The Personal Computer Radio Show: Recent Episodes
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The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 18th 2025 www.PRN.live - Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News • Mark Zuckerberg's Big Bet on Scale AI to Save Llama • OpenAI Considering the ‘Nuclear Option’ Against Microsoft • New Grads are Struggling to Find Jobs and the New AI Reality • Big Tech Firms Attribute Every Job Cut they Make to AI • WhatsApp is Officially Getting Ads • Unsubscribing from Emails? Here’s how Scammers are Tricking You! • Google Prepares to ‘Reduce’ Pixel 6a Battery Due to ‘Overheating Issue’ • ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • Why does it take so long for some tech issues to get resolved? From the Tech Corner • How does ChatGPT Know So Much about Everything? • Astronomers May Have Found Existence of a Ninth Plant Technology Chatter - (Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston) • Pluggable Thunderbolt Dock
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 11th 2025 www.PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News • TSA Warns Smartphone Users • FCC Renewing Call to Treat YouTubeTV like a True Competitor to Cable Television • The Digital Soapbox for Free Speech and the First Amendment • OpenAI Wants to Get College Kids Hooked on AI ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • The Next Level of Interviewing May be Worse Than Ever Before From the Tech Corner • Has Microsoft Been a Responsible Corporate Citizen When it Comes to E-Waste? • Do You Need to Unplug Your Computer Equipment When on Vacation? Technology Chatter - (Benjamin Rockwell, Mark Brownstein and Marty Winston) • User Experiences and Interfaces, Ricoh 6500 Lumen 4k Projector
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 28th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News A Popular College Major has One of the Highest Unemployment Rates H-1B Visa Approvals and Tech Industry Involvement Thai Officials Seized over 200 Tons of E-Waste Illegally Imported from the U.S. 394,000 Windows Computers Infected by Lumma Malware Android Devices Getting Several Upgrades for Free Tech Industry Tightens Up its Number of Employees ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Insights into Why On-Shoring May be Better in the Long Run From the Tech Corner Where Have All the Chromebooks Gone? AI Is Deciphering Animal Speech Open AI in Landmark $6.5B Acquisition of io for Secret Device Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Danyco Hat Shaper
In the News
§ Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Acquires 23andMe for $256M
§ Apple Suggest Users Put Themselves at Risk Using Third Party Alternatives
§ Google Assistant Losing Features Across Android Devices and Nest/Hub Speaker Products
§ Running ChromeOS with Microsoft 365
§ What Actually Happens If You Don’t Use Airplane Mode on Your Phone During A Flight?
§ Microsoft Launches Azure Image Testing for Linux as a Service
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ What to do If Asked to Train Your Replacement
From the Tech Corner
§ What is OpenAI Codex?
§ The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows
§ What is the Sweet Spot for How Much Windows PC Memory You Need?
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
- Intumescent Fire-Preventative Vents
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 14th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Microsoft Forces Automatic Windows 11 24H2 Update on Pro and Home PCs Amazon Ends Work from Home Apple’s Exec Says It Is Considering Injecting Safari With AI Accusations of Meta Manipulating Children with Addictive Features on Instagram Meta is No Longer about Personal Relationships EU Fines Apple for Hindering Music Streaming Competition TPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Addressing Techno Babble from Both Sides of Conversation From the Tech Corner What Then If Your Windows 10 PC is Not Windows 11 Upgrade Compliant Look Out for this Social Security Scam What is a Lifetime Subscription? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Bosch 18-Volt 9” Cut-Off Saw Kit
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 7th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Apple Heavy Reliance on Chinese Manufacturing Apple Moving iPhone Production out of China OpenAI Adds Shopping to ChatGPT in a Challenge to Google Disney’s Got a Little Droid Up for Sale Gemini is Coming to Siri and Apple Users Windows Recall Is Back (But Should You Use It?) TPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Work-Life Balance is Even More Important for IT Workers From the Tech Corner Is Your Smartphone Spying on You? Passkey vs Password iPhone May Soon Get Desktop Mode Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Sumkea Lightshow and Star Projectors
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 30th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Google Confirms Gmail Update—How To Keep Your Email Account Potential Risks of Accessing Websites Requiring CAPTCHA EU Fined Apple Nearly $2 Billion for Anti-Trust Films Made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says OpenAI Would be Interested in Buying Google’s Chrome EU Fines Apple and Meta for Breaching Digital Competition Law Is Work From Home Coming to an End for Techies? ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Should We be Working as if We are in a Startup, or have Work-Life Balance From the Tech Corner Modern Life of the Modern Smartphone Quantum Computing Who Controls the Digital World? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Shokz Opencomm 2 UC 2025 Update
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 16th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Social Security Updates Identity Proofing Requirements TSA REAL ID Requirements iOS 18.4.1 Emergency Update Fixes Congress Is Investigating 23andMe’s Handling of Personal Data Google & Microsoft Security Attacks By Malware Tycoon 2FA ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Boss Just Asked for My Password, is that Right? From the Tech Corner Amazon Follows Microsoft in Retreat from Ambitious AI Data Center Plans How Many Different AI Models Do We Need? Computer Maintenance Care Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Urban Armor Gear UAG Slim Power Bank and Stand
