Monthly Archives September 2011

Podcast: September 17, 2011

Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Foster Braun

Show Notes:

  • Review of Windows 8 Developers’ Release: Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg News Tech Columnist gives an overview of the Developers’ version of Microsoft’s next gen. operating system released Tues., Sept 13, 2011

Helping Law Enforcement Catch Identity Thieves:  Detective Fountain, Detroit PD and Mike Prusinski, LifeLock Senior VP talk about helping law enforcement deal effectively with this growing, devastating crime.

  • Ann Arbor software firm expansion signals important growth in Michigan.  Gary Evans, General Manager in Michigan of HookLogic announces doubling office space in  Ann Arbor and adding a whole new group of employees.

Erik Anderson has the latest Apple rumors News with his The Mac Minute. More iPhone 5 sightings?

Our second hour is dedicated to answering listeners emails as we call them back during the show to answer their questions on the air.  You can be part of a future show by submitting your email question through our Contact Form on the homepage.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the program!

Podcast: September 17, 2011 – Hour 1
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The Perfect Digital Storm Hits Internet Advisor!

First: We discovered that your Contact Form emails were being sent to a cue somewhere in cyberspace

Second: The server decided not to post our Podcast from 9/10/11

All’s well that ends well. Thanks to hard work from the staff at Online Tech, VC Webdesigns and IGD Solutions we are back.

1. Our podcast is now up and ready for you to download.

2. Your emails can now be sent through the Contact Us form.  If you sent us a question and didn’t get an answer, please email us so that we can call you this week to answer question.

Thanks for your patience.


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Windows 8 Unveiled for Developers

This is the big dance for Microsoft.  Tuesday the boys from Redmond took the wraps off Windows 8 at their developers conference hoping to entice attendees to get on board the band wagon for their newest operating system.  Is it for tablets or for PC’s?  Where is the Microsoft version of iPad?  Lots of questions are waiting to be answered.


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Podcast: September 10, 2011

Ed Rudel, Cal Carson, Foster Braun, Erik Anderson, Shane Hamelin

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Podcast: September 10, 2011 – Hour 1
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Podcast: September 3, 2011

Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Cal Carson, Foster Braun, Erik Anderson

Show Notes:

  • Kyle deBeausset: Founder of the pro-migrant blog, Citizen Orange and a campaigner for Presente.org, a grassroots, Latino political action group.
  • Joshua Waldman, author of Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies.  Helping job seekers understand the power of social media to help land their next job.
  • Tina Watson: How Baker’s Dozen Helps IT pros find work through LinkedIn.com.  (BTW the Baker is our own Gary Baker!)

Don’t forget that the second hour of the program is dedicated to answering your computer questions at 1-800-859-0957

***This week we are going to be including a couple of the email questions that we have received through our Contact Us tab on the home page.  Listen in and learn how your email can turn into a phone call from the Internet Advisor crew on one of our upcoming programs.  See the posting A New Way to Get Your Questions Answered on the Internet Advisor under the Advice column on our homepage.***

Podcast: September 3, 2011 – Hour 1
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Lightning Strikes Twice: iPhone 5 Prototype Lost in SF Bar

It’s like a bad remake of Ground Hog Day and Apple can’t wake up to make this nightmare go away.  Unbelievably another Apple employee left a prototype of the top secret iPhone 5 in a San Francisco watering hole. The owner of the Cava22 bar in San Francisco jokingly said that he might have to start watering down his drinks, or at least those served to Apple engineers.  Maybe they should reinstitute Prohibition for all Apple employees!


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iPad is Shaking Up the Entire Computer Market

Steve Jobs was famous for declaring his products game changers.  Looks like even the former Apple CEO may not have even imagined the kind of revolution his tablet would create.  This little beauty is turning the whole IT industry upside down and transforming a niche market into the next big thing in computing.


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