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| 2012 Shows XML |
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| FEBRUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| February 1 | New rootkit has been found in China that partially lives in the BIOS and MBR. Backing up to tape. Apple exploiting Chinese labor. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
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| JANUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| January 25 | Guest Wayne Rash discusses SOPA, PIPA, a new Open bill, secret agreements on counterfeiting, Megaupload and Spotify. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| January 18 | A special show on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA): how does SOPA differ from PIPA, the Pros and Cons of the issue, what has transpired to date and what is really driving the passage of the bill. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| January 11 | A free airplane game. David reports from CES on ultrabooks and more. Sunglasses. Audio production. Skinny TVs. Glass. The business of Nooks. Symantec was acused of scareware. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| January 4 | Happy New Year. QR codes could point to malicious web pages. Hard drive prices. Prices for cheap Windows laptops and desktops. Consumerizing IT. Logging off a router. Free antivirus. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
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| 2011 Shows XML |
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| DECEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| December 28 | How you to verify that you are really at Yahoos email website. Joe likes RoboForm. Libre Office and Open Office. Lynn Samuels. Monroe Littman. Kindle Fire. Hank likes the HP 2000z notebook. Who worked on the largest network. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| December 21 | Warranties on hard drives. Joe observes computers at Staples. Avoiding malware. SOPA bill in Congress. Updating Internet Explorer. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| December 14 | Lenovo is now the number two PC maker. We were wrong about Vonage, they are not owned by Verizon. Microsoft has a beta antivirus program that runs from a bootable CD. David and Hank (Kindle Fire, HP Touchpad, Nook Color) describe their tablet experiences. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| December 7 | Fund raising. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
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| NOVEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| November 30 | Lost digital certificate used to deliver malware. The danger in secure web pages. Duqu. Setting up broadband Internet. FIOS. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| November 23 | Business Software Alliance on stealing software. SOPA. Hank reviews a big computer case. David offers advice for safe Christmas shopping online. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| November 9 | New Nook from Barnes and Noble. Siri. Estonian click jackers. Adobe Flash. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| November 2 | HP corporate plans for PCs and tablets. A tripod. | Joe, Hank | 32Kbps 13MB |
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| OCTOBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| October 19 | Fund raising. Premiums: One year of Gold Card tech support from the guys on the show; DVD toolkit collection of software; USB rescue disk and toolkit; password reset CD; Trend Micro antivirus. | Joe, Hank | 32Kbps 13MB |
| October 12 | Fund raising | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
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| SEPTEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| September 28 | New Amazon Kindles. | Hank, Stevie | 32Kbps 13MB |
| September 21 | The show was pre-empted by WBAI at the last minute. | -- | -- |
| September 14 | Michael Stern Hart passed away. Trend Micro has been tracking a hacker who infected many Fortune 500 companies. HP will offer partial refunds to those who paid full price for their discontinued tablet. Hank saw a new Lenovo tablet. | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps 13MB |
| September 7 | Ram, SSL and UltraBooks | Joe, Hank, David | 32Kbps
13MB |
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| AUGUST | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| August 31 | Computer and tablet news and discussion | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps
10MB |
| August 24 | Computer and tablet news and discussion | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps
10MB |
| August 17 | Computer news and discussion | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps
10MB |
| August 10 | Fake Firefox updates via email. 2600. Comodo certificates were hacked proving that SSL is worthless. Malicious software can kill the battery on a Mac. Registry cleaners. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps
10MB |
| August 3 | Pre-empted | -- | -- |
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| JULY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| July 27 | Pre-empted | -- | -- |
| July 20 | Fund raising. Music on a Mac. Price of gas and cigarettes. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 9MB |
| July 13 | Fund raising. Providing passwords to the gumment. ISPs are on the lookout for pirated material. Buying a used computer. Bragging about ancient computers. Debating the word geek. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 9MB |
| July 6 | A malicious ad on Bing, a nasty windows virus infection, malicious PDFs, Google+, Open Office, Windows 8 chip restrictions. Listener phone calls. | Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| JUNE | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| June 29 | A YouTube video of Stevie, David was at the White House, David's suits, impulse control, stopthinkconnect.org, operating system market share, it's best to use unpopular software, hardware attacks, new ICAAN ruling, Electricity, Swiss Army Knives, Henry Wallace, David's musical bent, Magic. Listener phone calls. | Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| June 22 | Beaches, Willie Sutton, call centers in prisons, upcoming tablets, Twonky, Hank discovers Netflix, turntables and a phone scam. Listener phone calls. | Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| June 15 | New Mac OS, backup, dealing with casettes and video tapes. Listener phone calls. | Hank, David, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| June 8 | iCloud. David's iTunes problems. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| June 1 | Back to a normal show after fund raising. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| MAY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| May 25 | The show was pre-empted this week. | -- | -- |
| May 18 | Fund raising. The show aired for two hours this week. | Joe, Hank, David |
Hour 1: 24Kbps Hour 2: 24Kbps |
| May 11 | The show was pre-empted this week. | -- | -- |
| May 4 | Fund raising. | Hank, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| APRIL | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| April 27 | Computer news. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| April 20 | Computer news. Listener phone calls. The app which reads the database file on the iPhone and iPad containing the locations you have been tracked at by Apple is available at petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker. | Joe, Hank | 32Kbps 14MB |