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 16th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News China and U.S. Rolling Back Selective Tariffs on Electronics Windows 11 Update Finally Lets You Install on Older PCs Neptune RAT Is Hijacking Banking, Crypto, and Passwords Android is Set to Introduce a New Security Feature American Airlines to Introduce Free Wi-Fi ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell I hear that IT jobs pay well, but you need passion to really succeed From the Tech Corner Converting a Door Stop PC into an Anonymous PC Upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 11 is Going Down a Rabbit Hole Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Brightline Lighting ZELo Prosumer Lights
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 9th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Say Goodbye to the Google Assistant—Gemini Is Moving In Apple iPhone Owners Urged to Download New Update Now as a Security Must Microsoft Retiring Skype on May 5, 2025 Microsoft is Phasing Out its Remote Desktop App in May TSA Confirms What Electronic Devices Goes in Your Carry-on Luggage VPNs Owned by Chinese Companies on Apple App Store and Google Play Store ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell [4/4] Rebutting Common Statements About Why Return to Work is So Important From the Tech Corner The Impact of Tariffs on Electronics Equipment Negative Trend in Solar Panel Performance Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Artiphon Chorda Music Maker Keyboard
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 2nd 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Microsoft Asking Users to Delete Their Passwords Microsoft Insists Connect to the Internet When Installing Windows 11 IBM Layoffs and Job Shifts to India Are H-1B Workers Paid Less Than U.S. Workers for the Same Job? U.S. Proposes H-1B Wage Hike ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell [3/4] Rebutting Common Statements About Why Return to Work is So Important From the Tech Corner When Does Tech Ageism Start in the U.S.? COBOL's Relevance In 2025 Masking Your Email Addresses Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Backup Power that Doesn't Come Back Up
This is the correct file disregard prior message The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 26th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News World Backup Day- March 31 Genetic Testing Firm 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy FBI Warns About AI Voice Fake Attacks on Smart Phones FBI Warns Gmail, Outlook Users about Medusa Data Stealing Scheme Windows 10 Users Struggle with Several Problems after March Update HP Avoids Monetary Damages over Bricked Printers in Class-Action Settlement Apple TV+ is Purportedly Losing More Than $1 Billion a Year ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell [2/4] Rebutting Common Statements About Why Return to Work is So Important From the Tech Corner Are Tech Layoffs a Temporary Setback or the New Normal? Copilot Can Lead to Slower System Performance Producing Wafers at TSMC Arizona is only 10% more Expensive than in Taiwan Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Shokz Openmeet UC bone conduction headset
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 19th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News TCF 2025 Trenton Computer Festival - Final Year at TCNJ Neural Processing Unit (NPU) on a Stick Google Says it's Rolling Out Fix for Stricken Chromecasts Chromebook New Feature to Let User Set Battery Charge Limit The New Windows 11 Update Accidently Wipes Out CoPilot FBI Warns of Scam Involving Online File Converter Tools NASA Astronauts “Butch and Suni” Return to Earth ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell [1/4] Rebutting Common Statements About Why Return to Work is So Important From the Tech Corner When will it be Problem Free to Convert Windows 10 to Windows 11? Buying Refurbished Equipment Online Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston BenQ X500i Console Projector + accessories for Revcook Toaster + Earfun Air Pro 4 earbuds
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 12th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Google Will Have to Break Up Its Business New Android Feature is Scanning Your Photos for “Sensitive Content” Android’s Linux Terminal App is Now Widely Available for Pixels Hold Off Doing A Factory Reset on Older Chromecast Devices ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell LinkedIn is Not Place to Get Involved in Political Discourse From the Tech Corner Call to Action: Ghost Job Listing is False Advertising What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Singularity? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Difference Between Daylight Saving Time and Meetings
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 5th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Google’s Chrome Upgrade—Change Your Browser to Stop Being Tracked Microsoft Skype Service No Longer Available after May 5, 2025 Amazon Alexa+ a More Personalized Voice Assistant USPS Announces Changes to First-Class Mail, Other Services Microsoft Reportedly Canceling Data-Center Leases Companies Wasting Millions on AI Spending - MIT Professor AI is Yet to Find a Killer App ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Increasing Number of Ghost Jobs From the Tech Corner Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) Hard Disk Drives Microsoft Edge RAM Limiter AI Investments and the 'Greed' Cycle Microsoft's Satya Nadella’ AI Reality Check Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Bluetti AC 180w Large Power Bank
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 26th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Apple Launched the iPhone 16e Microsoft Has Decided to Allow Windows 11 to be Installed on Older PCs - There’s a Catch HP is Acquiring Humane’s Assets, but Shutting Down the Ai Pin Business Chase Will Block Zelle Making Payments Over Social Media ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell More Items on Leveraging Tech to Stay Ahead at Work From the Tech Corner Stanford Scientists Just Found a Faster, and Cheaper Way to Store CO2 Permanently The Technology in the Chinese High-Altitude Balloon Microsoft Says the Undeletable 8.63GB Cache in Windows 11 24H2 is Just “a reporting error” Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Asus Zenbook Duo UX8406 Notebook - Dual Screen
