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.
Episodios
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.08.03: Data in One Location Does Not Exist; Well, Isn't that Cuil? Is the FBI Watching You? and Nerdly News
03/08/2008 Duración: 15minIf you want your data to be someplace, it had better be at least 2 places. A new search engine takes on Google. A spam telling me the FBI is watching brought back some memories. In Nerdly News, a look at intellectual property from a couple of vantage points.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.07.27: SnagIt 9: After a few Problems, WOW (more or less); Skype Security and Support Problems; No More Dirty Words; and Nerdly News
27/07/2008 Duración: 19minThe latest version of SnagIt is a winner, but there are some things to watch out for. I'm not sure which is worse, Skype's security or its tech support. No more dirty words from me. And, in Nerdly News, PC Magazine calls some technology great flops and Samsung has some real wow-factor screens.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.07.20: Nero: Fiddling While ROM Burns; A Random Thought; Spam; Visual Fuzziness; and Nerdly News
20/07/2008 Duración: 17minNero 8 makes CDs and DVDs easy, we'll take a look at some spam subject lines, there's a sideways glance at medical technology, and in Nerdly News, Apple sues a competitor and AOL tries to peddle itself.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.07.13: Miscellaneous Musing of a Misdirected Mind and Nerdly News
13/07/2008 Duración: 19minCovering the waterfront: From open source software to Model T automobiles on the freeway to lions in my house. In Nerdly News, Linux on Wall Street and 1.5TB on your desktop.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.07.06: The Latest Antivirus from Grisoft is a Winner; I've Won $2,968,797.93!!!!! and Nerdly News
06/07/2008 Duración: 19minGrisoft has changed its name to AVG Technologies and has released a new version of its flagship antivirus program. A scammer spammer tells me that I've won 1.5 million British pounds. In Nerdly News, Firefox sets a new "world record", Blu-ray starts to take off in Japan, and Blockbuster drops its bid for Circuit City.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.06.29: Spam that Appears to Come from Legitimate Companies; Could You Live without Microsoft? and Nerdly News
29/06/2008 Duración: 19minSometimes spam appears to come from companies that are generally regarded as legitimate and, sadly, often it seems that these companies really are the source of the spam. Could you live without Microsoft? If you create an easy test, you might be surprised. In Nerdly News, you may not be surprised by the fact that Palm continues to falter and the RIAA says that a judge should have ruled in its favor even though the evidence didn't suppport the case.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.06.22: Do you want Windows XP SP3? Yes, you probably do and I'll tell you why. This week's stupid spam of the week offered me a credit card, but I declined. This week "I" sent a lot of spam, but not really. In Nerdly News, there's
22/06/2008 Duración: 16minDo you want Windows XP SP3? Yes, you probably do and I'll tell you why. This week's stupid spam of the week offered me a credit card, but I declined. This week "I" sent a lot of spam, but not really. In Nerdly News, there's the Firefox upgrade and a new approach for scammer/spammers.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.06.15: Pictures From a Botnet, Remember the Excel 65535 Problem? an Apple annoyance, and Nerdly News
15/06/2008 Duración: 11minWhen I ran across some drawings that represent what a botnet looks like, all I could do was stop and stare at the beauty and the horror. Microsoft has resolved a problem with Excel; the problem caused some calculations to display incorrectly and served to embarrass Microsoft. I've resolved a problem that Apple caused on my Windows machine. In Nerdly News, the Mozilla folks are about to release Firefox 3 and the band AC/DC won't sell its new CD online; if you want it, you'll have to get it from Wal-Mart.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.06.08: TV on My Computer, Thou Shalt Say None But Good about AOL, The Tale of Two Spams, and Nerdly News
08/06/2008 Duración: 17minPinacle makes it easy to watch HD television on your computer and record programs, too. In warning someone about a problem with AOL, I'm told that I disrespected the service. A couple of unrelated spams caused a bit of mirth. In Nerdly News, Acer starts to push Linux and Verizon plans to acquire Alltel.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.06.01: Corel Graphics Suite X4 Makes Design Easy (But ....); Vista Service Pack 1; Was $95; Now Far Less than One Cent! and Nerdly News
01/06/2008 Duración: 22minCorel Graphics Suite X4 continues the long tradition of providing amazing value but also continues the more recent tradition of ruthlessly eliminating bugs before shipping the product. If you have a Vista computer, you'll want SP1. What has dropped in price from $95 to just a few thousandths of a cent? In Nerdly News, a glance at some antiques and another Network Solutions blunder.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.05.25: Linux: Those Who Could Benefit, Fear It; The Case for Electronic Publishing; More Spams I Won't Be Opening; and Nerdly News
