Techbyter Worldwide (formerly Technology Corner) With Bill Blinn
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TechByter Worldwide, once limited to the reach of WTVN Radio in Columbus, Ohio, as Technology Corner, is now available worldwide. Programs are listed by date (YYYY.MM.DD: Topic) so that you'll know the date the program was recorded.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.05.31: Windows 7, A First Look; High-End Video for Everyone; a Cyber Tsar; and Short Circuits
31/05/2009 Duración: 29minAfter a first look at Windows 7, I think I'm going to like it. Adobe's video applications bring a $200,000 video suite to your desktop. In Short Circuits, The feds call for a cyber tsar, AOL to be spun off, and Microsoft Bing.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.05.24: Xara Web Designer, Finding WiFi, Neat Utility: Unlocker, and Short Circuits
24/05/2009 Duración: 21minXara's magic Web Designer offers a surprising blast of power for not a lot of money. How to find free WiFi when you travel. A utility that unlocks files that you're trying to delete. In Short Circuits, my first experience with Windows 7 and a report on worldwide broadband service.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.05.17: Macro Express, Time to Upgrade Your Microsoft Office 2007, Google Earth 5, and Short Circuits
17/05/2009 Duración: 22minAnyone who has more than a couple of tasks that need to be repeated from time to time is a candidate for Macro Express. If you have Microsoft Office 2007, a gigantic update is coming your way. Google Earth 5 offers you more than just a single planet. In Short Circuits, a network glitch make Google appear to vanish and Intel has been told to obey the law in Europe.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.05.10: The tale of 2 Linux upgrades, IE8, and The Most Important Utility You'll Never Pay For
10/05/2009 Duración: 25minWhat I thought would be an easy Linux upgrade wasn't, but the one that should have been harder was easy. IE8 goes critical. How to build an important system recovery utility CD. In Short Circuits, a really dumb phish and Windows 7 approaches one of my computers.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.05.03: These are the times that tax men's souls; Do Your Now or Did You Ever Stac Your Disk? Short Circuits: Google Can See You and Windows 7 Release Candidate
03/05/2009 Duración: 27minTax time was a little more than half a month ago and if you're thinking of being more prepared next year, you'll want to hear today's program. Remember when Stacker could double your disk drive? In Short Circuits, a new service from Google and Windows 7 release candidate is available.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.04.26: Why Is the Internet So Slow? Linux Might Win; The Mysterious Case of the Missing DVD Drives; and Short Circuits
26/04/2009 Duración: 22minThe Internet may be slow because the United States is so large. Last week, I said Linux could never win on the desktop; this week, I reverse that position. Two DVDs in my desktop disappeared. In Short Circuits, Sun fades, Gates is right, and the jackalope rules.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.04.19: Talking About Adobe in Newark and Columbus; That Was Some Patch Tuesday!; Even a Lousy Economy Won't Allow Linux to Win; and Short Circuits
19/04/2009 Duración: 21minI'll be the guest speaker at the Licking County Computer Society in April and at the Columbus Computer Society in May. Patch Tuesday may have kept you busy beyond Tuesday this month. Linux still can't seem to get any traction and I think I know why. In Short Circuits, a report card for PC manufacturers and something new from YouTube.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.04.12: A Vault for Your Passwords; Should You Let TestMyPCSecurity Check out Your Computer? and Short Circuits
12/04/2009 Duración: 22minIt's hard to beat the free KeePass application if you need to create, store, and use passwords. An offer to test my PC's security turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. In Short Circuits, a look at the most photo-friendly cities, the Conficker worm awakens, telephone vandalism wreaks havoc near Silicon Valley, and Microsoft is ordered to pay a big fine.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.04.05: Googling Security; Three XP Annoyances Eliminated; One Pill Makes You Larger and One Pill Makes You Small; and Short Circuits
05/04/2009 Duración: 40minLONG PROGRAM: Google isn't free and its cost is measured in personal information; we'll talk with author Greg Conti. How to remove 3 XP annoyances. Your computer has millions of transistors; less than 50 years ago, a radio with 7 transistors was remarkable. In Short Circuits: Conficker flops and SGI to be sold.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.03.29: The Many Faces of Fraudulent Spam; Libraries: High Tech and High Touch; A Protocol Languishes and Nobody Seems to Care; and Nerdly News
29/03/2009 Duración: 23minThis week, I've stuck my nose into the spam litter box and dragged out some of the more laughable attempts by fraudsters. On a more pleasant note, let's look at libraries and how they've changed to keep up with the times. Next Wednesday a proposed Internet protocols turns 19 and it remains unimplemented. In Nerdly News, a security conference on browser cracking and another silly "end of the Internet" scare.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.03.22: Nigerian Crooks Move South, ThumbsPlus 8 Looks Like a Plum, Renaming Your Computer, Funny Stuff, and Nerdly News