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 19th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet In the News Microsoft Drops Support for Intel 8th, 9th, and 10th Gen CPUs with Windows 11 24H2 Microsoft is Cracking Down on People Upgrading to Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware Google Lifts Self-Imposed Ban on Using AI for Weapons and Surveillance Now USB Logos Will Simplify Branding on Cables Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell With technology evolving, how to stay relevant at work From the Tech Corner How Long Does Data Last on a USB Flash Drive? Microsoft's Free Video Editor, Clipchamp Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Media for Multiple Different OS in One Place How do Airlines Connect You to the Internet at 40,000 Feet? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston TopJob Lab Boba chair + 73 and Sunny grips for Roku remotes "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 12th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Chat GPT Search Just Became a Serious Google Rival DeepSeek Creates a “Digital Fingerprint” of Each User U.S. Lawmakers Push to Ban AI App DeepSeek from US Government Devices Amazon is Upping the Ante In Capital Expense DeepSeek Uses Controversial Huawei Accelerators Comcast Moving Into Wireless Amid Broadband Losses ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell What to Do if You are Burning Out From the Tech Corner Microsoft Silently Erases Tip for Installing Windows 11 on Older PCs Microsoft‘s Free Upgrade Offer Deadline in Blogpost Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 Update Now Causing Bluetooth and Webcam Issues If You Had Installed Windows 11 with USB Flash Drive, You Can’t Access Any Future Security Updates Who at Microsoft Ultimately Bears Responsibility for Windows 11 Migration? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Diving into Some Trigonometry for Solving Problems
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 5th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Microsoft Will Retroactively Downgrade Parts of Windows 10 Big Tech Companies Announced Layoffs in the First Month of 2025 Microsoft Starts Cutting Low Performers with No Severance Pay Edge Has Over 30% Market Share in the U.S. on Windows Intel Pitches Modular PC Designs to Make Repairs Less Painful Facebook is Planning on Bloating its Platforms with AI Generated Characters ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Agonizing and Prevention From the Tech Corner Microsoft Brings Free AI to Your Windows with “Think Deeper” Android Phone Settings to Instantly Improve Battery Life Think Twice Before Buying an Intel Desktop CPU Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Harney-teas.com review
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 29th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News DeepSeek Rivals OpenAI at Fraction of the Cost Impact of Tariffs on the Electronics Industry Sony's Recordable Blu-Ray Media Production Comes to a Close Ookla’s Latest Speedtest Connectivity Report ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Why IT Professionals are at Greater Risk From the Tech Corner Microsoft is Changing the way Logins Work in February Microsoft Windows 11 Patch of 2025 is Turning Out to be a Disaster $500-Billion Stargate Project Researchers Have Discover a New Method to Break Down Plastic Canon Announced the World's First 410 MP Sensor Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Ashampoo PDF Pro 4
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 22nd 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Up to 90 Days to Resolve Whether or Not TikTok Survives PC Sales are Rising Once Again GM Agrees to 5-year Ban on Selling Drivers' Location Data Major Breakthrough in Developing Next-Gen Replacement for Lithium-ion Batteries ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell My Personal Experience From the Tech Corner New Way to Reset Your Chromebook Critical Hidden Email Danger Confirmed For Gmail and Outlook Users Microsoft Rebrands from "Microsoft 365 Office" to "Microsoft 365 Copilot." Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Meetings Mind Numbing According to Statistics, Otterbox Defender
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 15th 8th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Mark Zuckerberg Tells Joe Rogan, Biden Aides ‘Cursed’ and ‘Screamed’ Microsoft bets on Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11 Honey’s Deal-Hunting Browser Extension Accused of Ripping Off Customers and YouTubers OpenAI and Microsoft Secret Definition for AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and 100 Billion Dollars Profit Major Breakthrough in Developing Next-Gen Replacement for Lithium-ion Batteries ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell The Simple Math of When to Upgrade a Computer From the Tech Corner Be Aware of What Information You Input into ChatGPT Passports May Soon Become Obsolete as Facial Recognition and Smart Phones Take Over NASA’s Deep Space Mission Control is Unattended as L.A. Wildfires Rage Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Powering up at Trade Shows and Elsewhere, j5create Power Bank
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 8th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Meta to End Fact-Checking Program Federal Appeals Court Ruled FCC Does Not Have Authority to Impose Net Neutrality Rules 'USB-C Everything' Directive Goes into Force Google Chrome 2FA Bypass Attacks Confirmed—Millions Of Users At Risk Doctors Say AI Is Introducing Slop Into Patient Care AI Risk to Humanity is 10-20% in 27 to 30 Years Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI Supports Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Benjamin's Experience with Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Stocks From the Tech Corner Mental Health is Becoming a Top Concern for Tech Professionals Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston CES Wrap
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 1st 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News The TikTok Ban Bill New Partnerships in the Automotive Industry Arizona School’s Curriculum Will be Taught by AI, No Teachers Universities Now Offering AI Degrees Tech Industry has Continued to Experience Significant Layoffs ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Return to Office Mandates are Sending High Performers Packing From the Tech Corner How Does Grok-2 Stack Up Against Gemini and ChatGPT? The Degradation of Online Information Caused by Generative AI Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Preview of CES
