Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 05-18-2024

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 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 - Google, VMware, Apple, Samsung, Word, SpaceX, Boeing - 11:00 - Northern Lights and the threat - Benjamin talks of the possiblity of electromagnetic sun storms - 22:00 - Apple iPad introspective musings - Benjamin and Keith discuss iPad after a week of evaluating - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty talks Software as a Service (SaaS) and how it works - 39:00 - Scam Series - 400k truck scam - Benjamin talks about odd sweepstakes offer of a military truck - 44:00 - Keske on pilotless military aircraft - Benjamin and Steve banter on how Skynet might arrive - 56:00 - Listener Q&A - obvious hacks - Benjamin talks about updates to the backup philosophy - 1:07:00 - Professional IT Series - 277 - Lori asks if it wouldn’t be obvious if her computer was hacked - 1:16:00 - Professional IT Series - 277 - Benjamin notes that IT teams may work off hours, get over it - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - hard drive scams - Katelyn asks about hard drives that don't deliver the gigs

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0:00.0	He wears a pocket protector as a fashion accessory, but he is a nerd. And now, it's time for computer
0:24.1	talk radio with Benjamin Rockwell. We have a ton in store for you this week. You may have
0:29.8	noticed, yes, the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, and I'm going to tell you how that
0:35.3	ties into our computers and technology and how to
0:40.3	protect against some of those concerns. I'm also going to talk about the backup philosophy
0:45.5	and how it's changed over the course of the last couple of years. And Caitlin asks me in regards
0:51.9	to some tips to avoiding some scammy hard drives.
0:55.4	Those all actually tie together.
0:57.9	But we've got other things, too.
0:59.8	Marty's going to talk about SaaS and some of how that works.
1:03.7	And what we're talking about is software as a service.
1:06.9	On the IT Pro series, IT folks may work different hours than you do.
1:12.1	Get over it.
1:13.4	Lori's going to ask me, wouldn't it be obvious if I were hacked?
1:17.8	Keith is going to talk about, well, he's got extended thoughts on this new iPad series.
1:25.3	Steve Keske's going to talk about pilotless aircraft, and we're talking kind of like
1:30.1	a sky net.
1:32.1	That's a little disturbing.
1:34.3	And then I've got a scam series item, and it's all about this giveaway, an unbelievable
1:40.9	giveaway on Facebook.
1:42.8	If you miss any of these items, go to the website,
1:45.4	Computertalkradio.com.
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