25/05/2008 Duración: 25minThe latest version of Ubuntu Linux is easy to update and surprisingly easy to add to a Windows computer, but still acceptance is low. Now is the time for publishers to give serious consideration to providing some books electronically, without a paper version. I'll take a look at some spam subject lines and in Nerdly News, Firefox 3 is at release candidate status and Microsoft tries to buy search customers.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.05.18: Carbonite's New Version, Hidden Dangers in Skype, Stupid Spam of the Week, and Nerdly News
18/05/2008 Duración: 18minA new version of Carbonite raises the bar for online backup while retaining both its ease of use and its surprisingly low price. Recently I installed Skype to conduct an online interview and then discovered that by default Skype is a security disaster waiting to happen. This week's stupid spammer a lot writes like speaks Yoda. In Nerdly News, we look at Blu-ray sales and at the CBS acquisition of CNet.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.05.11: Is Microsoft on the Wrong Side of the Tipping Point?, Outlook Express to Vista Mail: The Bridge is Out; Wanna Buy a DDOS Attack? and Nerdly News
11/05/2008 Duración: 18minSome things are inevitable and it seems to me that open source software is one of them. That will leave Microsoft on the wrong side of a tipping point. If you want to move your accounts, addresses, and e-mail from Outlook Express to Microsoft Mail in Vista, it should be easy. I have an offer from a Russian company to run a denial of service attack and I'll show it to you. In Nerdly News, we look at running your car on water and at failed Microsoft attempt to buy Yahoo.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.05.04: Three Degrees in an Hour While Drinking Beer; Another View of Vista; May Fourth 1970; and Nerdly News
04/05/2008 Duración: 16minInstead of paying someone for a degree from a "prestigious non-accredited university", I decided to make my own. In less than an hour I had 3 new degrees, so I must be a genius. We get a second opinion on Vista from a computer builder's perspective. Thirty-eight years ago on May 4th, something horrid happened. In Nerdly News, Windows XP SP3 arrives, a judge kicks sand on the RIAA, and last month's spam count exceeded 7000.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.04.27: Firefox 3: Don't Ask for Help; The Spam that Got Away; Apple Tries to Sneak Safari onto My Computer and Fails; and Nerdly News
27/04/2008 Duración: 19minFirefox 3 (beta 5) looks promising on Mac, Windows, and Linux, but there are still some bugs. After examining spam closely for a couple of days, I've decided that the subject lines can provide a bit of no-cost humor. Apple continues to try to sneak Safari onto my Windows computer and continues to fail. In Nerdly News, Samsung promises some astonishing displays and Seagate ships its billionth hard drive.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.04.20: Software You Don't Have to Pay For, Installing AT&T DSL Service, and Nerdly News
20/04/2008 Duración: 28minSometimes to get the best possible software, you have to pay nothing. Recently I installed AT&T's DSL service for a friend. Despite being an exercise in frustration, the outcome was good. In Nerdly News, a couple of thousand corporate CEOs have been bitten by a poorly formed phish and Apple wants the Big Apple to stop using an apple as a logo because its use by NYC will confuse Apple's customers!
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.04.13: Miscellaneous Cool Things; What's in a Word 2007 File? and Nerdly News
13/04/2008 Duración: 19minThis week's opening section is about a variety of small pleasures, things that work right, and warranties. Next, we'll look inside a Word 2007 file to see what's there and why it can confuse a Mac. In Nerdly News, some new security measures from Intel and another new version of Ubuntu Linux approaches.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.04.06: "PayPal" Seems to Want My Attention Again, Identifying Tampered Images, and Nerdly News
06/04/2008 Duración: 16minOne of the better phishing attempts I've seen arrived this week, but I still knew in an instant that it was a fake. How easy is to to tell if someone has tampered with a digital image? As it turns out, it's quite easy. In Nerdly News, high tech firms are singing the economic blues and an executive of EMI Music says that maybe file sharing isn't so bad after all.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.03.30: Leapin' Leopards! Cons for the Weak Minded, Stupid Spam of the Week, and Nerdly News
30/03/2008 Duración: 26minI've been putting off my review of Apple's Leopard operating system until the .2 patch was released. Now I'm ready. I thought I'd take a look at critical thinking as it affects the spread of urban legends. This week's stupid spam trips over itself and can't even get out of the gate. In Nerdly News, Netflix stumbles twice in one week and Motorola splits.
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TechByter Worldwide 2008.03.23: Podcasting for everyone
23/03/2008 Duración: 22minDo you want to create a podcast? This program, based on a presentation to the Columbus Computer Society, explains how.