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 25th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News 2024 Has Been a Transformative Year for Personal Computing Chatbot Encouraged Teen to Kill Parents Over Screen Time Limit Starliner Astronauts Won’t Return Home Until at Least March 2025 Amateur Astrponomers Pinpoint Voyager 1 Using Vintage 1950s Telescope after Glitch ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell This is Not the Time to Sit Back and Relax on Job Hunting From the Tech Corner The Personal Computing Time Bomb – October 14, 2025 Overview of Market Acceptance of Artificial Intellience Most Windows 11 PCs Sold Today Cannot Take Advantage of Copilot+ NVidia’s New $249 Jetson Computer for Hobbbyists Play with AI Locally Raspberry Pi 500 with Monitor for a Complete DIY System for Techies Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Looking back at 2024
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 18th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News YouTube is Taking Over TV Amazon is a Car Dealership Now ChatGPT vs. Perplexity: Battle of the AI Search Engines Countries with the Fastest Mobile Internet Speeds ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Using Professional Resume Writers as Good Idea From the Tech Corner Most Senior Executives Do Not Have an Elite College Degree Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Anker Charger, Projector, and J5Power Meter Cable, J5Create Webcam, Wormhole Switch, 12 in 1 Docking Station
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 11th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Microsoft Now Allowing Windows 11 on Older PCs Google Maps Now Displays Incident Reports Landlords Are Using AI to Raise Rents Walmart Buys Vizio Verizon Customers are Furious as Company Increased a Monthly Fee Again Google’s Breakthrough AI Weather Prediction Model GenCast FBI Warns iPhone and Android Users on Texting ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Dealing with the Upcoming Surge in AI From the Tech Corner Chat GPT PRO for $200 a Month or GROK Available for FREE Universities Now Offering Artificial Intelligence Degrees Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Sharper Image Mirror, Anker 3D Printer, Anker Power Bank
In the News
- FTC Signed Off on Antitrust Investigation of Microsoft
- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Resigned
- DOJ, 16 AGs Want Disney-Fox -WD-Cartel Blocked
- New Windows Cyber Attack Warning As 0-Click Russian Backdoor Confirmed
- Elon Musk Plans to Bring OpenAI Competitor in Market
- Astronauts Discovers Foul Odor Unpacking Cargo on Russian Spacecraft
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
- 70 Hour Work Week Idea from Infosys is Overreach
From the Tech Corner
- Windows 11 24H2 Compatibility Issues for USB Printers and Scanners
- Googling Is for Old People. That’s a Problem for Google
- Chromebook vs. PC or Mac Laptop
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
- How Components have Changed and Why it’s Hard to be a Hobbyist
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 27th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Comcast to Spin Off its Cable Channels US Department of Justice Recommends Google be Forced to Sell Chrome The Windows 11 24H2 Update Causing Even More Problems An End to Rebooting After Every Windows Update Microsoft Copilot’s Growing Pains Microsoft Says: Can’t Upgrade to Windows 11? Buy a New PC Six Months Later, You Can Finally Try Out Windows 11 Recall ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell 70 Hour Work Week Idea from Infosys is Overreach From the Tech Corner Legacy Audio Brands Could Disappear by 2025 as Sales Crash Everything Old is New Again - The Compact Digital Camera Moore's Law in 2024 Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston How Components have Changed and Why it’s Hard to be a Hobbyist
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 20th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Amazon’s Discount Junk Store – “HAUL” Apple Has Begun Selling iPhone 16 Replacement Parts Intel Reportedly Denies RMA Due to Liquid Metal Thermal Paste Usage The Printer Market: Surprising Number of People Just Don't Have One Intel Says Integrating RAM into Lunar Lake SoC was a Mistake, Amazon Ends Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service Beware of Fake Sites Mimicking Black Friday Deals ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell AI Resumes Will Not Reveal the Real You From the Tech Corner OpenAI is Burning Money and Bridges The Brain Computer Interface Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Smart Holiday Shopping for Working from Home
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 13th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News OpenAI Is Putting Down Office Roots in New York City ChatGPT Releases a Search Engine LG shows Off First Display that can Be Stretched 50% The Mac Mini’s Odd Power Button Location Python is the Most Popular Programming Language on GITHUB The Need to Hone or Learn New Skills in AI ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Seek to Learn More Things about Technology to Evolve and Grow From the Tech Corner Toyota Has 745-Mile Solid-State Battery The Impact of a More Efficient Solid State Battery Replacing the Lithium ion Battery in Laptops The Application of an Efficient Solid State Battery for E-Bikes Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Connectors, Clips and Assembly (Eva-Last and Threespine)
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 6th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Apple Offers Free Repair for Bad iPhone 14 Plus with Camera Woes Discolored Line on Your New Kindle Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox Warning of Fake Websites 15 Billion Miles Away, NASA Voyager 1 Breaks Silence ARM Cancels Qualcomm's License to Manufacture Snapdragon Chips Treasury Department AI Prevent or Recover $4 Billion Fraudulent Transactions ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Over 40 IT Workers Need to be Valued More for Soft Skills From the Tech Corner Amazon Tightens Rules on WFH: Employee Must Return to Office Companies Tighten Remote Work Polices Amid Rising Employee’s Resistance The Impact of Hybrid Work: Balancing Work and Life Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston New Standard of USB 4
