Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 05-09-2026

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Tech News, Leisure, News, Hobbies, Technology

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Nerd News updates for normies - AskJeeves, FCC, China, AI, Microsoft, RAM, motherboards - 11:00 - Patience is important - Benjamin shares when technology teaches us patience - 22:00 - Mac Mini entry point is gone - Keith and Benjamin note $600 Mac Mini gone due to AI demand - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark covers Kensington QuietType Pro Silent Mech Keyboard - 39:00 - Scam Series - Emergency Contact - Benjamin shares of the Emergency Contact Spoof Scam - 44:00 - Keske on computer chips - Steve asks Benjamin about all the computer chips in his home - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - ACT Expo 2026 - Doreen tells of seeing the Advanced Clean Technology Expo - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - digital forensics - Alicia asks how digital forensics can recover deleted info - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 378 - Benjamin notes the real costs of ignoring small tech problems - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - pop-up warnings - Melissa asks about pop-ups saying her computer is infected

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0:00.0	Hard drives, broadband routers, keyboards, and mice, but he still has those nerdy glasses.
0:22.1	Bringing you the latest in computers and gadgetry, here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.
0:28.3	Some of the things coming up this hour, I'm going to talk to you about when technology teaches us patience.
0:35.9	Keith M. Cedar is going to talk with us about the Mac Mini entry point, which has been removed due to AI demand.
0:43.5	And I'm also going to cover on the scam series, the Emergency Contact Spoof Scham.
0:48.4	We've got all that and more this hour.
0:50.5	And, of course, if you miss any of that or there's far more to the show, you can always check
0:56.7	out the podcast at computertalk radio.com.
1:01.2	Computer talk radio.com.
1:03.8	You can also reach me with your computer questions and your technology concerns, whatever
1:08.7	they may be, by scrolling down and going to where it says,
1:13.3	contact us today.
1:15.2	You can also phone me at 888, nerd 888.
1:19.1	That's 8886373-88.
1:24.8	Leave a message, and I will get back with you. Let's dive into the news and for the news,
1:31.3	the first item, I'm going to go back in time. How far back? 1997, which in internet years is
1:40.0	basically an eternity and that was back when a search engine was introduced called Ask Jeeves.
1:48.1	It was the first natural language search engine, meaning it operated much like Google was a few years
1:54.6	back, all before AI came along.
1:57.9	This week, it was shuttered.
2:00.2	It was older than Google, and yet it still lost the race.
2:03.9	Back then, it was amazing. But it does reflect that being first doesn't always mean having been the
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