The Personal Computer Radio Show

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 04.18.18

Personal Computer Show Wednesday, April 18th 2018 Broadcast PRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET 

In The News 1. Facebook Tracks You, Even When You're Not on Facebook

2. Supply Chain Attack Corrupted CCLeaner

3. Opera Mobile VPN to shut down

4. Apple Warns macOS Users to Move Away From 32-Bit Apps

5. Some Android Phones Are Missing Claimed Security Patches

6. Apple warned its staff that it caught 29 leakers and 12 were arrested last year

7. New Gmail design From the Tech Corner  What to Do With Amazon Packages You Didn't Order  Supreme Court takes up Internet sales tax case Home Automation with Marty Winston  Report from NAB Convention held last week in Las Vegas

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 04.11.18

Personal Computer Show
Wednesday, April 11th 2018 Broadcast
PRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET
WBAI – FM 99.5 NY On the Radio 9:00 PM ET
Facebook In The News
Facebook talked to Stanford Medical School about data-sharing agreement
Facebook had removed messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Sandberg: “.. option to not share any data would be a paid product”
Facebook admitted that it scans Messenger chats
Mark Zuckerberg and other executives” unsend” e-mails from Facebook inboxes
FEATURE SEGMENTS
From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee
Tech Support Fraud
Home Automation - Marty Winston
Ways to avoid failure modes in the Raspberry Pi

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 04.04.18

Wednesday, April 4th 2018 Broadcast PRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET IN THE NEWS  Google URL Shortener is Shutting Down  Amazon Music Storage is Shutting Down  Linus Kernel is Dropping Support of Legacy Peripherals  Release of Android Go – a Stripped Down Version of Oreo  CloudFlare a free Privacy First DNS Service  How Google Tracks You and What You Can Do About It?  MIT Squeezing Water Out of the Air FEATURE SEGMENTS From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee  the Apple iPad vs the Google Chromebook Home Automation - Marty Winston  Calling for HELP automatically from a Cybernetic House 

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 03.28.18

Personal Computer Show Wednesday, March 28th 2018 Broadcast PRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET IN THE NEWS 1. Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Scandal: How We Got Here 2. Facebook’s Onavo Protect Gives VPNs a Bad Name 3. Zuckerberg’s Breach of Trust with Users 4. Facebook in the Aftermath of Cambridge Analytica FEATURE SEGMENTS From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee  A “Blue Moon” March 31st 8:37 AM ET  Free eBooks and AudioBooks Home Automation – Marty Winston  April Fool’s Day fake news releases "

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 03.21.18

 Wednesday, March 21st 2018

 

 Broadcast PRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET IN THE NEWS 1. Verizon reaches proposed settlement for completion of work in NY 2. NY threatens to revoke Charter franchise license 3. LTE study: T-Mobile and Verizon are the only networks that matter 4. US Court overturns part of Anti-Robocall rule 5. Radio Giant iHeartMedia files for bankruptcy 6. Android Wear now Wear OS by Google 7. Neura a ”mind reading” app 8. Home Assistants - Amazon Alexa vs Apple Siri 9. Linux Foundation backs new hypervisor FEATURE SEGMENTS Wearable and Health Technologies – Dr Alfred Poor  soft contact lens kills cornea infections;  exoskeleton amplifies brain/body connection;  wearable sensor helps users cope with incontinence From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee  the Raspberry Pi and Robotics Home Automation – Marty Winston  audio notifications in his cybernetic house "

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 03.14.18

 Personal Computer Show Wednesday, March 14th 2018 Broadcast PRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET IN THE NEWS 1. Right to Repair Legislation 2. What’s the difference between Android Go and Android One? 3. Google releases Android P 4. Selecting iPhone or Android FEATURE SEGMENTS Wearable and Health Technologies – Dr Alfred Poor  Smart thermometer data predicts flu outbreaks;  Standard webcam can monitor heartbeats;  Smartphone app gets FDA clearance to diagnose autism in children From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee and Joe King  An inconvenient Linux operating system truth Home Automation – Marty Winston  Sensor and status readings as data in a relational database "

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 03.08.18

THE NEWS 1. The iPhone X didn’t sell as well as anticipated 2. Spectrum lowers price to compete with cable-cutters 3. Pluto TV Cord Cutting Free TV Service 4. Flippy the Burger Flipping Robot 5. Best Buy Geek Squad being paid by the FBI 6. Cellebrite bypasses IOS authentication up through 11.2.6 FEATURE SEGMENTS Wearable and Health Technologies – Dr Alfred Poor  Deep learning AI predicts heart disease from retina scans;  Inexpensive sensors use graphene;  Smart glasses help assess effects of head impacts From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee and Joe King  First Fake News, Now Fake Videos and Fake Audio Home Automation – Marty Winston  Pinpoint Control of Room Temperature with Raspberry Pi Array "

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 02.28.18

Personal Computer Show Wednesday, February 28th 2018 BroadcastPRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET IN THE NEWS  Android Go: Everything you need to know  There are 12 versions of Windows 10 FEATURE SEGMENTS Wearable and Health Technologies – Dr Alfred Poor  Wearables to help diabetes patients;  Electrical brain stimulation can aid memory;  Bionic retina implant cleared for clinical trials From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee  Where are we with home 3D printing?  Is Windows RT renamed Windows 10 Mobile really new and improved?  Dr. Nick van Terheyden who is a leader in Digital Healthcare and Innovation and former Chief Medical Officer for Dell. Home Automation – Marty Winston  Music from digital to analog pulse duration modulation "

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 02.21.18

"Personal Computer Show Wednesday, February 21st 2018 BroadcastPRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET IN THE NEWS 1. Google launches Gmail Go for Android 2. Google’s Big Ad-Blocking Update Comes to Chrome 3. Consumer Reports finds TV security flaw 4. Google removes ‘view image’ button from search 5. Microsoft Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM FEATURE SEGMENTS Wearable and Health Technologies – Dr Alfred Poor  Telehealth helps with weight loss;  fitness bands can diagnose diabetes;  a flexible fabric stores electricity for wearables. From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee  Dr. Nick van Terheyden who is a leader in Digital Healthcare and Innovation and former Chief Medical Officer for Dell. Home Automation – Marty Winston  Mapping 30 Raspberry Pi Model 3 units in grid for sensory control "

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 02.14.18

Personal Computer Show
Wednesday, February 14th 2018 Broadcast
PRN.fm on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET
IN THE NEWS
911 fees paid by phone customers “stolen” by states to fill budget gaps
We’re a Lot Closer to 5G Deployment than You Realize|
What are the differences between Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365?
Shipping Scam From China -- What Is 'Brushing'?
Secret iPhone code posted online is ‘biggest leak in history’
Who Makes the Most Reliable Hard Drives?
Amazon Prime Exclusive Phone now with no ads
Don’t buy Huawei cellphones
Chrome soon will warn that lots more websites aren't secure
What is a LUMEN?

FEATURE SEGMENTS
Wearable and Health Technologies – Dr Alfred Poor
Smart thermometers track the flu;
Smart pill analyzes stomach gases;
Smart monitors saved hospitals $100 million in 2017
From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee
Message alert freezing screen regarding system crash
Home Automation – Marty Winston
kitchen tech with HomeAdvisor Smart Home Strategist Dave DiClerico