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 30th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News NSA Tell iPhone and Android Users: Reboot Your Smartphone on a Weekly Basis Meta Confirms Instagram Reduces Video Quality for Posts That Are Not Raking in Views Microsoft is Forced to Halt the Windows 11 24H2 Update on Some PCs There’s Finally a Definition for Open Source AI Rebecca Mercuri Issues of Primary Concern with Respect to this Fall's General Election [follow-up] ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Interviews without Discussion of Wage are Worthless From the Tech Corner Electric Pulses Rejuvenate Batteries Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Kubb Mini Fanless PC and TetherPro 31ft USB C Cable
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 23rd 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News FCC: 100% of Mobile Phones Must Be Hearing Aid Compatible 23andMe to Pay Up To $10,000 to Data Breach Victims Big Tech is Spending Big on Nuclear Power Constant Job Cuts are the New Big Tech Norm Rebecca Mercuri Issues of Primary Concern with Respect to this Fall's General Election ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell IT Workers Need More Mentors and to Become Mentors From the Tech Corner The Crusade to Replace Passwords with Passkeys Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Kubb Mini Fanless PC and TetherPro 31ft USB C Cable
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 16th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield of AI Receives the Nobel Physics Prize AI Chatbots 'May Soon be More Intelligent than Us' Social Media Becoming Synonymous with Cesspool for Children DOJ Reveals Its Plan for Breaking Up Google’s Search Monopoly Google’s Chromebook Strategy Shifts as Parallels for ChromeOS Faces Sunset ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Nerds Interested in Helping You From the Tech Corner Impact of WFH (Work from Home) on Business Districts Reasons Why Employers Want RTO (Return to Office) The Hybrid Work Model: Balancing Work and Life Intel killed Hyper-Threading on its desktop CPUs Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 9th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Windows 11 24H2 is a Full Operating System Swap Tesla is Shifting Their Focus to Hydrogen Power Amazon Go Stores Shutting Down Whatever Happened to “Return to Office”? Amazon 5-Day Office Mandate Sparks Debate ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Benjamin Gives His Thoughts on LinkedIn OpenToWork From the Tech Corner Intel Now Holds the Windows Battery Life Crown Astronomers Challenging Lunar Origin Story IT Techies Need a Backup Plan After Age 40 Are Techies Prepared for the Skills Demands of 2025? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Thinking Ahead to Christmas Shopping
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 2nd 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Hurricane Helene Disrupts Tech Industry 23andMe is in Trouble. What Happens to All the DNA Data? Budget Woes Trigger More New York Public Radio Layoffs Apple Intelligence is Billed as "AI for the Rest of Us” ‘Click to Cancel’ Subscription Law Goes Live in California Buyers Don't Actually Own Digitally Purchased Media LG Smart TVs Have Started Displaying Ads When Idle DishTV Agrees to Buy Dish Network (and its debt) for $1 ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell How to Stand Out in Work From the Tech Corner Companies are Rapidly Laying Off Gen Z Employees Earth Will Have a Temporary ‘Mini Moon’ for Two Months Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston 4 of 4 - Microphones (AudioTechnica review)
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 25th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News LinkedIn Plans to Use Your Data to Train its AI Kaspersky Deletes Itself, Installs UltraAV Antivirus Without Warning Windows 10 and Windows 11 Users Must be on High Alert with Pop-up Windows Qualcomm Wants to Buy Intel Microsoft releases a new Windows App Called Windows App for running Windows Apps Pending Before Congress – Safety and Privacy Protection Acts YouTube Will Now Show You Ads Even When You Pause a Video ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Dealing with and Overcoming Burnout From the Tech Corner Intel Takes PC Battery Life to the Next Level New Windows 11 Build Removes 32GB Size Limit for FAT32 Disks Corporate Loyalty Does Not Pay Off Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston 3 of 4 - Microphones (AudioTechnica review)
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 18th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS The FDA Approved Apple’s Hearing Aid Feature for AirPods Pro A Forced Windows 11 Update for October 8 Microsoft Issues New Upgrade Warning for 70% of All Windows Users Hackers Force Chrome Users to Reveal Google Passwords The Empty Boeing Starliner is Back to Earth Had Even More Problems SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission Returns Safely to Earth Intel Moves to Spin out Foundry Business ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Benjamins’ Experience and Identifying Burnout Symptoms From the Tech Corner Vital Digital Resource We are Consuming as Though It Was Water Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Is Back at the Company This Built-in Windows App is Slowing Down PCs Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston 2 of 4 - Microphones (AudioTechnica review)
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 11th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS 911 Tribute and Remembrance FTC Called On to Stop Tech Makers Downgrading Specs after Purchase SanDisk Releases 4TB microSD and 8TB SD Card 63% of Americans Won’t Buy a Phone This Year Due to Inflation ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell The Changing Face of the Hours Needed at Work From the Tech Corner Recycling Your Old Computers and Printers Do You Still Need a Home Landline Phone? High CPU Usage On Windows How to Spot When Your Hard Drive will Fail Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston 1 of 4 - Microphones (AudioTechnica review)
IN THE NEWS
Is This Even Legal? Target Ads Based on What Potential
Customers Said Near Device Microphone
The Starliner Spacecraft Has Started to Emit Strange Noises
Creativity is Made, Not Generated
Microsoft Will Not Allow You to Uninstall Recall on Windows 11
How Often Should You Restart Your Phone?
