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Open the junk drawer (or cabinet) and pull out those slightly used or incompatible PC pieces and parts you no longer need. Bring them to the Tokyo PC Users Group annual swap meet on Thursday Aug. 3, evening at the usual meeting location.
Negotiate your terms as a buyer or seller with everyone at the meet. Bring your hardware, software, books, magazines for selling or exchange. (Note that that you must take what you don’t sell back home with you—we can’t leave it for TUC to dispose of.)
With the parts available and time remaining we will attempt to demonstrate some simple upgrades or even build a machine from parts.
The Tokyo PC Users Group presents General Security for your PCs including Wi-Fi security on Thursday evening at 7:00 pm, July 6th, 2006, at the Tokyo
Union Church in Omotesando.
TPC members will discuss various aspects of Security and securing PCs. Topics include hardware and software requirements, steps to secure your PC & wireless network, an explanation of the standards and terminology, and some product recommendations based on our experience.
AND… we will be GIVING AWAY the latest Norton Internet Security 2006 (Eng) to some lucky attendee.
Already use Security measures? Come and share your expertise and experiences. Questions and participation from the audience is appreciated.
A map to the TUC can be found here:
http://www.tokyopc.org/faxmessage/index.html#about
Andrew Hayes, expert gamer and vice president of the The Tokyo PC Users Group, will lead a discussion on computer games covering many aspects and genres of this pastime including trends, latest releases, future developments and hardware. The session will review predominately PC-based games but also include console games. Several gaming machines will be available for solo-play or networked head-to-head.
Such luminary titles as F.E.A.R., Call of Duty 2, Battlefield 2:Special Forces, UFO:Aftershock, X3:The Reunion, The Sims 2, Quake 4, The Bards Tale, and others - such as online Javascript-based games.
If you’re a gamer with a favourite game, why not bring along your box and show us? There’ll also be an opportunity to discuss tips and strategies, hardware matters such as SLi and Dual Core, and a limited number of free DVDs with demo versions of recent or upcoming games, plus a chance to win a copy of Quake 4:Special Edition for the PC and other prizes.
The new hands-on PC Help Desk will run concurrently.
Wireless Networking with WiFi
The Tokyo PC Users Group will be looking at wireless networking, and a broad range of aspects concerning WiFi—the hardware and software requirements, steps to secure your wireless network, the ins and outs of IEEE 802.11, and the terminology—all explained at the regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday evening at the Tokyo Union Church.
Click here for a map to the TUC.
Numerous WiFi capable cards will be available for you to try connecting to the TPC wireless network, as well as comparisons between vendor’s products.
Already use a wireless network? Several knowledgeable people will be on hand to answer questions.
Theo de Raadt on Exploit Mitigation Techniques
Theo de Raadt is with us on Tuesday night, May 2 to speak on “Exploit Mitigation Techniques”. If time permits he can also discuss issues related to OpenSSH, OpenBSD, Open Source or Security in general.
Last year, he was awarded the 2004 Free Software Foundation award for recognition as founder and project leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects.
This Tokyo PC Users Group Special Event is being held on Tuesday May 2, at the Tokyo Union Church on Omotesando dori, right next door to the Armani shop.
The Help Desk will run concurrently.
Looking for information about older TPC events?
Between meetings, you can keep up with what is happening with TPC by participating in the club newsgroups and mailing lists This is a handy way to stay informed, look for information, or share your knowledge and tips.
