Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 07-05-2025

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 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 - Amazon, Work from home, Walmart, Hertz, Commodore - 11:00 - Moral obligations trump piracy - Benjamin preaches doing the right thing with licensing - 22:00 - Apple at a crossroads of success - Doreen Galli and Benjamin talk of unremarkable Apple items - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark Brownstein guests with Merlin Bird ID from Cornell Univ - 39:00 - Scam Series - fake business loan - Benjamin warns of ludicrous offers for massive business loans - 44:00 - Keske on automation - Steve and Benjamin talk many aspects of automation at work - 56:00 - Listener Q&A - Travis asks what makes some routers better even with same ISP - 1:07:00 - Every company needs tech - Benjamin says that all companies need to utilize tech to succeed - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 334 - Benjamin notes that casual work chats can be used against us - 1:24:00 - Plea to donate blood - Benjamin asks to donate blood products, RedCross.org

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0:00.0	Gigabyte, kilobyte, kilobyte, megabyte, all this stuff makes my brain megahertz.
0:21.5	Fortunately, someone is available to explain all this techno babble.
0:25.4	Helping you gain the upper hand with your computer.
0:28.1	Here is Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.
0:31.6	This is Computer Talk Radio, and I've got a number of things in store for you this week.
0:35.9	We've actually got a couple of guests. Stepping in for Keith M. C. Door, we've got a number of things in store for you this week. We've actually got a couple of guests.
0:38.3	Stepping in for Keith M. Cedoree, we've got guest industry analyst Doreen, Dr. Doreen Galley,
0:44.8	and she's going to be talking with me in regards to Apple and how it might be at a crossroads of success and, well, not success.
0:53.7	Mark Brownstein is going to step in for Marty.
0:57.1	He's going to talk about the Merlin Bird ID from Cornell University.
1:01.6	We've got a scam series, $800,000 business loan offer to me.
1:07.8	Well, it's a crazy scam to lure me in and you in because the bad guys, yes, as I
1:12.9	always say, are out to get us.
1:15.2	Steve Keske is going to talk about automation coming into our lives on the IT Pro series.
1:20.4	Our work chats can be used against us.
1:23.2	I am going to mention that every company needs to be a tech company.
1:26.9	And if you're not a tech company right now, if you're not focused on tech, you're making a mistake.
1:32.2	And Travis has a question, what makes one router better than another when ISPs feeds are the same?
1:40.7	And I'm also going to talk about donations of blood.
1:46.0	And coming up next, I'm going to weigh in on our moral obligations,
1:51.3	and they exceed how the various licensing items have taken over.
1:56.4	And there's more to that.
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