Monthly Archives November 2012

Podcast: Nov. 10, 2012 Microsoft's Gadget Guru Dave Sawyer

Show Notes:

Dave Sawyer,Tech. Dir., Heartland Microsoft Tech Center

The wait is over…it’s like Christmas on the Internet Advisor!  Our favorite Microsoft guest,Dave Sawyer, returns with a bag full of devices from the mothership featuring the new Windows 8 OS: Windows Surface RT, Windows 8 OS and Windows 8 Phone.  Everything you wanted to know about Windows 8 and more!

Shane Hamelin’s new company: CompTech on Schoenherr in Sterling Heights, MI

Cal Carson is starring in Driving Miss Daisy Nov. 9, 10, 16, 17, 18 in Plymouth

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Be an Informed Voter

General elections are approaching November 6, 2012.  Do you know what will be on the ballot?  Do you know how you are going to vote on the Constitutional Amendment proposals?  Do you know who is running for your local public offices? Why wait until you get to the polling booth (provided you know where that is!) and face a bedsheet ballot, get disgusted and just vote for one or two offices?  Here is a great website designed to help you walk into that booth a well-informed voter.


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Extraordinary Interactive Photos of Storm Destruction

Thanks to Ed Rudel for giving us the link to these remarkable pictures posted by ABC News that a palpable experience of the destruction wrought by Superstorm Sandy this past week.  This doesn’t appear to work well on portable devices e.g. iPad or Windows Phone 7 but will work on most desktops.  Move your mouse from right to left on each image to see the comparison before and after the storm’s savage attack.


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The Ultimate Windows I Upgrade Guide

Everything you need to know about upgrading to Windows 8 in one article by ZDNet columnist Ed Bott.


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Podcast Nov. 3, 2012: The Perfect Storm, Windows 8 and Future Computers

Show Notes:

The Internet Advisor Team looks back on a stormy week online and off:

  • Superstorm Sandy brings the East Coast to its knees and sharks are reported swimming in Jersey towns. Where did you go for breaking news?
  • Windows 8 Phone arrives and Windows Surface RT begins to get grudging respect.
  • Apple’s Map Flap leads to Scott Forestall’s firing and not everyone is crazy about the iPad Mini, particularly its price.

Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg News analyst joins us to talk about the unfolding world of Windows 8 and its devices and to comment on the upheaval at Apple.

 

 

Mike Ammann, President/CEO, San Joaquin Partnership.  Mike is a frequent guest and a man with a vision for computers and the Internet.  What will computing look like in the near future?

 

Links Mentioned During the Show

Disaster Recovery for Electronic Devices: Bheestie Bags (Cal Carson)

Comparison of Siri and Google Voice Technology (Mike Ammann)

Internet Advisor Takeaway: Two websites designed to help you be an informed voter when you enter the booth on November 6, 2012. Publius.org and Google Voter Information Tool

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