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Jurassic Park Problems May Have Been Due to Scope Creep
From the Tech Corner
Pros and Cons of Single Sign-On with Google or Facebook
How Long Do SSDs Really Last?
NAND Flash Memory
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Grabo Powered Suction Lifter
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 28th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS First Amendment Right to Free Speech - Zuckerberg Regrets Bowing to Pressure From Biden Administration Microsoft Halts Its Aggressive Windows 11 Ads in Windows 10 Google DeepMind Workers Protest Over U.S. Military and Defense Contracts Former Google CEO Blames Remote Work for Company's Struggles More than 8 in 10 Recruiters Say They Post ‘Ghost Jobs’ Microsoft’s Revised Recall AI feature Will Roll Out to Beta Testers in October ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Explaining Tech Debt From the Tech Corner College Graduates with an Engineering Degree College Graduates Seeking Employment in STEM Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston BlackMagic Design Ultra HD Smartscope Duo
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 21st 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS FTC Finally Makes Fake Online Reviews Illegal Microsoft Patches TPM 2.0 Bypass to Prevent Windows 11 Installs on Unsupported CPUs Microsoft is Enabling BitLocker Device Encryption by Default on Windows 11 Microsoft Will Automatically Archive Unlicensed OneDrive Business Accounts The FCC Proposes Requiring Robocallers to Disclose When They’re Using AI ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell NAS Devices for Small Office and Home Office From the Tech Corner When the Big Tech Service is Free, Who is Paying for It? Have Smartphones Replaced Digital Cameras? The Unofficial Forever Keyboard The Flexibility of Upgrading a Desktop PC is Minimal Today Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Logitech MX BRIO 705 Webcam
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 14th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Meta and Google Secretly Targeted Minors with Instagram Ads on Youtube Microsoft Will Axe Paint 3D App November 4 2024 Google is No Longer Making Cheap Chromecast Units CrowdStrike Reveals “Root Cause” of Global Microsoft Meltdown CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas Owned Up to Company Mistakes at DefCon Black Hat Conference Boeing and NASA Tussle Over Plan to Bring Starliner Astronauts Home ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Learn to Prepare for Layoffs and Job Hunting From the Tech Corner The Domino Effects of Intel Laying Off 15,000 What’s the Difference Between USB-C and USB-C PD? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Leviton Decora Smart Outdoor Plugs and Switches
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 7th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Google Loses Antitrust Case Over Search-Engine Dominance A Historic Law Would Protect Kids Online Holding Tech Companies Accountable Android, and iOS Users are Warned Against "Juice Jacking" U.S. Sues TikTok for Violating Children’s Online Privacy Law ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Job Scams, Ghost Jobs, and Zero Intent Interviews From the Tech Corner Forced Windows PC Updates are Disruptive Microsoft Nagging Pop-Up Banners Warning to Upgrade Ahead Of Windows 10 ‘End Of Support’ The Decline of Intel Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston NWM MBE001 On-Ear Speakers Mymanu Translating Earbugs
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 31st 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS USPS Shared Customer Postal Addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap Passwords Disappear for Millions of Windows Users Thanks to Google Microsoft says EU rules Made CrowdStrike Outage Possible Astronauts Stuck in Space by Malfunctioning Boeing Spacecraft Charter Loses 393,000 Video Subs in Second Quarter ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Is it Right to Use AI in Our Jobs? From the Tech Corner How to Revive Your Broken USB Flash Drive A History of HDDs and SSDs Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston OWC Envoy Pro Mini, Gourmia Espresso Maker
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 24th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Microsoft CrowdStrike Windows Crisis Google Confirms Play Store App Deletions Starting August 31, 2024, Google Isn’t Killing Third-Party Cookies in Chrome After All Windows 11 Starts Forcing OneDrive Backups Without Asking Permission 33,700,000 Motherboards Expected to Ship in 2024, Signaling End of PC Market's Dry Spell Microsoft Bans China-Based Employees Using Android Devices for Work - Mandates Switch to iPhones ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell What is Hushed Hybrid and Why It’s Bad From the Tech Corner Early Signs When an SSD May Be at the End of its Life Microsoft Removes Documentation for Switching to Local Account Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Tovolo Food Cover, Blackmagic SDI Convertors
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 17th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Microsoft Admits Weak Points of Copilot+ PCs with Arm CPUs First it was Japan — Now the German Navy is Phasing Out Floppy Disks ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Recent Study on the Costs of IT Downtime From the Tech Corner Is Windows 11's Built-in Security Enough to Protect Your PC? What Are Trusted Certificates for Computer Programs? New Chrome Security Rules—Websites Have Until 11/1 to Comply Who is Providing the Digital Certification in Your System? What You Need to Know About USB Ports and Speeds Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston ATM Machines
IN THE NEWS
- Bill Gates to Sink Billions for Nuclear Power as a Sustainable Energy Solution
- Assange Agrees to Plead Guilty in Exchange for Release
- Spectrum Announces 2nd Price Hike This Year
- Paramount Global Shuts Down Network Websites
- What is a Leap Second?
