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Computer Talk Radio

Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 02-24-2024

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.711 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes: - 00:00 - News of the nerd world - Moon, Apple, Walmart, streaming, malware, dating - 11:00 - Listener Q&A - shopping is passe - Tracy asks Benjamin why he stopped talking about shopping - 22:00 - Bait and switch woes - Keith and Benjamin dialogue how companies change concept - 31:00 - Marty Winson's Wisdom - Mary warns of the Milo walkie talkie gizmo, overblown idea - 39:00 - Scam Series - scammer invoice - Benjamin warns of obvious email invoice from bad guys - 44:00 - Keske on dependency - Steve and Benjamin discuss if we are too dependent on tech - 56:00 - Technology impacts on youth - Benjamin tells of problems with youth and excess of tech - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - USB, damage - Emily asks about USB problems, Paul on physical protection - 1:16:00 - Professional IT Series - WFH - CEO over WebMD brand gets offensive and picks on workers - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - spill in laptop - Christopher asks Benjamin about a spill in a laptop and handling

Transcript

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0:00.0

Across the country, folks are listening to a nerd? Yep.

0:20.6

Bringing you news and knowledge from the world of computers and technology.

0:24.7

Here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.

0:27.8

Every week we put all kinds of different things into the show to make it radio's broadest look at computers and technology.

0:36.7

This week, Marty is going to talk about buyer beware of the Milo walkie-talkie.

0:42.9

We'll call it a gizmo.

0:44.9

And Keith M. Cedore, he's sick of the bait and switch in tech software.

0:50.3

Steve is going to talk about, are we two dependent on computers?

0:55.1

We also have the scam series and obvious email invoices, obviously, from obvious bad guys if you get to my drift, obviously.

1:05.0

We also have, I'm going to talk about the CEO over WebMD.

1:12.2

He mocks those working from home.

1:14.3

That'll be part of the IT Pro series.

1:16.5

I'm going to talk about technology impacts on youth.

1:20.8

Tracy asks me, why don't I talk about shopping more?

1:25.0

Christopher asks about a spill in a laptop. And yeah, it's gone, and Emily has some problems with USB drives, or rather USB port, and Paul is asking about protecting from physical damage.

1:40.0

There's, of course, many different ways to reach out to us. The website, computertalk radio.com.

1:46.3

Computer talk radio.com.

1:48.6

The phone number 888, nerd 8888.

1:53.2

That's 888637388.

1:56.3

We're going to start this week's news items with the short items. First off, Odysseus is the first

2:06.6

American lander to reach the moon in 52 years. That happened on Thursday evening. It is a privately built

2:13.9

spacecraft and it successfully landed.

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