Technology: Postings

Postings

By Times staff writer

The Suncoast Linux Users Group will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Barnes & Noble, Brandon Town Center, and at 1 p.m. Saturday at the New Port Richey Public Library, 5939 Main St. For information, visit www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html.

Times personal technology editor Dave Gussow will speak to the Hernando Computer Club at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Shriners' building, Sunshine Grove Road and Montour Street. For information, visit www.hcc.org.

A team from CompUSA will talk about new PCs, cameras, scanners and Windows XP at the Nov. 6 meeting of the Greater Tampa Bay PC User Group. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Hillsborough Community College Brandon campus, Building 605, Room BTEC 103. For information, call Al Miller at (813) 685-6622 or visit www.gtbpcug.org.

Margaret McMullen will discuss preparing slide presentations using PowerPoint at the Nov. 7 meeting of the Microcomputer Users Group. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Largo Public Library, 351 East Bay Drive. For information, call (727) 531-5346.

The Elfers Senior Center, 4136 Barker Drive, will offer a number of computer courses in November, including Computer I, Windows, Internet, Scanner and Printer. Registration is noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday and Nov. 1. For information, call (727) 847-1290.

A free computer diagnostic clinic will be held Nov. 13 at the Gulfport Library. The clinic, also sponsored by the Tampa Bay Computer Society, is for IBM PC compatible computers only. Volunteers will check computers, diagnose problems and suggest possible fixes or possibly repair them. The clinic starts at noon and requires registration at www.SynergyPublishing.com. For information, call the library at (727) 893-1073.

-- Computer clubs and other organizations are welcome to submit items for the Postings column. Events should be free or have only nominal charges (such as to cover the cost of a meal) and must be open to the public. The deadline for submissions is seven days before the Tech Times publication date. Items can be sent to techtimes@sptimes.com.