ISSN 1061-5725 This Month’s Presentation Creating Dance Instruction Music by Bart Bartholoma Volume 27, No. 6 June 2009 www.ucs.org This Month’s Meeting: Wednesday 10th at 7 pm Check Out the Review of Solid PDF Tools On Page 4 Utah’s Award Winning Computer Magazine! ™ By Cliff Millward, Editor [email protected] Come to the Jubilee Is was created by a Soviet programmer Alexey Now for a shameless plug. One of my compositions, Pajitnov in 1984 and is still going strong. In fact, it is Jubilee Overture will be performed by the Sandy now on Facebook and iPhones. Symphony (formerly The American West Symphony) on Wednesday June 24 in the Sandy Amphitheater. Tell Researchers have determined that the potential all your friends and bring all your relatives (wife & Kids, combinations of items are so huge that it might be etc.) The admission is free (you can’t beat impossible for a computer to calculate the price!) the best place to put the little devils. The amphitheater is at 94th south Hulu Hula Hoop and 13th east. Recent How many of you Bluechippers have ever visited Hulu? I have, to watch Other compositions on the program some old Battlestar Galactia series include two popular tunes of Leroy Trends flicks. I do not much care for the new Anderson; The Typewriter, Sandpaper version of Galactia. I like Loren Greene Ballet: Summertime by George Gersh- as Commander Adama and Laurette win: two movements from Dvorak’s New Spang is very easy on the eyes. World Symphony (symphony no. 9:) etc. However, Hulu may stop offering free TV shows, The concert starts at 8:00 p.m. movies, etc. It is becoming very popular and someone ---now back to computing--- is trying to figure a way to make good money out of this fact. Unfortunately, premium content is worth WinXP Will Never Die (?) paying for, and many people will fork over bucks to A Chinese company recently showed off a Windows pay for it. In reality, content has to be paid for whether XP Phone. The phone goes to sleep when not in use, so you advertising or subscription don’t have to boot each time you use it. It sports a rather large screen (4.8 inches) a keyboard, WiFi, GPS and a If you have not been to this site, I suggest you 120GB hard drive. It is powered by an AMD processor. visit it. I am sure you will find something worth watching. I wonder if it has a firewall to filter out solicitation calls? If it does, it may be worth considering purchasing! Hulu is a joint venture between News Corp., NBC I wonder if you can install World of Warcraft on it? Or Universal, and Disney. any other goodie programs we might have? July’s Meeting So far as I know, it is only available in China now. I I always look forward to the July meeting and the assume that XP is in Chinese, so I hope you have a transla- picnic in the park. It is a great place to chat at length tor program if you fly to China to purchase one. with old friends about computing and anything else that tickles your fancy. Speaking of Games - - Tetris is 25 years old this month. How many of you Hope to see you there! have played, or are still playing this addictive game? Finè Page 2 Blue Chips Magazine — June 2009 Blue Chips Magazine “Utah’s Award Winning Publication” Magazine Staff Charter Member of the Editor — Cliff Millward 619-9633 Association of PC User Groups Review Program Liaison — James Alexander 250-2269 Review Product Editor — Donna Nendell 565-9594 Review Editor/Product Recruiter — Don Nendell 565-9594 Photography — LeRoy Johnson Officers and Trustees Eve. Phone E-mail Proof Reader — Larry Lamph, Doug Jackson President, Stuart Gygi 576-1891 [email protected] V. 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