The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society will be having its end of year lime on Wednesday December 16 2015 from 7pm at Island Beer Chill and Grill at One Woodbrook Place, Port of Spain.
Come join as we eat and chat about various ICT topics. Anyone interested in computing and ICT are welcome to attend.
Please RSVP to info@ttcsweb.org as space is limited.
It is anticipated that the contribution per person for this event is around $150 TT.
We look forward to seeing you.
Season Greetings!
Adobe Flash has a security update. According to the Adobe security bulletin dated December 8 2015:
“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player. These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
And this update patches a LOT of security vulnerabilities. Many conferencing solutions (like Adobe Connect) and Flash games use the Flash plugin. So if you have Adobe Flash installed, UPDATE ASAP!
However, consider uninstalling Flash if you’re not using it. If you were only using Adobe Flash to watch YouTube videos, YouTube now defaults to HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash for playing videos in Google Chrome, IE 11, Apple Safari 8 and Mozilla Firefox. So you can uninstall Adobe Flash if you are using these browsers (and not worry about keeping Adobe Flash up to date).
The latest update bumps the latest version of Flash Player for Windows and Mac OS X to version 20.0.0.235 and for Internet Explorer for Windows to 20.0.0.228.
To determine what version of the Adobe Flash player you have on your Windows, Macintosh or Linux system, visit
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
To download an offline version of Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux without any adware or bundled third-party offers, visit
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html
(Sadly, Adobe will be removing http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html page in January 2016 which will make it harder to get an ad-free installer. Another incentive to uninstall Flash?)
Opera and Chromium browser users, you’ll have to download the flash player installer from http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash.
Windows users should take note that
are separate installs. You should install and update versions of Adobe Flash for all three browser variations if you have all three installed.
For Internet Explorer v10 and Internet Explorer v11 (for users for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8), these browsers have Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update their Internet Explorer browser versions.
For Microsoft Edge, the default browser in Windows 10, this browser has Adobe Flash Player built in and users should update their Edge browser.
Google Chrome browser users has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update the Google Chrome browser to the latest version.
See https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95414 on how to do so.
Google Maps can show the traffic conditions when using Google Maps to find directions in Trinidad and Tobago. When you search for directions between two (or more) locations, Google will show several colour coded routes.
To see the traffic conditions, click on the blue “DETAILS” for one of the routes, this will bring up a toolbar at the bottom of the map with the words “Live Traffic” which is a dropdown and a colour code gradient of traffic conditions from fast to slow and a greyed out toggle indicating that the live traffic is turned off.
Turning on the toggle changes the colour to blue and turns on the traffic conditions for various streets. You can also switch the map to show typical traffic patterns by clicking on “Live Traffic” and selecting “Typical Traffic”
The toolbar changes to allow you to show the traffic conditions at various days from Sunday to Saturday and at varying times.
Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless Communications have announced that Liberty Global would acquire the shares of Cable and Wireless in a deal worth $5.5 billion US dollars.
Read NYTimes article for more details.
Here are several miscellaneous computer related articles, opinions and essays by fellow TTCS members. If you wish to contribute an article, email us at info@cs.tt.
Note : Any opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily that of the TTCS.
Trinidad and Tobago Tech Groups and Email lists
ICT-related Laws and Policies in Trinidad and Tobago
Computer Suppliers in Trinidad and Tobago
All Purpose Windows troubleshooting and upgrading USB or DVD drive
History of Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes) in Trinidad and Tobago
Rules for the TTCS discussion list
Trinidad and Tobago Wi-Fi hotspots
History of the Society of Computer Users (SCU) from 1990 to 1996
Interview with the TTNIC administrator
Adobe Flash has a security update. According to the Adobe security bulletin dated November 10 2015:
“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player. These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Many conferencing solutions (like Adobe Connect) and Flash games use the Flash plugin. So if you have Adobe Flash installed, UPDATE ASAP!
However, consider uninstalling Flash if you’re not using it. If you were only using Adobe Flash to watch YouTube videos, YouTube now defaults to HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash for playing videos in Google Chrome, IE 11, Apple Safari 8 and Mozilla Firefox. So you can uninstall Adobe Flash if you are using these browsers (and not worry about keeping Adobe Flash up to date).
The latest update bumps the latest version of Flash Player for Windows and Mac OS X to version 19.0.0.245.
To determine what version of the Adobe Flash player you have on your Windows, Macintosh or Linux system, visit
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
To download an offline version of Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux without any adware or bundled third-party offers, visit
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html
Opera and Chromium browser users, you’ll have to download the flash player installer from http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash.
Windows users should take note that
are separate installs. You should install and update versions of Adobe Flash for all three browser variations if you have all three installed.
