Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 03-16-2024

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 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 - TikTok, AirBNB, Insurers, teens, broadband, Windows 11 - 11:00 - Dating app called Score - Benjamin talks of social media scores and drawbacks - 22:00 - Sometimes tech isn't fun - Keith talks of problems a client struggling with a 2nd HP failure - 31:00 - Marty Winson's Wisdom - Marty tells Benjamin of bad and good ideas for heating issues - 39:00 - Scam Series - tax scammers - Tax season brings more troubles than just the usual tax man - 44:00 - Keske on experience with games - Steve and Benjamin talk about gaming over their past years - 56:00 - Listener Q&A - Windows - Alma asks Benjamin about tips for keeping Windows going - 1:07:00 - Choosing to go to Mars and more - Benjamin tells why we should venture to space, now even more - 1:16:00 - Professional IT Series - 268 - Benjamin shares of new term of coffee badging into the office - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - flash drive power - Benjamin answers Jolie about flash drives and need for power

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0:00.0	Fortunately, someone is available to explain all this techno babble.
0:20.0	Your translation expert Benjamin Rockwell is here with Computer Talk Radio.
0:24.8	I've got a number of things in store for us this week.
0:28.5	Keith M. Cedar is going to talk about the bad news for one of his clients who has an HP laptop.
0:34.0	Marty's going to talk about LumaFlex, which is a bad idea, and Dreo, a good idea.
0:39.6	And these are both ideas for heating. We also have Steve Keske. He's going to talk about his
0:44.8	experience over the years with gaming. We've got a couple of listener questions. Julie asks,
0:51.1	do flash drives need power once in a while? Alma asks about reinstalled windows and how to keep it going.
0:58.8	I've got a number of other topics that we're going to hit on as well.
1:01.5	The new dating app score, which reminds us as to why social media scores are scary.
1:08.9	We're also going to talk about the scam series.
1:10.7	Watch out for Tim tax scammers.
1:13.2	They are out for more information from us.
1:16.8	We've also got to talk about why we must venture forth to Mars and space and the IT
1:23.4	pro series coffee badging.
1:25.6	That's what we're going to be talking about this week on Computer Talk Radio.
1:29.6	The website, of course, Computer Talk Radio.com. Computer Talk Radio.com. The phone number, by the way, it's really easy. It's 8888 nerd.
1:41.0	Yeah, that's right. The word nerd. 888. Nerd 888. That's 888 6373.88. Let's dive into the news from this past week.
1:54.6	Now, my insurance company offered to give me a price break if I installed a little black box in my car. News this
2:04.7	week arrived that insurance companies are actually already using data from connected cars,
2:10.0	like those from General Motors, Kia, Hyundai, and Honda to potentially increase insurance rates by more than 20%.
2:20.6	This data, collected through features and car-related apps, it goes through, and it will
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