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Alas our brave Spartans failed at the free throw line and lost in overtime to Minnesota to drop out of the Big Ten Championship series.  But their loss is our gain because we have a full Three Hours of Tech Calls with Foster Braun, Ed Rudel and Cal Carson this week.  Erik Anderson also have has the latest update on Apple computing with The Mac Minute.

In the meantime don’t forget to Spring Forward this Sunday.  Daylight Savings Time officially begins on Sunday morning when you will lose an hour of sleep and set the clocks ahead an hour.

Podcast: March 13, 2010 – Hour 1
Podcast: March 13, 2010 – Hour 2
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This Saturday, Foster Braun, Ed Rudel and Cal Carson are up late to help solve your computer and Internet problems as well as introduce you to some interesting new developments.  Among our guests is college professor Bert Copple who used the Internet to help hold class in the middle of our recent snow storm from the comfort of everyone’s home.  And the MacGroup Detroit has developed their very own free MacGroup App for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad offering instant access to their blog, meeting schedule, MacGroup TV and more.

Podcast: February 13. 2010 – Hour 1
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Break out the cake it’s time to celebrate a dozen years of Detroit’s longest running, locally produced computer talk show: The Internet Advisor!  We’re doing it in style with Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Foster Braun and Erik Anderson.  The cake is virtual for all but those in studio…a plus for all the Weight Watchers in the audience.  We look back at some of the incredible changes that have taken place in computing and the Internet since 1998 and learn about WJR’s newest contribution to that progress:  The WJR’s free web app for iPhones and Blackberry smartphones!

The economic downturn has affected libraries across the nation in a significant way.  Faced with unprecedented budget cuts that conflict with a booming user base, libraries and the companies that serve them have had to get creative to do more with less.  At Gale, a local company that happens to be the leading publisher serving libraries in the world, this translates into creating a different breed of products that do not only focus on traditional areas like homework help, but also involves developing software solutions to help users with career transitions, health support, and small business management.  It also means reaching …

This week Foster Braun, Ed Rudel, Cal Carson and Vince Chmielewski will be in the studios to tackle  your computer and Internet questions.

We also feature two very special non-profit websites: The Wellness Community of Southeast Michigan aimed at helping cancer patients and their families and The Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration , that provides the infrastructure for collaboration between the health professionals around the globe who are developing new standards for dealing with sarcoma.  Vince was instrumental in developing both these websites as he has been in creating ours.

And of course we count on Erik Anderson to take a few Mac Minutes to talk about launch of the iPad, Apple’s long anticipated touch screen tablet earlier this week.

Links From The Show
Gizmodo article on the Apple iPad

Podcast: January 30, 2010 – Hour 1
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We’re baaaaack!!! The Internet Advisor team is back in action to answer your questions. Lots of time to answer all those questions you didn’t get into the forum during the week.

Podcast: January 23, 2010 – Hour 1
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