- Amazon To Challenge Temu and Shein With New Bargain Site
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
- Journey of an IT Professional
From the Tech Corner
- Intel’s Lunar Lake CPU Gets Rid of Replaceable Memory
- Alternatives for End of Support for Windows 10 in 2025
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
- SaaS and Some of How it Works
§ Popular US News App Accused of Using AI to Make Up Fake Stories
§ Law Enforcement Spies on Thousands of Americans' Mail
§ Google Explains in Detail How Chrome Got So Much Faster
§ Intel is Building Nvidia’s Next Chip
§ Intel Abandons Hyperthreading for Lunar Lake CPUs
§ Microsoft is Killing Off Non-Editable PDFs
§ NASA Update on Starliner Spacecraft
§ Apple Intelligence May Eventually Require a Subscription Fee
§ Sony Phasing Out Recordable Blu-ray and Optical Disks
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ Recent Psychology Study on Remote Work, and How to Adapt
From the Tech Corner
§ Supreme Court Allows White House to Request Removal of Misinformation on Social Media
§ Supreme Court Declines to Review Scope of Section 230 Liability Shield for Internet Companies
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Hisense Roku TV and Experiences with Antennas
IN THE NEWS
§ Allen Katz, Co-Founder of Trenton Computer Festival, Passed Away
§ Now It’s Not the Time to Buy a New Windows PC
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ How Can I Stay Connected with Colleagues While Working Remote?
From the Tech Corner
§ The Lost Interview with Bill Gates. His 1986 Perspective of Personal Computing Past, Present and Future.
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Why AI is Still 10 Miles Away
IN THE NEWS
§ The Battle for Control of the AI PC Market
§ Intel Comes Out Swinging as the AI PC Market Explodes
§ TSMC’s Plan to Move Its Production Units Out of Taiwan Seems Impossible
§ Microsoft Postpones Windows Recall after Major Backlash
§ Major Chinese Semiconductor Company Goes Bankrupt
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ How Do Server Rooms Keep Cool?
From the Tech Corner
§ Section 230
§ Benefits of Not Using a Microsoft Account on Windows 11
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Fujitsu Scanner, Targus GAN Charger, Streamlabs Sensor
IN THE NEWS
§ Emory University Awarded Two Students $10,000 for Their AI Study Tool, Then Suspended Them
§ How Google’s Find My Device Network Works
§ Microsoft Still Has Plans for Windows 10
§ Microsoft is Killing Off Non-Editable PDFs
§ Windows 11 Update Intro Long Awaited File Explorer Feature
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ How Do I Ensure OnLine Security for My Small Business
From the Tech Corner
§ So You Bought An AI PC Earlier This Year. Now It is Already Obsolete.
§ What is a Neural Processing Unit?
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Doctor Virtual Visits Have Problems Still
IN THE NEWS
§ Facebook Wants to Use Your Posts to Train AI
§ Apple Announces New Tinnitus Research
§ Copilot Screen Snapping Recall Data Stored in Plain Text
§ The IRS Plans to Offer Free Online Tax Prep in 50 States
§ The Harsh Truth Behind Samsung's Phone Repair Program
§ Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Index
§ Microsoft PC Manager – Caught Up in Controversy
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ A Shifting Workplace Needs Some Thought on All sides
From the Tech Corner
§ NSA Recommend Restarting Smartphone Periodically
§ Why Some Systems Are Preinstalled with Windows S Mode
§ Google's Confusing AI Jargon
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Tovolo Food Cover, Blackmagic SDI Convertors
IN THE NEWS
§ T-Mobile Is Raising Prices on Some of Its Older Plans
§ Competition Comes to the Laptop Market
§ China’s Largest Chipmaker SMIC is Now #3 Foundry in the World
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ How Can I Ensure My Home Office is Ergonomic and Healthy
From the Tech Corner
§ ARM64 and AI are driving a 'Great Reset'
§ Windows on ARM
§ Clean Up Browser Extensions
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Webcam and Nuances of Non-Verbal Communications
IN THE NEWS
§ Raspberry Pi is Going Public
§ Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Cloud Basket
§ ASML Could Remotely Brick Taiwan's Chipmaking
§ Asus Apologizes for Heavily Criticized Warranty and Return Service
§ What is Windows 11 Copilot+ AI Recall?
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ IT Folks May Work Different Hours, Get Over It
From the Tech Corner
§ Windows 11 Pro vs Windows 11 Home
§ Graphene Batteries
§ Intel Produce Chips So Advanced, They Don't Yet Exist
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Buyer Beware Milo Walkie Talkie Gizmo
IN THE NEWS
- T-Mobile Could Be "Profiling" You - How to Opt-Out
§ Customers Say Meta’s Ad-Buying Using AI is Not Working
§ Understanding AI Product Labeling
§ Artificial Intelligence Has a Measurement Problem
§ AI Editing Tools are Coming to All Google Photos Users
§ Microsoft Plans to Lock Down Windows DNS
§ New RISC-V Microprocessor Can Run CPU, GPU, and NPU Workloads Simultaneously
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ How to Maintain Work-Life Balance When Remote
From the Tech Corner
§ What is the Windows Reliability Monitor?
