Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 08-16-2025

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Listener Q&A - Memory, GPS - Benjamin answers Drew on mixing memory sizes, Fiona on GPS - 11:00 - Embrace data to move ahead - Benjamin advises to embrace data to move ahead at work - 22:00 - Why Benjamin likes Apple - Benjamin details his choice of iOS or Android hardware - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Home automation concerns in all directions - 39:00 - Scam Series - scam stickers - Benjamin warns of scam stickers and QR codes flooding in - 44:00 - Keske on difficult positions - Steve asks Benjamin of his most difficult career position - 56:00 - TikTok and threat aspects - Dr Doreen Gali talks of TikTok, and need to think of threats - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - WiFi concerns - Jimmy asks Benjamin why WiFi works on one side of house only - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 341 - Doreen covers more on non-compete clauses and options - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - default apps - Max asks Benjamin why systems keep changing default apps

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0:00.0	Now, from a nondescript server room, in a top secret location in Southern California.
0:22.9	Here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.
0:27.0	Due to craziness in my world, we're going to skip over some of the different things.
0:32.3	We're not going to talk about any news items this week.
0:35.5	If there's anything big in the news, we'll talk about it next week.
0:39.6	As for now, I do want to give out real quick the website,
0:42.5	Computertalkradio.com.
0:45.4	Computer talk radio.com.
0:47.6	That's how you can reach out to me.
0:49.1	If you have any computer questions, technology concerns,
0:52.3	I'm here to answer them for you.
0:54.3	We love doing this, and the whole team gets in on to this.
0:58.1	So please feel free to reach out there for anybody.
1:03.1	And I will, you know, if it's a question for Steve or Keith or Marty, I will ask them the question and we'll present that on air, of course. If you do want to
1:13.3	talk with me, 888, nerd 888, that's 888633-8-88. I will talk with you. I love talking to people.
1:25.4	If I do not answer the phone, that's okay, leave a message.
1:30.0	That phone number is available all day, all night, you know, at 3 o'clock of the morning. I'm
1:35.1	not going to answer the phone. Just saying it will go directly to voicemail. Let's dive in with
1:41.5	some listener questions. Drew has a great one. Can I mix memory sizes in the motherboard?
1:50.6	Now, I am going to tell you for most people, this will for a few moments get into wonky areas.
1:57.9	But I get this a lot from people, especially when they're asking about upgrading
2:03.6	the memory on their system. So we've got our computer, and it has whatever amount of RAM that
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