Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 08-09-2025

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 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 - WiFi 8, ChatGPT-5, Wikipedia, therapy, iPhones, Dell laptops - 11:00 - Blackhat Conference coverage - Dr. Doreen Galli reports to Benjamin about Blackhat conference - 22:00 - Why Benjamin likes Apple - Benjamin details out his choice on the Apple vs Android option - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark Brownstein guests and explains why free isn't free - 39:00 - Scam Series - don't convert - Benjamin gives real example where scammers asked for gold - 44:00 - Keske on drone regulations - Steve Keske covers government regulation easing for drones - 56:00 - Technology is imporant as a tool - Benjamin praises tech as tool, but has concerns about control - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - peer to peer VPNs - Debby asks about peer-to-peer VPNs and safety of them - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 340 - Benjamin shares that all need to learn AI to protect our jobs - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - screen flickering - Ivy asks why her screen is randomly flickering and cutting out

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0:00.0	Your mouse is dead and the computer is on life support.
0:19.8	Benjamin Rockwell can help with that. Translating
0:22.6	techno babble to English, your translation expert Benjamin Rockwell is here with Computer Talk
0:28.5	Radio. We have so many different things, exciting things in store for you this week here on Computer Talk Radio.
0:37.4	Steve Keske is going to be talking about updates on new regulation easing for drones.
0:44.0	I'm going to tell you that technology is important as a tool, but not for something to control us.
0:52.4	Keith M. Cedar is going to be looking back at tech promises and
0:55.6	prognostications from the past. We've got a listener of questions as well. Debbie's going to
1:02.2	talk to me. She's got questions in regards to peer-to-peer VPNs. Ivy wants to know why her
1:09.4	screen is randomly flickering or cutting out on the IT
1:13.9	Pro series. All of us at every level need to be looking to AI to improve our skills,
1:20.9	our jobs, and everything that puts us into the marketplace.
1:25.3	Mark Brownstein is going to be joining me.
1:28.0	Free isn't free.
1:29.8	And on the scam series, I'm going to give you a real-life example of why not to blindly put cash into gold or gift cards or anything else.
1:39.0	We'll be talking about that.
1:40.6	And Dr. Doreen Galley is going to be coming up next.
1:48.3	And she's bent to Black Hat. And there's a lot of exciting stuff for that.
1:50.9	That'll be all here on this week's Computer Talk Radio.
1:56.7	If you miss any of it, of course, check out the website, Computer Talk Radio.com.
1:58.4	We have the podcast located there.
2:03.1	You can also reach out to us with your computer questions, your technology concerns.
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