| April 13 | Verizon iPad problems. The lie that is unlimited data. David explains why Macs are safer than Windows and what rootkits are. Star Trek. Old operating systems. Lamenting the passing of GoBack. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| April 6 | The Epsilon data breach. Joe likes GBridge. Nintendo 3GS. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| MARCH | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| March 30 | ATT buying T-Mobile. Jailbreaking a Nook. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| March 23 | Japan. Bug fixes. New netbooks. ATT tethering. A botnet shutdown. A couple lawsuits. Listener phone calls. | Hank, David, Stevie | 24Kbps 10MB |
| March 16 | Scams regarding donating to Japan. Correcting our mistakes. ISPs. Google Chrome. Impact of Japan disasters on computer tech. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| March 9 | Windows XP prefetch folder, Apple bug fixes, Android malware, laptop coolers. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| March 2 | Back to a normal show, no more fund raising. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| FEBRUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| February 23 | Tips and Tricks. Making the case for Google's Chrome browser. This is a 30 minute podcast only show that was NOT heard over the air. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 128Kbps 27MB |
| February 16 | Fund raising. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| February 9 | Fund raising. Backups. No listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| February 2 | Fund raising. Backups. No listener phone calls. | Hank, David, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| JANUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| January 26 | Michael suggested the free, portable WirelessNetView program to display information about wireless networks. screen shot. Computer backups. Intel funding research. Buying discontinued products. Listener phone calls. | Hank, David, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| January 19 | Recording microphones. Acer will still sell netbooks. Lenovo created a new division. Internet speed tests such as www.nyspeedtest.org. Listener phone calls. | Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| January 12 | David Perry reported on his trip to CES. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| January 5 | What is webmail. What is a cloud. Browser market share. Hank bought an external hard drive. Macfuse lets OS X write to NTFS. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| 2010 Shows XML |
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| DECEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| December 29 | Assorted computer stories in the news. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| December 22 | Assorted computer stories in the news. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| December 15 | Assorted computer stories in the news. Recovery discs. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| December 8 | Assorted computer stories in the news. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| December 1 | Public domain books. Hank tests an Intel x25M solid state drive. Hard disks and netbooks. Really stupid things by Marty Winston. The US government shuts down some websites. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| NOVEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| November 24 | Buying a new Windows computer. Listener phone calls. | Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| November 17 | Although the show was pre-empted on WBAI on Nov 17th, we did a 25 minute podcast on Tips and Tricks. Recommended Basic Available Freeware: Anti Virus Software - AVG, Avira, Avast. Cleanup Software - Ccleaner, Eusing Registry Cleaner, WinUtilities, Glary Utilities. Hardware Software Diagnostic - Siw, Hwinfo32. | Joe, Hank | 128Kbps 25MB |
| November 10 | Clearwire. FIOS. A survey about broadband usage. Something stupid. Black Friday. Woot. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| November 3 | A first look at Clearwire's 4G WiMax. Our guest was Rebecca Mecouri discussing a Post Mortem of the 2010 Election. For reporting election incidents, Rebecca suggests: Mayor Bloomberg encouraged NYC voters to tweet 2010 election day complaints using the hashtag #nycvotes, you can also call 311. NY State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli set up a hotline number to report problems at 888-672-4555. The NY Board of Elections complaint number is 866-VOTE-NYC. The federal agency that handles election complaints is the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice at 800-253-3931. She warns that "there is no guarantee that these complaints (especially to the city, state and federal government) won't also go the way of the votes (i.e. sucked in without being recorded) but at least you do have the opportunity to vent (just like you have the opportunity to think you might have voted)." On the other hand she points out that the New York City elections board fired the Executive Director one week before Election Day (following massive complaints about the primary election), so complaints can matter. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| OCTOBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| October 27 | Review of System Mechanic 10. Fund raising. | Joe, Hank, David, Olivia | 24Kbps 10MB |
| October 20 | U.S. takes the prize for most infected PCs. You Can Photograph That Federal Building Flaws in D.C.'s online voting system. Apple squashes unauthorized MacBook battery maker. Java surpasses Adobe kit as most attacked software. Google releases stable version of Chrome 7. Intel to spend up to $8B on US manufacturing. PC shipments sag, but Apple is number three in the US. Fund raising Premiums: Gold Card Support, DVD ToolKIT, White Paper – How to buy a computer, Install XP and Windows 7 from USB Drive, Titanium from Trend Micro. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| October 13 | The show was pre-empted this week | ||
| October 6 | Buying a new Windows computer. Fund raising. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| SEPTEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| September 29 | Facebook, Stuxnet, Windows 7. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| September 22 | A bug in the Adobe Flash Player (see flashtester.org). Bugs in the Adobe Reader. Michael likes his Internet radio. What is a CTO? What is tech support? What IT jobs are expected to be in demand. Out of work techies. | Hank, David, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| September 15 | Viruses in the old days. New New York City voting system. Thinkpad X100E laptop. Your right to sell software. Lenovo has changed the keyboards on Thinkpads compared to IBM. Griping about Apple. Smartphones. | Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| September 8 | Toshiba laptops overheating. Malware. Autodesk. Future of computing. Culv processors. | Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| September 1 | Will books, newspapers and magazines go the way of the buggy whip? Should they? Craig's List and Monster have replaced the daily newspaper classified; encyclopedias have been replaced by the internet; the Oxford English Dictionary has announced the end of the printed edition; and Amazon is selling more "ebooks" than printed ones. What does the future hold? | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| AUGUST | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| August 25 | Marty Winston reported on the dangers of texting. IPv6 Advice for the Home User - for a normal home user IPv6 should not matter so much. Any Windows operating system supports IPv6 already. As well as Macs and most Linux distros. The only concern is the router that a home user would use. Google knits 11 patches into Chrome browser. Intel: dual-core Atom netbooks on sale now. Intel has reportedly said it doesn't mind N550 netbooks having displays of up to 12 inches. Apple patches 13 bugs in OS X. Apple eyes kill switch for jailbroken iPhones. Apple has applied for a patent covering an elaborate series of measures to automatically protect iPhone owners from thieves and other unauthorized users. Intel to buy security co. McAfee in $7.68B deal. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| August 18 | Fund raising, including David Perry's mystery, new, soon-to-be-released antivirus program from Trend Micro. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| August 11 | Fund raising. The link to download YLMF (in English) is www.ylmf.org/en/ | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| August 4 | Blackberries may be banned because their encryption is too good. The recently discovered WPA2 hole. Online banking in the US is not as safe as elsewhere in the world. Yet another bug in the Adobe Reader. Hank reviewed a Franklin translator box. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| JULY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| July 28 | Joe has given up on the Adobe Reader and switched to the Nitro Reader. Sophos has a patch for the Windows shortcut bug. Jailbreaking iPhones. A new WPA2 security hole. Heat causes problems for computers. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| July 21 | Everyone should install a FIXIT patch for Windows. Apple and the iPhone. Extended warranties. New gaming feature bypasses controllers. Joe offered a first look at Tunebites for recording audio and video. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| July 14 | iPhone antenna problems. iPhone advertising. Business versions of Windows 7 can be downgraded to Windows XP forever. Windows XP users now have to be running service pack 3 to get new bug fixes. Google and China. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| July 7 | The show was pre-empted this week for an expanded edition of Off The Hook. | ||
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| JUNE | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| June 30 | Sony is recalling some laptops. The New York Times reported that Dell shipped defective computers and knowingly replaced the bad parts with other bad parts. The Supreme Court ruled on patents. A warning on home plug networking. The guest was Peter Cassidy of the Anti-Phishing Working Group. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| June 23 | Service Pack 2 on Windows XP will no longer be supported as of July. The YLMF version of Linux looks just like Windows XP and includes Wine which lets it run some Windows software. More. Botnet software was advertised on YouTube. What's stupid about megapixels. HP printers with email addresses and ads. | Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| June 16 | The Personal Computer was pre-empted by WBAI on June 16th for Radio Bloomsday. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 0MB |
| June 9 | The Personal Computer was pre-empted by WBAI on June 9th for fund rasing. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 0MB |
| June 2 | Batteries the size of a dime can be fatal if swallowed by children. Scareware arrests. Protecting webmail accounts. When a free download is not free. Joe likes CopyTrans to moves files from an iPod to a computer. Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (download trial here). Google does not let their employees run Windows. Fund raising. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| MAY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| May 26 | HP Expands Recall of Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard. Dealing with hacked webmail accounts. Windows 7: 32 vs 64 bit. Linux projects. Fund raising. No phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| May 19 | News of the week. Fund raising. No phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| May 12 | Counterfeit Cisco routers. A stripped down online version of Microsoft Office is coming. F Lock key on a Microsoft keyboard. Useful software that Windows users should have at their disposal for troubleshooting. Portable applications. New to the DVD toolkit: capturing Youtube video, RealPlayer, CamStudio. Fund raising. No phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| May 5 | New software and hardware from China cracks WiFi networks. Beware fake anti-virus programs. Hank reviewed a program that modifies how the Start button works in Windows. The Foxit PDF reader has been updated to fix a design problem with PDFs. High end xerox machines store a copy of everything they copy on an internal hard drive. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| APRIL | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| April 28 | HP is buying Palm and McAfee. The New York cable companies are sharing their WiFi access. The Supreme Court on video games. Microsoft released a free beta of home server software. Hot computers. No more floppies. Fixmo for smart phones. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| April 21 | If Windows Update detects a rootkit it won't install patches that might render the system un-bootable. To scan for rootkits go to free.antivirus.com/clean-up-tools. Glary Utilities. New beta Fixit website from Microsoft. Defining multi-tasking. People are buying desktop computers. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David | 24Kbps 10MB |
| April 14 | Adobe and Microsoft just released a lot of bug fixes. Bad guys poison the Google search results with malicious web pages. Web of Trust was recommended for helping to flag good and bad websites. Multi-tasking is coming to Apple products. Hank liked the free edition of WinUtilities from YL Software. Michael never heard of the company and was thus hesitant to use their software. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| April 7 | Click Free for backing up a computer. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, David Perry | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| MARCH | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| March 31 | Our guest was David Perry of Trend Micro. Teletype memories. Emergency patches were just released for Internet Explorer v6 and v7 as well as for Mac Snow Leopard. Tiger is no longer supported with bug fixes. Removing software. McAfee is being sued for auto renewing their software without sufficient notice to the end user. Beware of warnings about updating the free Flash player. Phony virus infection messages. Spying on a wireless keyboard. | Joe, Hank, David Perry | 24Kbps 10MB |
| March 24 | Our guest was David Perry of Trend Micro.
Disconnect important computers from networks. Don't do online banking from
a Windows machine. A bug in BitDefender. How good are anti-virus programs? Running as a
limited user. Registering .ru domains will get harder. Madoff's programmers got indicted.
