AGENDA

o Retired or retiring? Will you outlast your money?
A free program to analyze your financial status and provide important answers.

o An Identity Theft Tool kit
In case of problems, a good place to start.

o A fast and simple way to install multiple programs.
This can be a big time saver.

o A utility for backing up and saving your drivers.
(Also, what drivers are, and why they are important to you.)

o Mints on the Pillow

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AGENDA

o How to determine the best time to start Social Security benefits.

o Are you living on the financial edge?
A simple test to see how close you are.

o Use a toll road?
New rules from TX Tag that could cost you money.

o The Ultimate Boot CD.
Every body should have one.
How you can get one for free.

o Mints on the Pillow

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AGENDA

o Is this the time to convert your IRA to a Roth IRA?
Why, If, and How.
Your computer may have the answer.

o The next generation on how to make your computer virus and hacker proof.
This may be the best thing yet for computer security.

o How to pay less for medicines.
Clever site.

o Maximizing your Google searching.
It just gets better and better.

o More tips and info for the How-to-Fix-It person.

o Two outstanding keyboard shortcuts.

o Mints on the Pillow

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AGENDA
o Email Etiquette
Honing your email skills. How to win friends and influence people.

o A Computer Cable followup.
Before you toss that unused cable, make sure it not one of the valuable ones.

o PDF creating and reading programs.
There are more and more options. It just keeps getting better.

o Zooming in on the Zoom feature.
More productivity tips.

o More information on upgrading your computer to Windows 7.

o Mints on the Pillow

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AGENDA
o Email strippers
Are you annoyed by emails that have lots of peculiar word placement.
We will look at why this happens and show how to make your emails look professional.

o Reviewing your credit score.
If you buy a copy of your credit score, what do you get, and what does it mean?
The answers and more.

o The strangest forecast of future shock yet.
Over-sharing and Location Awareness.
If you’re not paranoid now, just wait.

o Mints on the Pillow
Two of the best this year!

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AGENDA
o Is your Computer Infected?
It may be hard to tell if your anti-virus has been compromised.
A clever way to test a computer for a virus or other malware.

o Connect your Computer to a TV.
The why and how explained.
And HDMI? VGA? RGB? S-Video?
What the TV connector terms mean. Which is best.

o Static Electricity can be a Computer Equipment Killer.
How to protect your gear.

o Identity Theft
Are you really safe?

o The Best Weather sites
Keep ahead of the storms.

o Mints on the Pillow

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AGENDA
o How to get police alerts on activities in your neighborhood.
Be aware of local crime and help the police at the same time.

o Another virus that attacks your wallet.
How to avoid this virus, and what to do if you didn’t.

o Internet popup ads can infect you, even if you close the ad.
A look at how this happens, and how you can protect yourself.

o Google may know all, but what does it know about you?
A visit to the site where you can see what Google has collected on you.

o Mints on the Pillow

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The topic is TBA

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The topic is TBA

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Grab Bag SIG, September 2010

The topic is TBA

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