Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 01-24-2026

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Tech News, Leisure, News, Hobbies, Technology

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Nerd news for the normal world - Microsoft, AI, Netflix, Apple, OpenAI, weather, gravity, NASA - 11:00 - Listener Q&A - no more PC buys - Marcus asks if we no longer have to buy new every 3 years - 22:00 - Gemini and Siri collaboration - Keith and Benjamin talk over the Siri and AI issues at Apple - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark guests in with Annova Precision Chamber Vacuum Sealer - 39:00 - Scam Series - Pre-Refund Trap - Benjamin warns when people offer you cash you don't expect - 44:00 - Keske on tech adoption rates - Steve talks how different generations handle tech adoption - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - TBW reports - Dr Doreen Galli talks identity of us, and packaging tech - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - slow Chromebook - Diana says neice reports school issued Chromebook is slow - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 363 - Benjamin shows importance of SMB and SOHO Internet routers - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - push notifications - David asks if he should accept push notifications from websites

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0:00.0	He doesn't sound like a nerd, but the computers are still scared of him.
0:20.2	Keeping your technology running smoothly, here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk
0:25.5	Radio.
0:26.5	There's a ton in store for you on this, our 18th birthday of Computer Talk Radio.
0:33.3	Let me go through all of the different things we're going to be covering.
0:36.3	I've got a number of listener questions.
0:38.7	Marcus, are we at the point where we don't have to buy a new PC every three years?
0:44.5	David, why do I keep getting asked about push notifications and should I do it?
0:51.2	Diana, nieces school issued a Chromebook and it it's reportedly slow. So we'll do a deep
0:59.0	dive into that one. Keith M. Cedar, you and I are going to talk about to Gemini and Siri, the
1:05.7	collaboration there, and our hopes with what's going on there. Mark is going to talk about the ANOVA precision chamber vacuum sealer,
1:15.3	high-tech cooking stuff.
1:17.5	On a scam series, the pre-refund trap,
1:21.9	when the bad guys are offering you cash up front.
1:24.8	Oh, yeah, that's kind of weird.
1:26.5	And Steve Keske, how do different generations handle tech adoption?
1:30.9	And Dr. Doreen Galley, identifying us to be us as one topic and packaging tech revisited.
1:38.3	Also.
1:39.6	And I will cover the importance of the small business office or small home office internet router.
1:48.3	All of that, of course, on this week's Computer Talk Radio, the website, Computer Talk Radio.com.
1:54.6	Computer Talk Radio.com.
1:57.8	The phone number 888, nerd 888, that's 888, 6373888.
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