Facebook security issues. New version of Firefox. XP mode in Windows 7 is now available
on any CPU. A caller had a problem with HP software trying to reinstall itself all the time. After the show a listener emailed that he had a similar problem with Roxio versions 9 and 10. The software gets "confused" and thinks its not installed. See this thread on the HP forums. Roxio issued a fix here. |
Joe, Alfred, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| March 17 | With Danny Burstein. Apple released bug fixes for their Safari browser. To protect yourself from shoulder surfing, consider a privacy filter. The FCC is making plans, see at broadband.gov. Getting screwed on rebates due to a mistake by the retailer. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24Kbps
10MB |
| March 10 | Many college professors are insisting that they turn off their laptops in the classroom. Counterfit Intel CPUs were found being sold in the US. As an IBM shareholder Hank doesn't like the fact that the company has been laying off US employees to shift jobs overseas. The Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger included software that displays the current battery charge level. The software included a malicious Trojan. Removing pre-installed "crapware". Symantec offers The Norton Removal Tool, a utility that will fully uninstall all their software. Listener phone calls. A caller recommended Revo Uninstaller for removing software. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 40Kbps 16MB |
| March 3 | Net TVs: the Internet is coming to TVs - no computer needed. Netflix streaming TV and movies for free to any Netflix customer. Some TVs even support WiFi. Pandora. Hulu. Content should be free. Beware prompts to press the F1 key. Kaspersky has a free TDSS rootkit remover. BIOS passwords on laptops. Printer cartridges. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| FEBRUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| February 24 | Fund raising. Podcast/archive listeners can donate to WBAI at any time at wbai.org. We offered our Gold card tech support for $200 a year and a DVD with free software applications that we recommend and use (we call it a toolkit) for $75. We discussed a few new programs on the DVD: a portable rootkit remover, a portable defragger and a utility that displays lots of hardware information. These premiums can be ordered at any time on the Premiums page at pcradioshow.org. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
| February 17 | Fund raising. Podcast/archive listeners can donate to WBAI at any time at wbai.org. We offered our Gold card tech support for $200 a year, a DVD with free software applications that we recommend and use (we call it a toolkit) for $75, and a Password Reset CD for a $55 donation to WBAI. These premiums can be ordered at any time on the Premiums page at pcradioshow.org. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
| February 10 | Fund raising. Podcast/archive listeners can donate to WBAI at any time at wbai.org. We offered our Gold card tech support for $200 a year, a DVD with free software applications that we recommend and use (we call it a toolkit) for $75, and a Password Reset CD for a $55 donation to WBAI. These premiums can be ordered at any time on the Premiums page at pcradioshow.org. For this week only, we offered Trend Micro Internet Security software for a $60 donation. No listener phone calls. | Hank, Alfred, Michael, David Perry | 24Kbps 10MB |
| February 3 | Alfreds HDTV Almanac (ok, its really a blog) won an award. Beware phony Firefox download websites (legit one is getfirefox.com). Flash ram will get smaller. Netbooks vs. the Apple iPad. Fund raising. Podcast/archive listeners can donate to WBAI at any time at wbai.org. We offered our Gold card tech support for $200 a year, a DVD with free software applications that we recommend and use (we call it a toolkit) for $75, and a Password Reset CD for a $55 donation to WBAI. These premiums can be ordered at any time on the Premiums page at pcradioshow.org. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| JANUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 27 | Microsoft had known for months about the bug in Internet Explorer that was abused to spy on Google. A design flaw in Internet Explorer can expose your entire hard drive. About H.264 codecs. An Apple iMac is having assorted problems. Apple's iPad. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 32Kbps 12MB |
| January 20 | Adobe issued a patch for a critical bug in Shockwave. Tomorrow Microsoft will issue a patch for a critical bug in Internet Explorer. Beware Haiti scams. The FCC evicts wireless mics from the 700Mhz band. A report on Worldwide PC Shipments. Alfred explains why some DVDs are letterboxed on an HDTV. LED backlighting is becoming more popular in compuer monitors. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Alfred, Michael | 32Kbps 12MB |
| January 13 | Gmail was hacked and may leave China. New patches from Microsoft and Adobe. An issue with the legality of Word. Microsoft has not fixed a couple bugs. Acer recalled some laptops with 13.3 inch screens for overheating. Alfred reported on the just completed CES trade show. 3D television. LG and Panasonic will offer TVs with Skype which Alfred thinks will be a very big deal. USB version 3.0. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, Alfred | 32Kbps
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| January 6 | There is a huge security flaw in encrypted USB flash drives from three different companies. New Intel cpus integrate low end graphics processing. New Atom processors for netbooks increase battery life. Lenovo just started using AMD processors in their Thinkpads. As a result prices are dropping, but battery life will decrease. The new Thinkpad X100e is much cheaper than prior X series models. A new T series Thinkpad has a new battery offering 22 hours of battery life. To recycle an old computer see computerswithcauses.org. To securely erase files on a Windows computer you can use two free programs: Eraser at eraser.heidi.ie or Inferno at inferno.en.softonic.com. How to destroy a hard drive. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe | 32Kbps 12MB |
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| DECEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| December 30 | Back Live. Email scams. Cost of Macs vs. PCs. Social networking. Is it safe to order things over a WiFi network. The Foxit PDF Reader. Reading PDF files inside Word. Michael's puzzler - why can't a DVI cable from a new monitor plug into a computer? Listener phone calls. | Hank, Alfred, Michael, Olivia | 32Kbps 11MB |
| December 23 | Jason Morrison of Google discussed scams that claim to involve Google. Google Goggles. We discussed Windows 7 and Hank offered suggestions on when to upgrade and when not to upgrade. Michael's puzzler - what was that thumping noise? No listener phone calls, the show was pre-recorded. | Hank, Joe, Alfred, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| December 16 | There is another serious bug in the Adobe Reader and it won't be fixed soon. The work-around is to disable JavaScript. Employer access to employee messages will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. Tomorrow is free shipping day online at 712 retailers. See freeshippingday.com. The guys like woot.com. AT&T is threatening to charge more for high bandwidth consumers. New privacy settings on Facebook. Windows 7 runs fine on netbooks. About buying a netbook. A puzzler. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
