secretary, SMS
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
(1)
Assembling a PC - by Mr Hung Khee Hua
In this hands-on presentation, I will be showing you how easy it is
to assemble your own pc.
We will assemble common processors into various motherboards and
fixing them into a casing. We will fit in the memory (ram), dvd
writer, power supply unit and wire up the casing to the
motherboard. We will connect SATA harddisks (no more master/slave to
fiddle about) as well as practise connecting IDE harddisks (master/slave).
Processors fit into various types of sockets. The most common ones
now being socket 775 for Intel processors and AM2 for AMD
processors. You will have the chance to fit in these processors to
their corresponding motherboards and also how to remove them to clean
the heat sink and fan.
Read about sockets here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_socket
How to assemble a PC :-
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_To_Assemble_A_Desktop_PChttp://www.buildeasypc.com/hw/howto/assemblepc.htmhttp://www.mysuperpc.com/
Youtube also has videos on how to assemble your pc. Easy to search for it.
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Demo on a gadget to save electricity - by Mr Ham Hwee Hoon
Mr Ham will demo a gadget, which he built, to shut down power supply
to the computer and its related accessories such as monitor, modem,
router, etc that share the same power gang.
The purpose is to reduce your electricity usage/ bill.
For example, we could be downloading files that take a few hours and
is estimated to complete around 2 am. We need to sleep and go to
work tomorrow and can't wait till 2 am to shut down the computer and
switch off everything.
Mr Ham will show how to use a third party software or XP in built
timer to shut down the computer at 2.30 am. And then the gadget
will shut down all electrically connected accessories to the same power gang.
The gadget will have two types of interface: ATX power supply or
usb. ATX interface is good for desktop PC, while USB interface is
good for laptop PC.
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Organised by General Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
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Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
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Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
14 Aug 09 (1) How to build a museum-like photo gallery easily and for free?
(2) Thinking of building an electronic gadget for sale?
Presenter: Mr Lim Beng Cheng
CEO, Hiwire Data & Security Pte Ltd
IT Business Interest Group
21 Aug 09 Presentation by Windows Interest Group
28 Aug 09 Presentation by Open Source Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 31 July 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Internet Work-from-Home Opportunity
Presenter: Mr Raymond Sun
Executive Director
TWI Group Pte Ltd
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
- The BIG difference between Healthcare and Disease-care and how to
ensure a safer home and healthier family ? a common-sense approach
to a safer home and healthier family!
- WHY and HOW switching to safer, more economical and
environmentally-responsible house brands can help you not only to
save money, it can also help you to enjoy FREE SHOPPING every single
month and also turn this into a flexible yet reliable Work-from-Home
Extra Income Opportunity ? hundreds of thousands of families from
North America to Asia have discovered this secret and profited every
month from it and why not yours
- How to leverage on your home desktop computer/laptop & internet
broadband to build a global business ? a powerful work-from-home
marketing tool and a gateway to the world of 24/7 online
recession-proof business ? especially beneficial for many people
who fear or who do not like the idea of talking to people
- Compelling reasons and benefits of working from home apart from the
potential extra income opportunity
- Pitfalls of internet marketing and internet scams and how to avoid them
- How to get your home-based global recession-proof shopping business
started immediately and how to build it successfully with virtually
no-risk over the next few years
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by General Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
7 Aug 09 (1) Talk-cum-demo on PC hardware
(2) Demo on a gadget to save electricity
Presenters: (1) Mr Hung Khee Hua
Chairman, Windows Interest Group, SMS
(2) Mr Ham Hwee Woon, SMS
General Interest Group
14 Aug 09 Presentation by IT Business Interest Group
21 Aug 09 Presentation by Internet Interest Group
28 Aug 09 Presentation by Open Source Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Membersprivileges.html
for SMS membership recruitment and renewal promotion.
Date: Friday, 24 July 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members ; $2 door fee for full-time students
Topic: Introducing the iPhone 3GS
Presenter: Mr Steve Teo
NUS Computing Student
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
Introducing the iPhone 3GS
- What is the hype all about?
- Main Features
- Differences with the iPhone 3G
- Amazing Features of the iPhone 3GS
How to sign up for an iPhone 3GS?
- Plans Comparison
Should you 'Jailbreak' your iPhone?
What kind of Push mail support is available?
What are the different Applications available?
Live Demo
- Desktop Syncing
- Main Features
- App Store
- Push Mail Support
- Video Editing Features
Questions & Answers
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Mobile Computing Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
31 Jul 09 Internet Work-from-Home Opportunity
Presenter: Mr Raymond Sun
Executive Director
TWI Group Pte Ltd
General Interest Group
7 Aug 09 Talk-cum-demo on PC hardware
Presenter: Mr Hung Khee Hua
Chairman, Windows Interest Group, SMS
General Interest Group
14 Aug 09 Presentation by IT Business Interest Group
21 Aug 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
28 Aug 09 Presentation by Open Source Interest Group
** See http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/Library.html for SMS
Library of stock market books available for loan by SMS members.
Date: Friday, 17 July 2009
Time: 1930 - 2130 hours
Venue: Lecture Room 3 (3rd floor), Bishan Community Club
51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799
(near Bishan MRT Station)
Seminar Venue : http://www.sms.org.sg/template.jsp?p=my/SeminarVenue.html
Fee: FREE for SMS members ; $10 door fee for non-members ; $5 door
fee for Passion Club members
Topic: Sharpen your Trading Edge
Presenter: Mr Ng Chee Seng
Chairman, Stocks & Shares SIG, SMS
About the speaker:
Speaker is a remisier with a Bank based broker house for over ten years.
He serves in the executive committee of The Society of Remisiers (Singapore).
Being a practitioner of technical analysis, he is an active member of Technical
Analysis Society.
Synopsis:
<< QUOTE >>
1. Four Stages of Developing a Trading Edge.
2. Discussion on each stage.
3. Questions & Answers
<< UNQUOTE >>
Organised by Stocks and Shares Interest Group, SMS
** Members who have wireless PDAs/laptops may wish to bring them
along for free Internet access (email; web surfing) during our weekly
presentations.
Note: Kindly ensure that your SMS membership is up-to-date if you
wish to continue to be on this mailing list, and for the weekly e-Microlines.
Appended below is the updated schedule of presentations for the next
few weeks:-
24 Jul 09 Introducing the iPhone 3GS
Presenter: Mr Steve Teo
NUS Computing Student
Mobile Computing Interest Group
31 Jul 09 Internet Work-from-Home Opportunity
Presenter: Mr Raymond Sun
Executive Director
TWI Group Pte Ltd
General Interest Group
7 Aug 09 Talk-cum-demo on PC hardware
Presenter: Mr Hung Khee Hua
Chairman, Windows Interest Group, SMS
General Interest Group
14 Aug 09 Presentation by IT Business Interest Group
21 Aug 09 Presentation by Stocks and Shares Interest Group
28 Aug 09 Presentation by Open Source Interest Group
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