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 2007.04.22: Security that's not so secure, odds and ends, and Nerdly News
22/04/2007 Duración: 20minA report about a "secure" USB drive that turned out not to be so secure led me to an encryption program that is highly secure. I take a look at good service from a computer retailer, how to eliminate some Windows messages, and consider Vista (again). In Nerdly News, the Blackberry meltdown and losses pile up at AMD.
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TechByter Worldwide 2007.04.15: Coming soon ... Adobe Creative Suite 3; Affordable 3D printing; Why two missing programs in a single month? and Questions and Answers in place of Nerdly News
15/04/2007 Duración: 12minThree years ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Adobe's InDesign development team, so I'm awaiting the new version of the CS3 suite with great anticipation. You probably won't be adding a 3D printer at home anytime soon, but I think you'll find the process interesting. An explanation (only on the website) about why two programs have been missing in the past month. In place of Nerdly News this week, I have questions about spam and about a problem USB device.
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TechByter Worldwide 2007.04.08: Crackers aren't the real problem; the Internet Past, Present, and Future; and Nerdly News
08/04/2007 Duración: 19minIt seems that crackers aren't the primary source of data loss after all; we have met the enemy and he is us. The Internet wasn't designed with today's users in mind; what will be next and how much will it cost? In Nerdly News the first big music label gives up on DRM and ICANN gets cold feet on the xxx top-level domain.
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TechByter Worldwide 2007.03.25: A look at Open Office 2.1; RIAA sues the young, the poor, the dead; and Nerdly News
25/03/2007 Duración: 14minOpen Office 2.1 is out and 2.2 is approaching, so is now the time to switch? The Recording Industry Association of America continues to attack the wrong people. In Nerdly News, YouTube gets some competition and the Motion Picture Association wants more control over how you use DVDs.
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TechByter Worldwide 2007.03.18: IBM, Microsoft, and Open Source; ICANN says RegsterFly.com CAN NOT; and Nerdly News
18/03/2007 Duración: 12minWhen talking about open source software, Microsoft sounds a lot like IBM and DEC when they were talking about Microsoft in the early 1980s. ICANN strips a registrar. In Nerdly news, Cisco acquires WebEx and a doctor says cell phones pose no threat in hospitals.
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TechByter Worldwide 2007.03.04: Shrinking audio files, Black folks aren't black and White folks aren't white, and Nerdly News
04/03/2007 Duración: 24minHow to make audio files smaller so that you can e-mail them. Another stay in Harlem and some reflections on racial issues. In Nerdly News, GoodbyeSpam versus SpamArrest and Europe threatens Microsoft with fines.
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TechByter Worldwide 2007.02.25: Questions and answers, Joe did it, Jet Blue, and Nerdly News
25/02/2007 Duración: 20minQuestions about listening to the program without Itunes, questions about WiFi; Joe gets a new computer; how Jet Blue's problems affected me; and Nerdly News reviews the XM-Sirius proposed merger and an agreement between Apple and Cisco.
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Technology Corner 2007.02.18: Upgrade to Vista (not), fix your Ipod's battery, shrink your photos, and Nerdly News
18/02/2007 Duración: 17minI'm not yet upgrading to Vista and I have 4 reasons why you should consider the same inaction. My G3 Ipod can now run for 5 hours on a battery charge. Let's look at how you can shrink photos you e-mail and why you should. Nerdly News considers memory prices and Vista sales.
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Technology Corner 2007.02.11: Snapshots are easier and better than ever, film sales continue to decline, and Nerdly News
11/02/2007 Duración: 17minNot much more than $100 will put a decent digital snapshot camera in your pocket as digital continues to change the way we use photography. Companies such as Eastman Kodak and Fuji are still trying to deal with the change brought about by digital. In Nerdly News, Apple looks forward and the RIAA continues its rear-guard efforts, but on the phone front, Samsung may beat Apple to market with an advanced phone.
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Technology Corner 2007.02.04: The value of your eyeballs, an interview with Corel, and Nerdly News
04/02/2007 Duración: 18minWould you read commercial messages if someone paid you to do it? Recent version of Corel's Graphics Suite have been more reliable and I talked with a product manager about that change. In Nerdly News, Michael Quinion says Googlebombing no longer works and a Google failure this week goes unexplained.
