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For you PC users, Susan Bradley of Windows Secrets Newsletter, our guest from June 25, has a strong warning about installing Microsoft’s .Net updates. She also has some detailed information in the latest Windows Secrets about other patch information and how to solve problems caused by troublesome patches. Well worth the reading for PC users. …
What is happening to all the anti-virus providers for PC (and now Macs!) They seem to be going into other businesses or out of business. Matthew Schwartz of Informationweek.com has some interesting insights into this alarming phenomenon. Full Story. …
Foster Braun, Ed Rudel and Kurt Hines will also discuss some changes coming to Malwarebytes and the changing world of Anti-virus software. Erik Anderson (Mr. Mac) brings his weekly The Mac Minute for the select who just can’t go a week without their dose of Apple rumors! 😉
And of course our second hour is YOUR hour to call us with your computer and internet problems.
Podcast: June 25, 2011 – Hour 1
Podcast: June 25, 2011 – Hour 2
Windows Secrets is a great free monthly newsletter about all things Windows and, while it can get a bit high tech at times, it also has excellent insight into Microsoft’s key players. This month security expert Susan Bradley is encouraging Vista and Win 7 PC owners to move up boldly to Internet Explorer 9. See if you agree. …
ICANN the international agency charged with controlling domain names, like .com, .edu., .org etc. has opened up a pandoras box of new domain names. Some fear that it could create utter chaos as well open up wonderful opportunities for businesses to brand their own domains, e.g. .apple, .microsoft or .ms etc., etc. Domain names can end in almost anything ranging from a city, to term like .eco or .green and native scripts from around the world. How many of these terms do companies need to lock down? Let the domain name squatting begin! …
We tend to think of tech companies in terms of the last 20 to 30 years when computing began its exponential growth. Who would have thought that the a Tabulating Company founded in 1911 would last long enough to teach companies like Apple and Micro a lesson or two despite its own challenges? This is a great article about some of the reasons that IBM has stuck around this long. Makes you wonder what kind of shelf life Apple and Microsoft really have! …
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For those of you who have used Google Voice on your smartphones, we don’t have to “sell” you on the value of just talking to the Google app and having it look up an address, find a store or other location for you. It is a whole lot less deadly than texting while driving and light years ahead of the lousy voice recognition on the iPhone! Check it out…Google Voice comes to the desktop or check out this Demo. …
This past Monday Steve Jobs and Apple announced a three fold plan for the future that will affect not only Apple products but, if the iPad and iPhone are any indication, the rest of the electronics industry. Commentator Mark Sigal has four interesting insights into the implications of the new Apple Lion OS, iOS 5 for iPad and iPhone and iCloud. …
Podcast: June 11, 2011 – Hour 1
Podcast: June 11, 2011 – Hour 2
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