This is where you can find the show notes from previous broadcasts. It sometimes takes a little time for us to get the show notes on-line, so we hope that you bear with us on this. We placed up the show notes for most of 2011, but we decided to leave out some of the older shows, as technology changes so fast. If you have questions about show notes that are not posted, please do contact us.
Show notes for 2012-02-18
Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell started with the news including references to Apple’s Mountain Lion, the new Senate Cybersecurity Bill, ENIAC’s birthday, and more. Then Benjamin launched into crucial questions and tasks for anyone to ask who is buying a used computer. Deb Shadovitz covered some of the controversy about iOS apps spying on you, then Benjamin answered a listener question. Benny chimed in about a TV show for gamers, and then Benjamin closed out with...
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell opened with updates on Yahoo’s board of directors, Symantec’s PC Anywhere source code being released, Windows 8, and more. Benjamin then covered top computer skills everyone needs to know and learn, Deb Shadovitz covered HTML email sizes versus plain email sizes, and then Benjamin answered a listener question. Benny then gave an idea on why we call him The Gamer, and Benjamin closed by noting some of the ways technical support has...
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting February 4th, 2012. Leading off with the news, Benjamin talked about the Facebook IPO, FDA staffers filing suit over email surveillance, Kindle Fire statistics, and more. Benjamin then moves to a remote interview about GPS technologies, and where we are going with them, then Deb Shadovitz joins in about tax issues coming up. After taking a question from Charlie about items running in the background, Benny joined in with a commentary about the upcoming state of gaming. Benjamin closed...
read moreShow notes for 2012-01-28
Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the host, opened with updates on teh news, including Supreme Court rulings on GPS, the MegaUpload.com bust, ergonomics, and more. Deb Shadovitz then joined as Benjamin and Deb discussed Google’s latest announcement that they were going to leverage even more of their information against us. Then Benjamin brought in interviews from last weeks NAMM show in Anaheim, California (National Association of Music Merchants), and reflected on some of...
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell opened with the news of the week, including Kodak’s Chapter 11, the SOPA/PIPA blackout, founder of Yahoo resigning, and more. Benjamin then admitted that his hard drive failed and his backups were not in place. Deb Shadovitz covered the Apple announcements on the education front, and then Steve Keske covered part of the history of the Internet. Benjamin answered a listener question, Benny touched on the excitement from CES that he...
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 14th, 2012. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is all about the latest and greatest in technology, and Benjamin and Benny went to the show floor for the latest news and coverage. Starting off with an intro to the concept of CES, Benjamin and Benny move through interviews on whatever struck them as good stuff for 2012. Interviews include Lojack for Laptops, Netgear covering the new higher speed 802.11ac standard, Agetek, Craftsmen, AMD, Eton, IOGear, and Livio Radio. From...
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 7th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell opened with the news of the week, including Verizon’s backtrack on additional fees, surveys on paperless offices, a lost hiker saved by the iPhone and more. Benjamin then moved on to interviewing Adam Wosotowsky, a senior research analyst at McAfee, about the dangers in store during 2012. Steve followed up with his predictions for the next year, and then Benjamin answered a question. Deb Shadovitz then put on her thinking cap and came up with...
read moreShow notes for 2011-12-31
Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 31st, 2011. Benjamin starts the show with a variety of computer and technology news items, such as Apple rumors (debunked), Netflix woes, and Verizon’s new charges. Benjamin, Benny, Steve, and Deb then look at the past year, noting their excitements, disappointments, predictions, and more. This retrospective culminates in a look at who the annual pick was for the Computer Talk Radio “Nerd of the Year”, a eulogy for someone who passed in 2011, that made an...
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 24th, 2011. Benjamin opened with the usual top news items of the week, from Microsoft bailing on CES, to Blackberry’s decline, and Congress’s attempts to stifle the Internet. Benjamin then covered the problems with free Antivirus programs, and followed that up with suggestions on things to do with your new technology items from Christmas. Steve Keske followed up with some other USB goodies that he found… a whimsical series of goofy things, perhaps as ideas...
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 16th, 2011. Benjamin opened with the news of the week, including touching in Carrier IQ and the FBI, Chinese men being detained for a viral video, Microsoft taunting droid phones, and more. Benny covered an assortment of gaming suggestions, console suggestions, and more. Deb covered some other gift ideas like a wireless thumb drive, a camera lens for your iPhone, and a bluetooth keyboard. Steve touched on a variety of nerdy USB hubs. Benny closed with his own observations...
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