Computer Talk Radio

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - News the Nerds De‑Scrambled - Workweek, Ransomware, H-1B Visas, Microsoft, Apple-1 - 11:00 - Listener Q&A - Password resets - Brian wants to know why websites demand password updates - 22:00 - Apple's new Home devices - Keith lays opinions on Homeview, Homepod, and Apple TV - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty talks PEM fasteners and other solutions for building tech - 39:00 - Scam Series - Fake VPN app - Benjamin warns of fake VPN and privacy applications out there - 44:00 - Keske on TV education promises - Steve laments the lost promise of TV and Internet for education - 56:00 - Dr. Doreen Galli - Whisper reports - Doreen and Benjamin talk wireless dealer margins, drone myths - 1:07:00 - Refurbished a good idea again - Benjamin notes new tech pricing makes used look a lot better - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 401 - Benjamin eases fears people have with automation anxiety - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - printer wakes up - Benjamin answers why Rachel's printer keeps waking up

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - News the Nerds De‑Scrambled - Anthropic, McDonalds, AI, Flock, SpaceX, USB-C, Surface - 11:00 - New tech skills impact on old - Benjamin notes new tech skills cause loss of old skill memories - 22:00 - Rural internet, and passwords - Keith had issues with customer of slow speeds and passwords - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty tells of an Inventors Journey and things he had to learn - 39:00 - Scam Series - Package Delivery - Benjamin warns on Amazon Package Delivery Failure scam - 44:00 - Keske on TV changes - Steve and Benjamin disucss changes to TV in studio and home - 56:00 - Global Gaming Expo (G2E) - Doreen shares of the G2E Global Gaming Expo in Vegas - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - Windows - Doug: Why Microsoft stopped listening to Windows customers - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 400 - Benjamin tells and warns of the mighty myth of the IT Hero - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - WiFi good, but… - Kayla asks why WiFi looks good, but webpages are still slow

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - News the Nerds De‑Scrambled - Benjamin warns renting computing power may not be profitable - 11:00 - Wi-Fi downloads impacting - Eric asks why some Wi-Fi network slow when downloads occur - 22:00 - Apple's stagnating development - Keith and Benjamin express concern over Apple's stagnation - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty covers AI and the ongoing true impact on jobs overall - 39:00 - Scam Series - cybersecurity audit - Benjamin warns on tricks of Cybersecurity Audit scammers - 44:00 - Keske on bicycles - Steve and Benjamin discuss a tech evolution of bicycles - 56:00 - Customer service is declining - Benjamin's SecretLab chair experience highlights AI decline - 1:07:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - self driving cars - Doreen and Benjamin cover concerns over self-driving cars - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 399 - Looking for IT professional basics in monitor power button - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - TV ambient light - Andrew notes his TV keeps dimming screen at odd moments

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - News the Nerds De‑Scrambled - RAM crisis, AI, Starship, Samsung, firmware, hackers, FBI - 11:00 - Micro-learning to get ahead - Benjamin talks microlearning and chasing fascinations - 22:00 - Battery life fixes for iPhone - Keith talks about getting more battery life out of smartphone - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty talks of dealing with various power and technical issues - 39:00 - Scam Series - Salary Review - Benjamin advises that a Salary Review Verification is a scam - 44:00 - Keske on genetics - Steve and Benjamin discuss some of the details of genetics - 56:00 - Dr Galli - Printing United Expo - Doreen and Benjamin talk the Printing United Expo experience - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - tracking root cause - Benjamin tells how companies find source of major outages - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 398 - Tool consolidation can make sense, but there is a roadmap - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - home router - Derek asks why home router keeps changing Wi-Fi channels

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - News the Nerds De‑Scrambled - AI bubble, AM radio, China, Amazon Prime, OpenAI, security - 11:00 - Listener Q&A - printers, browsers - Marla asks about printer firmware, Marcus about autocomplete - 22:00 - Don't trust when you are product - Keith and Benjamin opine on being used as the product - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty discusses datacenters and the issue of electrical power - 39:00 - Scam Series - Apple login scam - Benjamin warns of Apple device logged in near you scam - 44:00 - Keske on telling time over years - Steve discusses the evolving aspects of how we tell time - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - IoT security - Doreen and Benjamin cover IoT security and connected devices - 1:07:00 - The flow of time in our lives - Technology shaping how we experience the flow of time - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 397 - Accidental insiders are a distinct threat to tech security - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - external hard drive - Blake is concerned external hard drive keeps spinning up