Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 11-08-2025

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Hobbies, News, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Nerd news for non-techies - Lego, Star Trek, Fire TV, Amazon, Apple, Gemini, DJI drones - 11:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - SEMA auto 2025 - Dr Doreen Galli drives us through hits of SEMA 2025 Expo - 22:00 - Apple Mac touchscreen opinions - Keith and Benjamin explore idea of Macs having touchscreens - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark explores idea of if we really want smart everything - 39:00 - Scam Series - casual questions - Benjamin gives tip of asking casual questions to confirm identity - 44:00 - Keske on AI chatbots - Steve and Benjamin discuss past and present of chatbots - 56:00 - Listener Q&A - video struggles - Erin asks why performance of video conferencing suffers - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - data breaches - Lillie asks how worries she should be about data breaches - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 353 - Randy asks why people with no experience should get big cash - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - copy protection - Silvina asks Benjamin why software died after RAM upgrade

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0:00.0	Gigabyte, kilobyte, kilobyte, megabyte,
0:18.7	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.
0:32.8	Tons in store for you this week here on Computer Talk Radio.
0:36.7	Steve Keskin and are you going to talk about what chatbots are.
0:41.2	Dr. Doreen Galley is going to cover the Seema Automotive Expo.
0:45.0	Keith M. Cedar and I are going to talk about touch screens on Macs.
0:49.5	And that's after some Apple pundits have been discussing the whole idea of touchscreens there.
0:54.9	Mark, do we really want smart everything?
0:59.0	And on the scam series, I'm going to give you an idea about using casual questions to weed out scammers.
1:06.1	I also have a number of listener questions.
1:08.6	Randy asks, why should people with no experience be paid
1:12.4	lots of money? That'll be on the IT Pro series. Aaron asks, performance of video conferencing
1:20.2	software suffers at times, and I give a boatload of different reasons why that could be.
1:25.9	Lily, she asks if she should be worried about data breaches
1:29.4	from retailers and Sylvina. Why does my software license key not work after a RAM upgrade? All of that
1:37.5	on this week's Computer Talk Radio. Of course, the website,com.com. And you can catch the podcast there, just in case you missed any of those different items that you were possibly interested in.
1:51.5	You can also reach out to us there at the website, or you can phone me at 888 Nerd 888.
1:59.6	That's 88863734 for any of your computer questions or technology concerns.
2:07.7	Let's dive into the news and the Chinese manufacturer, DJI, has been battling an issue regarding the sale and lawful usage in the United States.
2:20.1	There's a lot of a battle that's going on there and has been for way too long.
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