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SNUG Meeting Minutes, February 9, 2012

The meeting was called to order by David Henry.

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SNUG met February 9th at Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church and shared a popular Q&A session with panelists Sherry Foecking, David Henry, Myron Thorner and Frank Zacherl. A detailed report follows.

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SNUG met February 9th at Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church and shared a popular Q&A session with panelists Sherry Foecking, David Henry, Myron Thorner and Frank Zacherl. A detailed report follows, with links to websites discussed.

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C|Net has a useful service called Tech Tracker. When you sign up, Tech Tracker scans your computer applications to see which ones are up-to-date and which are out of date, meaning you haven’t got the latest version. It reminds you if the app is free, or a free trial, or purchase. Alongside each is a convenient Download Now button.—C|Net

Refreshments:  Thelma Austin, Darlene Bodnar, Nancy Marsh, Pushpa Sreepally

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SNUG is looking for a secretary to take notes at its monthly meetings, and optionally at the Officers meeting that follows. If you can help with this shared position, please contact Frank Weitzman at frankweitzman@gmail.com  

Bob Rankin is my favorite techie guru, so I’m happy to share his best-of-2011 articles. It includes faxing, chrome, registry cleaners, college courses and recovering deleted files—and that’s just the free stuff. Click here for a sneak-peek.—Bob Rankin

Enter any password—real or proposed—into the box at http://howsecureismypassword.net/ and learn how long it would take for a hacker’s desktop PC to break it. It’s pretty sobering…

Refreshments:  Cecelia Vance, Gail Benton, Rose Terenzi, Nancy Sjoberg, Darlene Bodner, and Fred Barthmus (more…)

Obvious passwords like those below are surprisingly common, so if you have one of these, consider changing it!–National Geographic (more…)

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