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Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
The Personal Computer Show
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
IBM Lays Out Plans to Hire 25,000
Apple vs FBI
New MacBook Pros Fail to Earn Consumer Reports Recommendation
Caveat Emptor - Alibaba back on counterfeit blacklist
Chromebook on a PC
Raspberry Pi PIXEL on a PC
Trends and consumer products that made it through 2016
Thursday Dec 08, 2016
Thursday Dec 08, 2016
Where are we today with Wearable Technology?
Where are we today with the Google Chromebook?
In The News:
o Solid State Drive Price Increases
o American Tech Refuses to Hand Over to China Source Code and Blueprints
o Netflix Binge Watching
o What You Need to Know About Cord Cutting
o Android Gooligan Malware Alert
o Nike Self Lacing Sneakers
From the Tech Corner:
o How to Create Windows Recovery Media
Wednesday Nov 30, 2016
Wednesday Nov 30, 2016
The Personal Computer Show
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
PRN.fm 6:00 PM ET
o Black Friday Alerts
o Wires and Wireless
o Analog to Digital World
o Stocking Stuffers
o Tips Buying a Blue Tooth Speaker
o What is High Fidelity?
o Reliability of Hard Disk and Solid State Drives
Wednesday Nov 23, 2016
Wednesday Nov 23, 2016
Black Friday
o Black Friday Windows Notebook for $100
o Chromebook or Windows Notebook?
o Flash Memory Card and Flash Drive Lack of Capacity and Speed Standards
o Low End Systems with Soldered on Memory
o Not all Black Friday Specials are Bargains
The Pew 'gig economy' study is grim
Retailers Get Good News Ahead of Black Friday Weekend
Crowdfunding is Pan Handling
Comments and Questions from Listeners
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
The Personal Computer Show
PRN.fm 6:00 PM ET
o Election Postscript: Computer Models and Forecasts are not absolutes
o Did Fake news on Facebook affect election?
o Facebook pulls ad tool that excluded ethnic groups
o Microsoft Won't Offer Free Office Apps for Many Chrome OS Devices
o Nearly 90 percent of smartphones worldwide run Android
o Buying Flash Storage or Replacement Battery Power
o eMMC vs. SSD: Not All Solid-State Storage is Equal
Thursday Nov 10, 2016
Thursday Nov 10, 2016
The Personal Computer Show
PRN.fm Wednesday November 9, 2016
§ What can you get in a $99 laptop this holiday season? The low cost notebook may not be the bargain you expected.
§ Web of Trust browser extensions yanked after proving untrustworthy
§ Microsoft has stopped selling Windows 7 Professional, Windows 8.1
§ Amazon certifies third-party refurbishers. How good and new is good as new?
§ Privacy groups target kids advertising disguised as YouTube content
Thursday Nov 03, 2016
Thursday Nov 03, 2016
Tech TIPS
§ How (to) Clean Up Windows 10 with Microsoft Refresh Windows Tool
§ “Cleaning” Information on Electronic Equipment
In the NEWS
§ Remembering PCMag's Bill Machrone
§ The Apple MacBook Pro Announcement
§ Twitter will shut down its 6-second video service Vine
§ Twitter is planning to cut as much as 8 percent of its staff
§ Facebook lets advertisers exclude users by race
§ Millennials are more likely to fall for tech support scams than baby boomers
§ Georgia voting machine suspected of ‘flipping’ presidential votes
§ iPhone 7s with Intel modems struggle badly in low-signal areas
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
The Personal Computer Show
PRN.fm Wednesday October 26 2016 6:00 PM
Dr. Rebecca Mercuri. She is one of the world's leading experts on electronic voting and ballot tabulation. She's also a digital forensics investigator,
In the News:Remembering PC Magazine founder David Bunnell
Thursday Oct 20, 2016
Thursday Oct 20, 2016
Ecuador says it cut WikiLeaks founder's internet access,
To unlock phones, feds demand all occupants surrender fingerprints,
HP will cut up to 4,000 jobs over next 3 years,
Verizon Pixel phones will get Android updates same time as Google Pixel,
Verizon to close call centers in five states,
Verizon ponders walking away from Yahoo,
Yahoo applies for patent on mass surveillance system,
Galaxy Note 7, 2 in 5 say they'll never buy from Samsung again,
In Silicon Valley, 40 is the new 80, and ageism is rampant,
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Friday Oct 14, 2016
The Personal Computer Show
October 12, 2016 - Synopsis of the News
Samsung kills off the Galaxy Note7
U.S. top court hears Apple-Samsung feud over iPhone designs
Best Buy Slapped With Big Fine for Selling Recalled Products
FCC fines Comcast $2.3 million for shady billing practices
Reseller stiffed thousands with suddenly lower quotes
Yahoo Making It Harder for Users to Move On
Google –Class-action lawsuit of discriminating against older employees
Google for Work has a new name: G Suite –
NSA Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets
Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016
Fujitsu considers selling its PC business to Lenovo
New Bluetooth 5.0 Standards
New Ethernet standards using cables you already own