Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 12-20-2025

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Tech News, News, Leisure, Technology, Hobbies

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Listener Q&A - troubleshooting - Mike asks Benjamin if troubleshooting of tech is changing - 11:00 - Youth and Technology - Benjamin talks of the concerning effects of technology on youth - 22:00 - iPod options in a post iPod world - Keith covers a community that is bringing back iPods - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty gives his thoughts regarding ATM machines - 39:00 - Scam Series - last minute panic - Benjamin tells of panic driven last minute Christmas scams - 44:00 - Keske on automation - Steve discusses with Benjamin about what needs automation - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - CES prep - Dr Galli and Benjamin discuss the prep work for CES 2026 - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - backup errors - Dina's concern about backup drive highlight deeper issues - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 359 - Benjamin asks to consider learning how to describe problems - 1:24:00 - A Christmas and tech reflection - Benjamin urges listeners to consider Christmas better

Transcript

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0:00.0	Laptops,
0:16.0	laptops, thumb drives, and a wall charger, a sure sign that our nerd is here again. And now, with the
0:22.6	quest of enriching your experience with computers, here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk
0:28.0	Radio. Tons of stuff for you this week here on Computer Talk Radio. The IT Pro series, the network
0:34.2	isn't down. Learning to describe the specific problems to your IT tech.
0:41.1	On the scam series, panic-driven last-minute Christmas scams abound every year, and this
0:47.8	year is no different. Marty's going to talk about ATM machines, Keith M. Cedor. He's
0:53.3	got an idea about how people who love
0:55.6	iPods may go back to the old ways. Dr. Doreen Galley, the work it takes to prep for CES. That's
1:04.1	coming up in just a few weeks. And we'll be talking about that this week. Of course, Steve
1:09.8	Keske, what should be automated but
1:12.0	isn't? I'm going to talk about the effects of technology on youth. Dina asks me a question in
1:19.4	regards to her hard drive, her backup hard drive, and it's getting readers. And what can she do to fix it and we'll talk about that and I've got
1:30.2	another listener question coming up here in just a moment and Mike is going to ask me about the
1:36.2	troubleshooting of tech and is it changing we'll cover that in a moment and then yes I'm going
1:41.5	to close with a tech Christmas prayer.
1:44.9	The website is Computer Talk Radio.com.
1:48.1	If you want to reach out to me, you've got computer questions.
1:50.7	You want to check out the news items from the last week, although I'm not going to cover
1:54.2	a whole lot of news this week.
1:56.1	And then you can check out the ways to reach me.
2:00.9	And again, computer talk radio.com.
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