For Internet Explorer v10 and Internet Explorer v11 (for users for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8), these browsers have Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update their Internet Explorer browser versions.
For Microsoft Edge, the default browser in Windows 10, this browser has Adobe Flash Player built in and users should update their Edge browser.
Google Chrome browser users has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update the Google Chrome browser to the latest version.
See https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95414 on how to do so.
The Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG) and LACNIC will be jointly hosting CaribNOG’s 10th Regional Meeting and LACNIC Caribbean on the Move at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel in Belize City, Belize, from Nov 2nd to 6th 2015.
A key objective of CaribNOG is to better position the Caribbean to address critical technology challenges and issues and to collaboratively derive relevant solutions. CaribNOG 10 is expected to draw industry experts from across the region and around the world to the beautiful country of Belize.
CaribNOG is a critical forum on the region’s technology landscape for rich technical discussions where we seek to better position the Caribbean to address critical technology challenges and issues and to collaboratively derive relevant solutions. LACNIC Caribbean on the move consists of seminars on LACNIC services, Internet number resources and Internet Governance.
The Agenda of CaribNOG 10 can be found here:
http://www.lacnic.net/en/web/eventos/otm-2015-belice-agenda
And you can watch the livestream at http://webcast.arkitechs.com/c10/
Note that the times on the agenda are the times in Belize. So add two hours to the CaribNOG 10 / LACNIC Caribbean on the move agenda to get the local time in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://cs.tt) will be having a lime on Wednesday November 4 2015 from 7pm to 9pm at Wendy’s Cafe located upstairs at Wendy’s Restaurant at the corner of Ana Street & Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook, Port of Spain.
Come join as we eat and chat about various ICT topics including:
Anyone interested in computing and ICT are welcome to attend, however please RSVP to info@ttcsweb.org as space is limited.
Please note that for this meeting, you will be able to purchase food directly from Wendy’s at your own expense. The minimum contribution to TTCS for this meeting is $20.
Adobe Flash has a 2nd security update this week. According to the Adobe security bulletin dated October 16 2015:
“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player. These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Apparently these vulnerabilities are being exploited online. So if you use Adobe Flash, UPDATE ASAP!
However, consider uninstalling Flash if you’re not using it. If you were only using Adobe Flash to watch YouTube videos, YouTube now defaults to HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash for playing videos in Google Chrome, IE 11, Apple Safari 8 and Mozilla Firefox. So you can uninstall Adobe Flash if you are using these browsers (and not worry about keeping Adobe Flash up to date).
The latest update bumps the latest version of Flash Player for Windows and Mac OS X to version 19.0.0.226.
To determine what version of the Adobe Flash player you have on your Windows, Macintosh or Linux system, visit
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
To download an offline version of Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux without any adware or bundled third-party offers, visit
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html
Opera and Chromium browser users, you’ll have to download the flash player installer from http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash.
Windows users should take note that
are separate installs. You should install and update versions of Adobe Flash for all three browser variations if you have all three installed.
For Internet Explorer v10 and Internet Explorer v11 (for users for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8), these browsers have Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update their Internet Explorer browser versions.
For Microsoft Edge, the default browser in Windows 10, this browser has Adobe Flash Player built in and users should update their Edge browser.
Google Chrome browser users has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update the Google Chrome browser to the latest version.
See https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95414 on how to do so.
Adobe Flash has a security update. According to the Adobe security bulletin dated October 13 2015:
“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player. These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Many conferencing solutions (like Adobe Connect) and Flash games use the Flash plugin. So if you have Adobe Flash installed, UPDATE ASAP!
However, consider uninstalling Flash if you’re not using it. If you were only using Adobe Flash to watch YouTube videos, YouTube now defaults to HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash for playing videos in Google Chrome, IE 11, Apple Safari 8 and Mozilla Firefox. So you can uninstall Adobe Flash if you are using these browsers (and not worry about keeping Adobe Flash up to date).
The latest update bumps the latest version of Flash Player for Windows and Mac OS X to version 19.0.0.207.
To determine what version of the Adobe Flash player you have on your Windows, Macintosh or Linux system, visit
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
To download an offline version of Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux without any adware or bundled third-party offers, visit
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html
Opera and Chromium browser users, you’ll have to download the flash player installer from http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash.
Windows users should take note that
are separate installs. You should install and update versions of Adobe Flash for all three browser variations if you have all three installed.
For Internet Explorer v10 and Internet Explorer v11 (for users for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8), these browsers have Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update their Internet Explorer browser versions.
For Microsoft Edge, the default browser in Windows 10, this browser has Adobe Flash Player built in and users should update their Edge browser.
Google Chrome browser users has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update the Google Chrome browser to the latest version.
See https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95414 on how to do so.
