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Several time-saving Windows utilities will be demonstrated. The main focus will be file & disk management programs and taskbar, start menu, clipboard enhancements, etc.
Some of the programs to be covered are:
- xplorer˛: Windows Explorer replacement
- EverNote: a note taking application
- SlickRun: a free floating command line launcher
- ArsClip: a clipboard enhancement
- TaskBar Shuffle: rearrange the taskbar buttons by simply dragging them around
We expect to hear of several more useful utilities from members of the audience.
Thursday, January 11th at the Tokyo Union Church. Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7 PM Click here for a map to the TUC. (Note that we are meeting the 2nd Thursday this month.)
Technology can be a tool to improve the efficiency of our businesses and our lives. Unfortunately it’s very difficult to keep up with all the latest technologies available; and knowing which ones can really help us.
Time to turn to an expert. Gonzague-Alexandre Gay (aka Alex) of Akihabara News and GeekStuff4U who will share some best technology tool tips and secrets.
Some of the things Alex will cover are:
- Using a Tablet PC
- The benefits of a Smart Phone and a Microsoft Exchange server
- Why you should always carry an MP3 player/recorder and digital camera
Alex runs http://www.akihabaranews.com, http://www.geekstuff4u.com and http://www.nihoncarandbike.com
Thursday, Dec 7 at the Tokyo Union Church. Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7 PM Click here for a map to the TUC.
A Look at Microsoft’s Vista and Office 2007 - Consumer & Developer Perspectives.
Two long time TPC members and inveterate “geeks” will demo a few of the features of Microsoft’s brand new OS, Vista. Vista should be available for business uses by the year’s end. Consumers will have to wait until early 2007. The meeting speakers will also review some of the features of MS Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7, including some of the much awaited usability features.
Our guest speakers are Andrew Hayes and Andrew Shuttleworth. Mr. Hayes is the Senior Developer and Chief HR Architect at CVi—Cross Vision International (http://www.cvi.co.jp) - a position he’s developed over the past 8 years. He is responsible for CVi’s human resource management products, and its integration with thier other payroll and attendance online service offerings.
Andrew Shuttleworth (http://hq.andrewshuttleworth.com) is an early adopter of PC’s and software. He’s been using Vista and Office on his main PC for the past few months. He runs his own business called Customers, Vendors, People (http://www.cvp.jp), which assists companies to find quality vendors for business service.
Mr. Shuttleworth also maintains two web sites: http://www.japanevents.net and http://www.windowsmobileinjapan.com.
Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Tokyo Union Church. Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7 PM Click here for a map to the TUC.
To find out more about Vista, MS Office 2007 and MSIE 7, please click on the following links: http://www.microsoft.com/vista;
http://www.microsoft.com/office; http://www.microsoft.com/ie
Jim Blackson is from Ontrack Japan, which provides data recovery systems to customers who can no longer read their data. He plans to demo Ontrack’s Easy Recovery, a data recovery and disk diagnostic software. He will include examples using media belonging to members of the audience. Jim will also describe and answer questions related to his company’s comprehensive data recovery service as it realtes to hard disk drives.
Data recovery is the process by which computer experts salvage and extract lost data from hard drives and other corrupted storage media. Ontrack manages data recovery on nearly all operating systems and storage mediums.
The common causes of data loss are natural disasters, electro-magnetic failures, computer virus attacks and user errors. One additional and growing threat to the security of your valuable information is computer crime, ranging from overt industrial espionage to intentional and malicious tampering by disgruntled employees, acquaintances and strangers.
While many people use commercial software utilities in an effort to retrieve lost data, these utilities can often destroy what was otherwise recoverable data, especially when used following a hardware failure. Ontrack data recovery professionals can safely enter your system or media to achieve the most comprehensive data recovery possible. Although many people revert to backups following a data loss, those backups typically contain outdated information. Ontrack retrieves your most recent data.
Thursday, Oct 5 at the Tokyo Union Church. Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7 PM See you there! Click here for a map to the TUC.
TPC member Kiyoshi Ogawa will discuss Mobile Computing on Thursday evening, Sept 7. at the Tokyo Union Church. Ogawa-san will talk about making connections, sending signaling information, networking, the latest voice compressing systems and authentification encoding and decoding, as well as email transmissions.
Ogawa-san has been working with telecommunication networking systems for over 30 years. Currently, his job includes supporting international VOIP and high speed data lines.
Thursday evening, Sept 7. at the Tokyo Union Church. Click here for a map to the TUC.
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