| December 9 | There a new version of Adobe's Flash, test your version here. Yesterday was Patch Tuesday, lots of Microsoft bug fixes. Ransomware is a new class of malicious software that takes total control of your computer until you pay up. Apple removed hundreds of apps from the iPhone store because they felt the developer was posting fraudulent reviews. New Kindle firmware offers larger fonts and audio menus. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, Alfred, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| December 2 | Registered sex offenders on Facebook and Myspace. Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Lenovo website problems. There's no profit in 10 inch netbooks, so expect more 12 inch models in the future. Prevx warned about a buggy patch to Windows - but they were wrong. Joe's cable TV problems. Hank on ram specs. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| NOVEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| November 25 | New attack targets weakness in Internet Explorer. No word on patch plans; disable JavaScript, say researchers. Smoking could be hazardous to your Apple warranty. Shoppers say: Don't ask for phone number and e-mail at checkout. Why you don't need an extended warranty [from Consumer Reports]. California Bans Power-Hog TVs: Death Knell for Plasma? Joe's experience in replacing a bad laptop (Acer D150) keyboard. With help from powerbrixx.com and Youtube, he was able to replace a faulty keyboard with an original manufacturer part for less than $21. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
| November 18 | PDF Reader 2009 is a scam. New study of 30,000 laptop computers showed Asus was most reliable followed by Toshiba, Sony and Apple. HP came in last. Joe felt the difference between all machines was very small. Some Xboxes were banned by Microsoft from the online service for stealing software. Large companies are eliminating IT jobs. We had two guests from Microsoft: Brian Johnson and Peter Laudati. Our topic was Windows 7: Whats new in Windows 7? The taskbar now includes icons for applications that aren't running. This used to be in the quick launch toolbar in Windows XP. Aero peek is new. Windows 7 is more scalable. Remove languages to save disk space. The Starter Edition has no Aero interface and no media center. Where is media center? It's not on the Start menu. UAC defaults to less nagging in Windows 7. Windows Live Essentials has to be downloaded to get Microsoft's free email program. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
| November 11 | No more fund raising. About Oracle buying Sun. Apple and Microsoft issued bug fixes. Best Buy will be selling an Acer laptop for $250. Yahoo is sponsoring free WiFi in Times Square but only a few hours a day. A lawsuit against Sony. A lawsuit against the Amazon Kindle. Patenting business practices. GPS on cellphones. Hanks EVDO modem problem. Standby vs. Sleep vs. Hibernation. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
| November 4 | Fund raising. We offered our Gold card tech support for $200 a year, a DVD with free software applications that we recommend and use (we call it a toolkit) for $75, and a Password Reset CD for a $55 donation to WBAI. These premiums can be ordered at any time - just go to the Premiums page on pcradioshow.org. A recent patch to IE8 needs to be patched. A court ruling about metadata in word processing documents. Differences between Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise. Everyone likes a photo editing program called inPaint. | Hank, Joe, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| OCTOBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| October 28 | Fund raising. We offered our Gold card tech support for $200 a year, a DVD with free software applications that we recommend and use (we call it a toolkit) for $75, and a Password Reset CD for a $55 donation to WBAI. These premiums can be ordered at any time - just go to the Premiums page on pcradioshow.org. Sony recall of power adapters. Alfred reviewed the Easy-Link USB Data Sharing Hub from Hawking Technology. | Hank, Joe, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
| October 21 | Fund raising. We offered our Gold card tech support for $200 a year, a DVD with free software applications that we recommend and use (we call it a toolkit) for $75, and a Password Reset CD for a $55 donation to WBAI. These premiums can be ordered at any time - just go to the Premiums page on pcradioshow.org. The Time Warner SMC 8014WG modem/router has a security flaw. Works is being discontinued. Dells market share is slipping. About activating Windows and SLIC. | Hank, Joe | 24Kbps 10MB |
| October 14 | The director of the FBI can no longer do online banking. His wife won't let him after almost falling for a phishing scam. More people are recommending not using Windows at all for online banking. There were a ton of bug fixes for Windows. Adobe Acrobat also fixed a critical bug. Mac OS X has a bug that wipes out user files. Michael recommended inSSIDer for scanning for WiFi networks. Fund raising. Our guest was David Perry of Trend Micro. David generously offered free copies of Trend Micro Internet Security for anyone donating for one of our three premiums - but only during the show. | Hank, Alfred, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
| October 7 | Our guest was Leo Notenboom of askleo.net. Assorted stats show Internet Explorer use is declining while Firefox use is on the rise. The iPhone was caught fibbing about its support for encryption. If you are buying Windows 7 consider the OEM version. The pros and cons of Microsoft's new free antivirus program, Security Essentials. Safe online banking: is it possible? We discussed new types of crimeware that empties your bank account. Our webmaster, Michael Horowitz, will speak next week at the NYPC General Meeting about Wi-Fi security. | Joe, Michael, David Chan | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| SEPTEMBER | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| September 30 | Crimeware software drains your bank account while you are online, logged into your banks website. There is a wave of spam that appears to be from the IRS that can install the Zeus Trojan. There is a new release of iTunes, 9.0.1, that fixes some minor bugs and a major security bug. Windows Vista has a serious networking bug for which there is not yet a fix from Microsoft. Alfred discussed watching TV on his Vista computer using the Hauppauge WinTV card. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Alfred, Michael | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| September 16 | Dell will pay a $4 million dollar fine for defrauding New York State consumers. For more see www.nyagdell.com. There is a new scam that asks for your Yahoo username, password and other personal information. Sears used to install tracking software so they could monitor all your online actions The upcoming census. Bug fixes from Apple. Microsoft's WGA is accused of being spyware. More about System Mechanic and testing a firewall at Shields Up! | Joe, Hank | 24Kbps 10MB |
| September 9 | We were pre-empted. | ||
| September 2 | eBay sold 65% of Skype to private investors. Gmail was offline for over an hour. Twitter can be a great ally for burglars as people advertise when they won't be home. Apple just released Snow Leopard and there have been driver incompatibility problems. Also, for the first time, there is some anti-malware software included as part of the Mac operating system. There was a new flaw discovered in WPA TKIP encryption, but it's not serious. Online backups. Hank reviewed System Mechanic version 9. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24Kbps 10MB |
