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Computer Talk Radio

Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 07-13-2024

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.711 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes: - 00:00 - Nerd news that affects us all - Redbox, NASCAR, Meta, Intel, Amazon Prime, Samsung - 11:00 - Listener Q&A - stop doomscrolling - Emma asks Benjamin his guidance to stop doomscrolling habits - 22:00 - Missing some old day tech work - Keith and Benjamin talk of yesteryear, and troubleshooting past - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty reviews the Anker Nebula Cosmos 4K projector for Ben - 39:00 - Scam Series - Apple and MFA - Benjamin advises to enable MFA in latest attacks on Apple - 44:00 - Keske on romance scam issues - Steve brings up the latest variations in romance scam category - 56:00 - Listener Q&A - laptop buys - Benjamin laments current stance of not getting info from China - 1:07:00 - Professional IT Series - 285 - Eddie asks Benjamin about computer buys for college bound - 1:16:00 - Professional IT Series - 285 - Benjamin notates recent study on the costs of IT downtime - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - weather apps - Benjamin answers Derek on his favorite weather forecasting

Transcript

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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.

0:25.5

Translating techno babble to English, your translation expert Benjamin Rockwell is here with Computer Talk Radio.

0:33.0

Just some of the topics, no, all of the topics we're going to be talking about this week here on Computer Talk Radio.

0:39.3

Steve Keske and I are going to talk about the various romance scam variations that are out there.

0:45.6

Keith M. Cedar and I are going to talk about the old days of computing and what we miss from yesteryear.

0:52.8

Marty and I are going to talk about the Inker Nebula Cosmos 4K

0:57.7

projector. I've got questions I'm going to be answering. Emma asks me, how do I stop

1:03.4

doomscrolling? Eddie asks about computer decisions for his college-bound kids. Derek, he wants to know what my favorite weather app is.

1:14.0

We also have the IT Pro series, which I'm going to talk about the recent study on the costs of

1:20.2

IT downtime. And then we've got the scam series, the latest cyber attack on Apple devices. There's so much here. So by all means,

1:30.5

if you miss any of these different portions of Computer Talk Radio from this week, please check

1:36.7

out the podcast at Computer Talk Radio.com. Again, Computer Talk Radio.com. You can also contact us there, or you may phone me, and if I don't answer, that's okay.

1:49.2

Leave a voicemail.

1:50.6

I will get back with you.

1:52.1

The phone number for that is 888 nerd.

1:56.5

888.

1:57.6

That's 88863738888. Of course, go to the website at Computer Talkradio.com if you miss that phone number.

2:07.6

Now let's dive into some of the news from the past weekend.

2:11.6

Red Box. You may have seen one of these because, well, they're scattered through 24,000 locations across our country.

2:22.6

Red Box actually fills a space that was left behind by Blockbuster, and it delivers DVD

2:29.1

movies in convenient locations to fill a void of people who wanted the latest movies but couldn't stream

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