December 10th, 2008, Wednesday - 7 PM Holiday Toys for Big Girls and Boys

It is always fun to see what new “toys” are available for the techno-geeks. Staples will return again this year to showcase gifts in all price ranges. Come see what is new for the Holiday season or what products you need to make the New Year more productive.

"Moline Public Library Tour" at 3210 – 41st Street Moline. IL

Eileen Ackerland will guide us on a walking tour of the facility. We will then assemble in one of the library's meeting rooms where she will demonstrate the many databases available for research of numerous topics. We will meet at 7:00 PM at the lower level information desk.

**Please note: This event has been moved to a different location
because of a religious holiday at the Tri-City Jewish Center.

NO BEGINNER'S SIG this month!!

Are the choices too mind-boggling? Do you need some help sorting it all out?

At Best Buy you can shop for phones by brand, carrier or style. You can compare prices and plans from multiple vendors all in one place and you can choose the accessories that you need most.

Brett Jones, Mobile Manager of Best Buy in Davenport will be our guest in September. He will demonstrate features of Smart Phones and PDA phones and answer all our questions about choosing the perfect mobile phone.

Do you keep hearing the word "Blog" and wonder what the heck people are talking about?

A Blog is a new term meaning Web Log. It is an easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post your thoughts, interact with people, post photos, and link to other web pages or blogs. Sometimes readers can leave interactive comments.

Have you ever wanted to post your own web site?

Rachel Piper will visit the Quad-Cities Computer Society to answer all your questions about Blogging and give details about starting your own. This might be a great simple way to get started!

If you missed this informative August 13th presentation,
you can access much of the content covered at the following URL:

www.thecreativitypipeline.com

The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million people have their identity stolen each year.

Identity theft is serious and costly to repair. But now you can be proactive and stop identity theft BEFORE it happens.

Nationally recognized leader of identity theft protection, LifeLock, will provide the guest speaker at the July meeting of the Quad-Cities Computer Society.

Come learn more about the services they offer to protect your good name. Don't be the next victim!

LifeLock® Official Site

Google made its mark on society by making Internet searches easier. But are you aware of all the things Google does now? News, images, maps, shopping, calendar, mail, photos, document sharing, group mailing lists, blogs, 3-D drawing software, art contests and more.

These tools are all FREE from Google and many of them can make your life easier. Our guest speaker will demonstrate some of these applications that you may want to include as part of your daily routine.

May 14th, 2008, Wednesday - 7 PM
Selecting a New Computer
Presentation by Dale Wells, Computer Repair Center, Bettendorf, IA

Is it time for a NEW computer or laptop? Should you choose one custom-built by a local reseller or one from a national manufacturer sold by the "Big Box" stores? This is a very good question that may be answered differently depending on YOUR needs and preferences. Dale will share many tips for buying your first or next computer and how to choose the one right for your needs.

Guest speaker on topic of Microsoft Access
Office SIG special event held May 5th, 2008

Wanda Cross (center) volunteered her time to give the Office SIG participants a great introduction to Access, Microsoft's powerful relational data base program. She described the advantages of Access over MS Excel if you have a large number of data sets which you have to sort, filter, group, and calculate values. Wanda has taught college courses on this and several other MS Office applications, so she is a terrific resource for information.

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January 9th, 2008-- A Board Meeting Worth Mentioning! ..........

After the regular January session, QCS Board members were in for a treat. They had a chance to see and try two of the new "XO" computers, compliments of Rex Felsman, who brought them to Moline during the holidays while visiting family. Rex is the brother of board member, Sue Peterson, and is a calibration tech from Worcester, Massachusetts.

The XO computers are inexpensive, durable laptop computers designed for children of developing countries through the "One Laptop Per Child" program.  (See http://laptop.org/laptop/ ) During their initial "Give One Get One" offer in 2007, you could donate one to the world program and also receive one for yourself. Rex was intrigued by the concept and made the donation twice in order to receive two of the laptops. He wanted to learn how the devices operated and communicated with each other to satisfy his own "techie" curiosity. QCS board members had a great time checking them out.

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