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| AUGUST | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| August 26 | An interview with Steve Wilson of Fast Pencil on self publishing. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| August 19 | A survey about gamers. Some large corporations have staff that monitor outgoing mail. Microsoft may not be able to sell Word 2007 shortly. The rules changed about registering domains. The Twitter outage. About the virtualization feature in some CPUs that is required for a feature in some versions of Windows 7. A Lenovo bug in reporting the status of the battery on a Thinkpad. Fund raising. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
| August 12 | Whether you are running Windows or OS X, there are many bug fixes you need to apply. The milage on the new GM electric car may be bogus according to Alfred. Seagate is closing one of their factories in Singapore. The Acer Aspire One netbook runs Windows 7 just fine according to both Hank and Joe. Fund raising. Unlike other WBAI shows, our membership premiums are always available. See the Premiums page on our website for details on our premiums. No listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
| August 5 | An anniversary: the show has now been on the air for 25 years! Also, fund raising and stories in the news. No listener phone calls. | Hank, Joe, Michael | 24K 10MB |
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| JULY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| July 29 | Microsoft signed a 10 year agreement with Yahoo to provide the search results, using their new Bing service, on the Yahoo site. It will take months before this goes live, but Yahoo is basically walking away from the search business. Twelve thousand laptops go missing every week in US airports. We discussed some defensive measures such as putting your personal information on the computer and on the power cord in case an honest person recovers it. Three retailers are offering Vista based laptop computers for just under $300. They are Walmart (a Compaq machine), Best Buy (an Acer machine) and MicroCenter. If you see a wireless network called "Free Public Wi-Fi" avoid it. If you have relatively fast DSL service from Verizon (at least 3Mbps downstream) you will now be able to use WiFi hotspots from Boingo for free. Michael found 28 Boingo hotspots in Manhattan and another 28 in Brooklyn. Listener phone calls. | Hank, Alfred, Michael | 24K 10MB |
| July 22 |
Firefox has updated version 3.5 to version 3.5.1 to fix a bug. Hank said version 3.5 is much faster than other browsers.
Everex no longer sells computers in the US. Intel cut prices on some CPUs because they will soon roll out better ones
Netbooks are very popular but some people miss CDs and DVDs. With promo code EMP15 you can get 50% off on Wiley books.
Our guest was Richard Stallman, the man behind GNU and the Free Software Foundation. He condems the Amazon Kindle (his term for it is the "swindle") because it takes away freedoms that readers of hardcopy books enjoy. Freedoms such as the ability to lend a book to a friend, to borrow one from a library, to buy one anonymously by paying cash, to keep a book as long as we like and to give it away. The Amazon Kindle implements DRM - digital rights management - to restrict your use of books. He is not against eBook readers per se, just the DRM, which in addition to the above also requires you to run proprietary software to read eBooks. He urged listeners to go to Defectivebydesign.org and sign up to participate in his protests. Listener phone calls. |
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| July 15 | There is a new critical bug in Firefox version 3.5, but there is a work-around. Rosetta Stone is suing Google over trademark violations regarding ads. Microsoft is planning on competing with Google Docs by offering a free web-based version of their Office applications. a couple surveys showed not much interest yet in converting to Windows 7. Alfred reviewed Photosave DVD, software on a DVD for backing up pictures to the DVD. Social Security numbers can now be guessed with too much acuracy. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| July 8 | No more Compuserve. Gmail is out of beta. Google is planning on releasing an operating system late next year. Microsoft has a Fixit workaround for a critical bug in ActiveX video under Windows XP. A bug in McAfee's antivirus software caused Windows to crash. Windows 7 is being discounted until July 11th. Brian Johnson of Microsoft discussed Bizspark and ways that new startup can get free software from Microsoft. Windows 7 starter edition. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| July 1 |
If you are interested in the free antivirus program from Avira called AntiVir, be sure you get it from Avira.
Joe ran across a number of Google sponsored ads that claimed to offer AntiVir, but were not from Avira. Microsoft is having a sale on Windows 7, if you pre-order it. Next week we'll discuss the pricing of Windows 7 with someone from Microsoft. China delayed the requirement for Internet filtering on new computers. Worldwide, one out of every seven comptuers sold was sold in China. Firefox version 3.5 was just released. Joes first impression was that it was much faster. But, there is a new locator feature that he doesn't like at all. Joe reviewed the beta of the new, free Microsoft Security Essentials, their upcoming antivirus program. It isn't ready for prime time. Joe discussed TOR, The Onion Router. It is free and offers anonymous online web surfing, but he felt it was too hard to configure. A commercial product called Masksurf from Thanksoft puts a simple, easy front end on TOR. Microsoft is shutting down Money and Soapbox. Listener phone calls. |
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| JUNE | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| June 24 | The beta of a new free Microsoft antivirus product sold out. You can still buy Windows XP on new computers for another two years. Some people don't like netbooks. Joe and Alfred reported from a trade show. Alfred's favorite toy was a pair of night vision goggles called eyeclops. 4TB hard disks are coming. Olivia liked two books: Creating a website - the missing manual (2nd edition) and Sexy Web Design which she felt was good for web developers to give to their clients. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| June 17 |
More patches from Apple, this time for Java. Finally, after many months, Java users on Macs are as safe as Java users on
Windows and Linux. Soon the Chinese government will require software on new personal computers that filters out offensive
websites. At the moment, pornography is the only thing considered offensive. Symantec and McAfee paid a huge fine for
automatically renewing their software without giving customers a simple way to not rent the software for another year. We discussed the free encryption program TrueCrypt, available at truecrypt.org. Joe's computer wouldn't boot after a power failure. Listener phone calls. |
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| June 10 | Yesterday was patch Tuesday with critical bugs fixed in both the Windows and Mac versions of Word and Excel. Friday the 12th is the end of analog TV broadcasts, many people are still not prepared. Alfred said there is not much difference between converter boxes and he explained about new LED TVs. Microsoft imposes limits on hardware used in netbooks and nettops that run Windows. Rants on computing devices that don't let the user replace the battery. Alfred told about a TV set that transmits data - it's three years out. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| June 3 | Our thanks to those who supported the show during the recent fund raising drive. The return policy at Circuit City is not the best. Adobe will release bug fixes only once every three months. Windows 7 will ship in October. Our guest was David Perry of Trend Micro and the topic was malware. | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
