Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 04-11-2026

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Tech News, Leisure, News, Hobbies, Technology

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Features hidden behind paywalls - Why more companies are putting features behind paywalls - 11:00 - Impacts of recent RAM pricing - Benjamin unpacks why RAM prices are spiking, and what's next - 22:00 - Why tech seems complicated - Keith on why people think tech is more complicated than before - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark shows Chrome OS Flex as alternative for older hardware - 39:00 - Scam Series - AI Resume Rewrite - Benjamin covers the scam behind the AI Resume Rewrite Trap - 44:00 - Keske on first robots in our homes - Steve looks back at the first robots in our homes, the Furby - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - ISC West 2026 - Dr Doreen Galli covers security conference ISC West 2026 - 1:07:00 - Technology while being blind - Victoria Essner touches on basics of using tech while being blind - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 374 - Benjamin covers hidden fragility of Set It and Forget It tech - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - crazy fan - Jasmine asks Benjamin why her fan goes crazy in video meetings

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0:00.0	Laptop. Laptops, thumb drives, and a wall charger, a sure sign that our nerd is here again. And now, with the quest of
0:23.0	enriching your experience with computers, here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.
0:28.7	Coming up in this hour of Computer Talk Radio, I'm going to cover why RAM prices are spiking again
0:34.2	and what it means for your next upgrade. Keith M. Cedaror is going to address the idea of people who say tech feels more complicated
0:42.0	than it used to. Mark's going to talk about Chrome OS Flex as an alternative for older hardware
0:49.9	and on the scam series, the AI resume rewrite trap.
0:56.1	All of that on this week's Computer Talk Radio, the website Computer Talk Radio.
1:01.8	com. Computer Talk Radio.com.
1:05.6	You can also reach out to me there, ask me your computer questions, and your technology concerns,
1:10.1	and I will get back
1:11.6	with you.
1:12.7	One of the things that I wanted to talk about is how over the course of the last year or two, a
1:20.0	lot of people have been noticing something strange happening to their favorite applications.
1:26.1	Features that used to be free are suddenly locked behind monthly fees.
1:30.8	And this evolution and the timing and all of that isn't really a coincidence.
1:38.0	And companies are framing these changes as premium upgrades.
1:43.4	And most of us can really tell that it's all about squeezing
1:47.9	out more revenue from the tools that we already rely on.
1:54.7	This shift started quietly.
1:56.4	It started a long time ago, but it's accelerating.
2:02.5	Photo apps are now starting to charge for basic editing tools that were once standard.
2:07.9	Messaging apps are experimenting with paid tiers for features that used to be part of the core experience.
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