The magazine of the Melbourne PC User Group


September
2008

Volume 25 Issue 8
Contents

  • President's Update
    -- Lyn Goodall writes about information privacy and other local happenings.
  • Publisher's Update
    -- David Hague explains the many benefits of advertising in PC Update.
  • The Care and Feeding of USB
    -- Paul Zucker explains how USB is the way to connect all manner of things to your PC..
  • Backing up made easy
    -- Ash Nallawalla describes this "no brainer" program to protect your data.
  • iPhone or iHype?
    -- Anthony Caruana explains what all this fuss is about smartphones.
  • Windows Home Server
    -- Adam Turner shows how to configure WHS to back up all your important data.
  • It's a RAID!
    -- RAID may not be something you use, but it's certainly worth reading up on
  • Penguin Fanciers
    -- Roger Brown tells everything you wanted to know about Linux but were afraid to ask.
  • Creating Gorgeous Web Photos
    -- Helen Bradley says all that separates their images from yours is a few minutes in Photoshop.
  • Yewell's Jewels
    --  Ryan Yewell brings us his latest update on free software for PCs.
  • Roll Your Own PC
    -- Graeme Hague talks about building a PC from scratch!.

PC Update: Production Editor:
David Hague
editor@melbpc.org.au 		PC Update: Reviews Editor:
Ash Nallawalla
reviews@melbpc.org.au 		PC Update Online:
Stan Johnstone
online@melbpc.org.au

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Reprinted from the September 2008 issue of PC Update, the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia