Monthly Archives: October 2015

Telephone scams continue in Victoria

Posted on 2015-10-17 by George Bowden

Although the following notice from the CRA was in June, we are experiencing a rash of these calls currently in Victoria. Ottawa, Ontario, June 10, 2015… The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is noting an increase in telephone scams where the … Continue reading →

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Scribus Templates

Posted on 2015-10-16 by George Bowden

Scribus is an open source, free desktop publishing program.  Like many other computer programs, it has templates from which you can make your own documents more easily than from scratch. Scribus has about 40 templates built in, categorized under Brochures, … Continue reading →

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Activating Windows 10: How it works under Microsoft’s new rules

Posted on 2015-10-15 by George Bowden

Microsoft is revamping how it checks if Windows is genuine. Here’s how these changes could make your life easier when setting up Windows 10.

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Seniors SIG is cancelled on Monday, October 12th

Posted on 2015-10-10 by Faith Shannon

Seniors SIG is cancelled Thanksgiving Monday, October 12th only, and it will resume Monday, October 19th, 10am-12pm.

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Is Google Drive Safe?

Posted on 2015-10-05 by George Bowden

In today’s presentation on Google Docs to the Seniors SIG, I was asked “Is it safe to put my stuff up in Google’s cloud? Can’t hackers get at it? Well, if your password is “password”, hackers will get at it. The … Continue reading →

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