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Technology Corner 2007.01.28: Fraudsters, publish or perish, Internet shopping, come fly with me, and Nerdly News
28/01/2007 Duración: 15minFraudsters keep trying to give me money and I keep refusing it. An open source publishing program may have promise, but not in the short term. One store I deal with used a clever Christmas-day promotion. If you travel to New York, take a look at Jet Blue. In Nerdly News, Intel is about to break Moore's Law and Microsoft again seems puzzled by ethics.
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Technology Corner 2007.01.21: Being thankful for what we have, large (or two) monitors, and Nerdly News
21/01/2007 Duración: 12minI may grumble occasionally about problems with my high-speed Internet service, but at least it's there (most of the time). So are the libraries. If you're thinking of buying a second monitor or a large monitor, be sure you see it in operation. In Nerdly News, the Cisco-Apple Iphone fiasco and copy protection on DVDs.
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Technology Corner 2007.01.14: Goodbye Zone Alarm, count the votes, Ipods, and Nerdly News
14/01/2007 Duración: 14minAfter using Zone Alarm for years, I've replaced it with a free firewall from Comodo. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (a federal agency) says voting machines cannot be trusted. A look at the Ipod lifeline. In Nerdly News, the Iphone and new trends in spam.
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Technology Corner 2007.01.07: New look, the end of big record labels, and Nerdly News
07/01/2007 Duración: 19minThe TechByter Worldwide website has a new look. Big record labels are dead. The Internet solves annoyances. In Nerdly News, some guidelines for keeping portable hard drives healthy and why IT security folks are nervous.
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Technology Corner 2006.12.17: Larger and smaller memory, automated backup by Carbonite, and Nerdly News
17/12/2006 Duración: 34minSmaller and smaller memory devices have more and more storage. Because we're storing more and more data that's important to us, finding a way to back it up securely is essential and Carbonite might be the way to do it. In Nerdly News, we note the passing of Al Shugart and a shortcoming in the latest Microsoft security patches.
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Technology Corner 2006.12.10: What's running and why, building a better browser, and Nerdly News
10/12/2006 Duración: 21minWhen you need to know what's running on your Windows computer, the Task Manager helps. Two utility applications (one free and one not free) provide more information and a lot of control. Microsoft, Mozilla, and Netscape all have new browser versions and you may need them all. In Nerdly News, HP settles its civil case with California's attorney general and I'll show you the "new standard keyboard" that is new but not exactly standard.
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Technology Corner 2006.12.03: OpenDNS, truth in spamming, deconstructing a 419 scam, and Nerdly News
03/12/2006 Duración: 22minEven if you don't know what a DNS is, you can probably make your browser faster and safer with OpenDNS, a free service. When I received a message from a "crook", I thought I was seeing a little truth in spamming. An interesting twist on the well-known 419 scam pretends to give away a car and -- oh, by the way -- nearly $1 million. In Nerdly News, he Copyright Office of the Library of Congress has reviewed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (as required) but there's no reason for joy. Also, Google is thinking about "free" telephone service.
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Technology Corner 2006.11.19: The Visible Employee, a scary screen saver, and Nerdly News
19/11/2006 Duración: 21minWorkplace surveillance: Do too little and you're in trouble; do too much and you're in trouble. Today's program examines this troubling topic. If you want to puzzle one of your techie friends, install the Blue Screen of Death screensaver on your computer and then ask your friend what the problem is. In Nerdly News, we look at the continuing increase in spam and at Wikipedia in China.
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Technology Corner 2006.11.12: Comodo's free firewall, more defense against spam, an outstanding website host, and Nerdly News (plus a "bonus track")
12/11/2006 Duración: 23minAt last there's a free firewall that's at least as good as some that you have to pay for. I've been looking at SpamArrest, a challenge/response system, that has a few rough edges by can turn off the spamgate. My website host had an e-mail probleme this week and it made me appreciate them even more. In Nerdly News, Vista has been released to manufacturing and Wide Open West's nameserver was down again this week.
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Technology Corner 2006.11.05: FreeFind is free and functional, Backup time, Hell freezes over, and Nerdly News
05/11/2006 Duración: 18minFreeFind is a website indexing service. Despite the fact that it's free, it's easy to use and efficient. Maxell says it's time to back up your computer. If you do, they'd like you to use their media -- but the important thing is to DO the backup. Sweetness and light from Microsoft. It might be the Summer of Love, except the Sixties are long gone and winter is on the way. In Nerdly News, E-mail turns out to be IM for old people and the FCC smacks down the airport authority in Boston.