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| MAY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| May 27 | The topic tonight was netbook computers. Our final night of fund raising. We offered a password reset CD for $55, a DVD toolkit with tons of software for $75 and, finally, one year of Gold Card technical support for $200. Every pledge over $25 also gets two writeups: the first is a document on repairing Windows XP, the second is about netbook computers (what are they, how to select one, etc). There were no listener phone calls. Normal show next week. | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
| May 20 | HP is recalling 70,000 laptop computer batteries. The website avsim.com had both their servers hacked and they had no backup. Google suffered a number of recent outages. Microsoft recently fixed a bug in PowerPoint for Windows, but they did not patch the Mac version of PowerPoint. Java on Apple Macs is vulnerable to a security bug that was fixed on Windows and Linux long ago. For a fix see this. Real Networks accused Hollywood of being a monopoly. Samsung is introducing LED backlights in their LCD televisions. Fund raising. We offered a password reset CD for $55, a DVD toolkit with tons of software for $75 and one year of Gold Card technical support for $200. There were no listener phone calls. We may be pre-empted next week, watch pcradioshow.org for details./td> | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| May 13 | Many bug fixes were released yesterday by both Microsoft and Apple. More about the XP mode in the upcoming windows 7. There will be a new graphics support chip from Nvidea. Disk imaging. A new name for Windows copy protection. Microfocus bought Borland. SCO is going out of business. Fund raising. Our gold card tech support is $200. Anyone who donates $25 or more gets a white paper that Hank wrote on how to repair Windows XP. A Windows password bypass CD is $55. There were no listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
| May 6 | Amazon will shortly deliver a new Kindle with a much larger screen. Presto is a quick-booting version of Linux that multi-boots with Windows XP. The next beta version of Windows 7 was just released. It includes an add-on, that many people can't use, that provides a virtual copy of Windows XP. What's the future of Vista after Windows 7 is released? Microsoft extended the life of Windows XP, yet again. The last half of the show, we discussed our assorted premiums for your donations to WBAI. There were no listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
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| APRIL | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| April 29 | Defining botnets. A Mac OS X botnet. Free Mac antivirus software. Apple was fined $19 million dollars for patent infringement. Windows 7 will run XP in a VM. Vista SP2 is coming soon. GE's breakthorugh in holographic storage. The Pirate Bay lawsuit. Spranq EcoFont. RollBack Rx offers rollback under Vista. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| April 22 | Capping bandwidth by ISPs. Oracle purchased Sun. GiveAwayOfTheDay.com gives away commercial software. A new version of Ubuntu Linux was just released. Woot.com sells one product a day. The last half of the show, as usual, was listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| April 15 | Yesterday was patch Tuesday and many critical bugs were fixed including eightthat were already being attacked. The use of proxy servers may increase criminal sentences. Microsoft will continue to offer free security patches for Windows XP until April 2014. The guest was Brian Johnson of Microsoft and the topic was the Media Center component in some versions of Windows Vista. The last half of the show, as usual, was listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| April 8 | Is Microsoft dropping Flight Simulator? Virginia's anti-spam law. The new versions of the Atom CPU will run Windows 7. Office 2003 is going into a different type of support from Microsoft. This means nothing to consumers who can still run Office 2003 and even older versions of Office. The Atom CPU has migrated to desktop systems, some of which don't have optical drives. The life of Windows XP has been extended, yet again. People want it. Hank reviewed PC Doctor Service Center 7. The last half of the show, as usual, was listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| April 1 | Microsoft discontinued their Encarta encyclopedia and the future of Flight Simulator is iffy. Western Digital is getting into the business of solid state drives. Kodack gallery. Asus and Lenovo are more reliable than Macs. The Conficker worm. Our guest was Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt Software and the topic was the Ghostnet attack on computers in over 100 countries. Alex blogs at sunbeltblog.com. The last half of the show, as usual, was listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
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| MARCH | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| March 25 | You can still get coupons for discounts on digital converter boxes. Pioneer is going to stop selling large plasma TVs in Japan. Why are newspapers failing? Internet Explorer version 8. A free program that restores the Office 2003 UI to Office 2007. The last half of the show, as usual, was listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| March 18 | A female MIT professor, Barbara Liskov, was the second woman to win the Turing award. A number of mistrials have been due to Internet use by jurors. New LiOn batteries will charge much faster, but they aren't expected to be available for a few years. Microsoft will sell software from other vendors in their new stores. Alfred reviewed a bluetooth calculator for use with netbooks that don't have a numeric keypad. Hank reviewed the Windy31 a USB device a bit larger than a USB flash drive that can function both as a WiFi adapter and as a WiFi rotuer. He liked it. The last half of the show, as usual, was listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| March 11 | Microsoft just issued a bug fix regarding metafiles. We help a Gold Card holder with a problem caused by another bug fix. Apple announced the third generation shuffle. Work continues on Service Pack 2 for Vista. Facebook users need to be aware of koobface. Amazon back-peddled a bit on text to speech in the new Kindle. Buying an all-in-one thingy. With computer retailers disappearing where do you go to kick the tires on tech stuff? | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
| March 4 | Thanks to everyone who donated to the station during the just-ended fund raising drive. Nvidia is going to produce x86 processors. Spansion filed for Chapter 11. Apple updated its line of computers. Fujitsu is selling their hard disk drive manufacturing to Toshiba. Our guests were Larry Magid and Anne Collier from www.connectsafely.org, a website about keeping kids safe on the Internet. Facebook has privacy tools. Cyberbullying. Netmom links to good sites for kids. Kidzui.com and www.clubpenguin.com are a walled gardens for children. | Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
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| FEBRUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| February 25 |
All versions of the Adobe Reader are buggy and there will not be a fix from Adobe until March 11.