22/03/2009 Duración: 20minA standard-issue Nigerian scam e-mail arrived from South Africa by way of South America; I have an early review of the upcoming ThumbsPlus Release, how to rename your computer, and some funny stuff; and in Nerdly News, Adobe issues an important security patch, the Conficker worm prepares to strike, and Microsoft releases IE8.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.03.15: Microsoft Remodels the Mac Office; The E-Mail Landscape Continues to Change; Here's a Really HOT Video! Literally; and Nerdly News
15/03/2009 Duración: 25minStand back, please; last week's cold is hanging on. We'll take a walk around the Microsoft Office for Mac users, consider HTML e-mail, keep an eye on a hot video (card) and, in Nerdly News, learn about new battery technology from MIT and price fixing by LCD manufacturers.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.03.08: InDesign and InCopy Play Well Together; Would I Like to Be a Mystery Shopper? Questions and Obfuscations; and Nerdly News
08/03/2009 Duración: 35minIf designers aren't dancing in the streets, the CS4 versions of InDesign and InCopy should certainly cause them to. I've turned down a "Mystery Shopper" invitations. This week we have questions and answers and in Nerdly News, a warning about unexpected invitations and a new place to get books for your Iphone.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.03.01: Is Your Network Magic? The Changing Landscape of Firewalls; Searching for a Computer Killer; and Nerdly News
01/03/2009 Duración: 27minNetwork Magic keeps your network connected and helps you monitor it. If you're looking for a new firewall, you have quite a choice these days. I'll describe my search for a computer killer. And in Nerdly News, an Adobe Update squashes some dangerous bugs and it seems that "old folks" (those older than 35) have discovered YouTube.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.02.22: Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses; I Think There's Something Sleeping ...; and Nerdly News
22/02/2009 Duración: 40minWarning: This program is considerably longer than usual. We talk about security with the authors of a book on the subject. If you think there's malware on your computer, I offer some tools to help you check. In Nerdly News, Microsoft decides to open Microsoft Stores and Microsoft's Mac business unit has a beta version of Entourage ready to go.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.02.15: Adobe Illustrates a Point, Desperately Seeking Opera; Replacing a Notebook Computer; and Nerdly News
15/02/2009 Duración: 21minThe latest version of Adobe Illustrator not only brings the application up to date by adding long-missing features, but charges ahead with some surprising new tools. Opera has a new version, too; I like it, but probably won't use it much. When it was time to replace a notebook computer recently, I had some interesting decisions. In Nerdly News, a space crash, free Windows 7 (maybe), and Google (sub) Earth.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.02.08: Making Windows Faster; E-Mail: What Are Your Options Today? The Remnant Bin and Nerdly News
08/02/2009 Duración: 31minThis week, I have some tips for improving the response of Windows XP, a look at the latest versions of The Bat and Thunderbird e-mail programs, a series of shorts in the "remnant bin" and, in Nerdly News, a summary of last week's Google problem and a new network speed analysis tool that's being tested.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.02.01: Making a Joyful Noise with Adobe Soundbooth; Photo Sharing Albums Anyone Can Make Easily; and Nerdly News
01/02/2009 Duración: 36minWarning: This program is much longer than usual. Adobe makes two applications for recording and editing sound and one of them is so easy to learn that anyone can edit audio almost like a pro. We'll also take a look at JAlbum, a photo-sharing program. In Nerdly News, turbulence for Microsoft Flight Simulator and Internet Explorer 8 is almost ready.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.01.25: Saving the Data with Acronis True Image Home and Carbonite; An Ode to Digital Photography (and the Personal Computer); and Nerdly News
25/01/2009 Duración: 24minBackup is important, but too few people do it. It need not be hard or expensive. Today's computers contain hundreds or thousands of documents that, in an earlier time, would have been a physical object. That's why you need backup. In Nerdly News, mostly bad news for the IT industry and LG offers a couple of plasma screens with suspicious specs.
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TechByter Worldwide 2009.01.18: Still Fiddling while the ROM Burns, Phish and Porn, The Internet Has Fallen and It Can't Get Up, and Nerdly News
18/01/2009 Duración: 24minNero 9 is out and ready to help you organize your old video and audio files, but it might also help save pictures from your digital camera. A phishing attack that claimed to be from the US government leads to a porn portal. An incident in December illustrates how fragile the Internet is. In Nerdly News, low-capacity high-cost disk drives will be a big seller and a spam claims to be from the FBI.