Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 03-29-2025

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Nerd news for normal people - Backups, 23andMe, Logitech, microphones, ChatGPT, Apple-1 - 11:00 - Learning to do backups - Benjamin gives rundown of proper backup strategy - 22:00 - beta versions of software - Keith asks Benjamin why he checks out the beta versions - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty covers why backup power that doesn't come back up - 39:00 - Scam Series - webtool usage - Benjamin tells how to use WhoIs to determine if being scammed - 44:00 - Keske on mistakes - Steve and Benjamin talk about mistakes being made for years - 56:00 - Listener Q&A - Subscriptions - Taylor asks why she is paying for all of these subscriptions - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - ecosystems - Jason says it feels like Apple (and others) trap into ecosystems - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 320 - Benjamin continues 3rd of 4 defenses of working from home - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - tech rumors - Emily asks Benjamin how to tell if tech rumor is hype or real

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0:00.0	Gigabyte, kilobyte, kilobyte, megabyte,
0:19.0	all this stuff makes my brain megahertz.
0:21.9	Fortunately, someone is available to explain all this techno babble.
0:25.8	Helping you gain the upper hand with your computer.
0:28.6	Here is Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.
0:31.7	We have so many things in store for you here this week on Computer Talk Radio.
0:37.0	I'm going to cover one is a news item,
0:40.1	but I'm also going to talk about this. It's my backup strategy for World Backup Day,
0:45.5	which is, yes, this coming Monday. On the IT Pro series, I'm going to continue rebutting common statements
0:51.8	about return to work and why it's so important to some people.
0:56.8	I'm also going to cover on the scam series, my favorite web tool to root out scammers.
1:03.5	Keith M. Cedar is going to ask me why I'm always checking out the beta versions of software.
1:08.6	Marty, backup power that doesn't come back up.
1:13.1	Steve Keske on mistakes that keep being made after decades and decades of tech.
1:19.4	And we've got a number of listener questions.
1:22.3	Why does it feel like once you buy Apple or other items, you're stuck into their ecosystem.
1:27.9	That comes from Jason.
1:29.4	Emily asks, how can I tell if a tech rumor is real or hype?
1:34.8	Taylor, why does it feel like I'm paying for all of these subscriptions?
1:39.4	And that is just a good sampling of all of the different things that are on this week's computer talk radio.
1:45.6	If you miss any of these, please check out the website at computer talk radio.com.
1:52.6	You can also contact me there.
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