Alfred suggested using Foxit reader instead to view PDFs.
Infineon technology makes RAM and flash memory and filed for Chapter 11 bankrupcy.
Hard disks are getting cheaper.
A new generation of flash memory is on the horizon with increased speed and capacity.
Gmail was off-line for a few hours. Cloud computing. Which companies sell the most TVs?
Microsoft is working on a version of Windows 7 specifically targeted at netbooks.
Next week Larry Magid will be on the show discussing how to be safe when surfing the Internet. FUND RAISING: Gold card technical support for one year for $200. This also includes two bonuses - a password reset CD and a Hanks white paper on nettop computers. Nettop computers are relatively new, they are ultra small computers running the same Atom CPU found in most netbook laptop computers. For a pledge of $25 or more we will also include this same white paper. The password reset CD is available for a $55 donation (this too includes Hank's white paper). Finally, we have a DVD loaded with free and recommended software for $75. |
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| February 18 | To call the FCC with questions about the conversion from analog to digital TV broadcasting, call 888-CALL-FCC. The FCC has some useful articles online with advice on setting up an antenna to get a digital signal and what type of antenna to get. The links are on our site. Facebook changed the rules of the road for their website, got a lot of flack and then changed them back again. Lawsuits regarding Pirate Bay. Sirius XM satellite radio got a lifeline from Liberty Media. LG Electronics agreed to use Microsoft software in their cellphones. Microsoft put up a bounty to learn the identity of the Downadup worm author. IDC said 20% of all computers sold in the 4th quarter of 2008 were Netbooks. The HP 2140 netbook made a good first impression on Hank. FUND RAISING: Gold card technical support for one year for $200. This also includes two bonuses - a password reset CD and a Hanks white paper on nettop computers. Nettop computers are relatively new, they are ultra small computers running the same Atom CPU found in most netbook laptop computers. For a pledge of $25 or more we will also include this same white paper. The password reset CD is available for a $55 donation (this too includes Hank's white paper). Finally, we have a DVD loaded with free and recommended software for $75. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| February 11 | Intel is investing in new plants in the U.S. The digital TV transition. Troubleshooting the problems of a listener with her digital TV converter box. Dell's various recycling programs include an expanding program with Goodwill Industries. SIRIUS XM, the satellite radio broadcaster, may go bankrupt to the benefit of the Dish network. Some wireless HP LaserJet printers have a security bug in their firmware - a patch is available. You can now get the Atom CPU in small form factor desktop PCs. Hank discussed two such machines the MSI Wind and a Shuttle. Hulu.com and the new Netflix streaming are the future for video over broadband. Fund raising. We have a new premium, Hanks' research paper on small compact computers which is available to anyone who makes a pledge to the station. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| February 4 | We discussed the just-approved delay in the changeover from analog to digital broadcasting. The marketing of Windows 7 will be very similar to Vista, for reasons no one on the show could understand. Our webmaster published a blog about protecting your computer from infected USB flash drives. This is not a good time to own a Gateway computer, so much so, that we recommend not buying one in the near term. IBM layoffs. Fund raising. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
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| JANUARY | Topics | Hosts | MP3 Audio |
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| January 28 | More about the conversion from analog to digital TV broadcasting. Netbook computers are very popular. Hank reviewed Windows 7, then we discussed Windows 7 with Brian Johnson and Peter Laudati, both are Microsoft Developer Evangelists. Some changes in Windows 7 from Vista are a better behaved UAC, lower hardware requirements and a new task bar. However, the user interface has changed, yet again. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| January 21 | Some Seagate hard drives have a bug in their firmware that causes them to hang, but the data is still there. Intel lowered the price on some CPUs. Circuit City is liquidating all their stores but don't expect great prices, at least not now. Their deadline is March 31st, Alfred suggested waiting until the deadline is near. February 17th is the planned cutover date from analog to digital TV transmission. We had a lively discussion on the cutover with guest Peter Putname from www.hdtvexpert.com. If you now get a poor analog signal over the air, you very well may get nothing after the conversion to digital. Radios that carry TV audio will no longer work. Alfred felt this was a great time to buy an HDTV and suggested looking at the website antennaweb.org. Next week, Windows 7. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank, Alfred | 24K 10MB |
| January 14 | Tonight's guest was Brian Johnson, Developer Evangelist from Microsoft Corp. We discussed Microsoft Live Mesh (mesh.live.com)...with which you can synchronize files with all of your devices; access your files from any device or from the web; share them with others, and get notified whenever someone changes a file. As with Remote Desktop, Logmein, PC Anywhere or Go-to-My PC, you can use Live Mesh to connect to your other computers and access its desktop as if you were sitting right in front of it. Now in Beta, Live Mesh is currently available free at www.mesh.com. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
| January 7 | Our guests were Todd Robbins author of The Modern Con Man: How to Get Something for Nothing and David Perry of Trend Microcomputer publishers of Internet Security software. They talked about the major computer scams, how to recognize them and what to do to protect yourself. Among the issues discussed were the Linkedin hack and the fraudulent Antivirus 2009 program. Listener phone calls. | Joe, Hank | 24K 10MB |
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