§ Tougher Rules for Sellers of Internet-Enabled Devices
§ The Next Generation of Television is ATSC 3.0
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
- Exploring the Idea of DIY Safety - Beware Sawstop
IN THE NEWS
- FCC Approves T-Mobile's Deal to Purchase Mint Mobile
§ NY to Require Internet Providers to Charge Low-Income Residents $15 for Broadband
§ Even Cable TV Giants Know That Consumers Prefer Streaming — but They’ve Got a Plan
§ NASA's Voyager 1 Is Finally Making Sense After Months of Transmitting Gibberish
§ Microsoft's Latest Update for Windows 11 Won't Let you Use a VPN
§ FCC Fines US Wireless Carriers over Ilegal Location Data Sharing
§ Elon Musk Disband Tesla EV Charging Team
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ How can I Help with IT Problems if I'm Remote?
From the Tech Corner
§ Scientists Finally Confirmed What's Inside the Moo
§ How Long Will Your Physical Media Collection Last?
§ TikTok Ban
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
- Buyer Beware - Milo Walkie Talkie Gizmo
IN THE NEWS
§ The FTC Has Banned Noncompete Agreements
§ DOE Finalizes Efficiency Standards for Lightbulbs
§ Staples' New Plan is to Recycle Nearly Everything
§ New Android Malware ‘Mamont’ Poses as Google Chrome to Steal Banking Details
§ Comcast Launches New Brand for Low-Cost Internet, Mobile and TV
§ CNN Boss Mark Thompson Says Network Faces ‘Existential Crisis’
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ Market Yourself to Recruiters Everywhere to Drive New Job Options
From the Tech Corner
§ Microsoft Should Not be Heavy Handed with Apps People Use on Windows 11
§ Microsoft Wants You to Ditch Local accounts on Windows 10
§ Microsoft Lifts 2-Year Old Block Preventing Windows 10 Upgrade to 11
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Iniu Power Bank, Tripp-Lite Generator, Klein Tools
IN THE NEWS
§ T-Mobile Could Be “Profiling” You Right Now
§ AI Spam is Winning the Battle Against Search Engine Quality
§ AirTag-Like Trackers for Android’s Find My Device Network Will Ship in May
§ Soon Some Older PCs Will Lose Windows 11 Support
§ Dell Sets New Standard By Saying Fully Remote Workers Are No Longer Eligible For Promotions
§ OpenAI and Microsoft Planning $100 Billion Datacenter Housing an AI Supercomputer
§ FCC to Cut Monthly Broadband Benefits Due to Funding Shortfall
§ Google is Pushing Gemini Into Another App on Your Android Phone
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ After Hours Tests for Prospective Employees are Red Flag
From the Tech Corner
§ Free Microsoft Office Software May Not Mean Free to Use
§ Pros and Cons of Noise-Canceling Headphones
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Safer Escape ladder, and Klein Tools
IN THE NEWS
§ The Solar Eclipse That Transformed Science
§ Microsoft Paid Subscription Support for Windows 10 Updates Beyond 2025
§ You Can Now Use ChatGPT Without an Account
§ Gizmodo Tested AI Censorship
§ YouTube TV is On Track to Become Larger Than Comcast & Spectrum
§ Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ Tips and Planning for Regular Replacement of Computers
From the Tech Corner
§ The "Intel Processor" Branding has Replaced Pentium and Celeron
§ New RISC-V Microprocessor Can Run CPU, GPU, and NPU Workloads Simultaneously
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Lumaflex (bad idea) and Dreo (good idea) Ideas for Heating
IN THE NEWS
§ Google to ‘Destroy’ Collected Chrome Incognito Mode Data
§ Chromebooks Are About to Change
§ Intel Confirms Microsoft's Copilot AI Will Soon Run Locally on PCs
§ Microsoft Office No Longer Comes with Teams
§ OpenAI and Microsoft Planning $100 Billion Datacenter Housing an AI Supercomputer
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ Prepare for Being Hit by a Bus
From the Tech Corner
§ Reviving an Aging Laptop with Chrome OS FLEX
§ eMMC vs. SSD storage: What's the difference?
§ 'Wi-Fi' Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Beamio Cordless USB-C or HDMI
IN THE NEWS
§ World Backup Day March 31 2024
§ The World Wide Web Turned 35 years
§ Apple Has Kept an Illegal Monopoly Over Smartphones in U.S.
§ Intel’s New i9-14900KS will Run Faster in Pre-Built Systems with Delidding
§ Notepad in Windows 11 Gets Spellcheck Feature
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ How Can I Improve My Home Office?
From the Tech Corner
§ Is Your Laptop Always Plugged In Whenever It is In Use?
§ The PC Evolving from Personal Computing to Innovation Enabler
§ The SIM Card Is Going Away
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Why AI is Still 10 Miles Away
IN THE NEWS
§ FCC Officially Raises Minimum Broadband from 25Mbps to 100Mbps
§ Where are Android's AirTags?
§ FCC Cracking Down on Cable ‘Junk Fees’
§ Voyager 1 Sputters Back to Life
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ Brenda Wants to Know How to Lead Fully Remote Team
From the Tech Corner
§ Turn Old iPhone or Android Smartphone Into a Home Security Camera
§ What is Computational Photography?
§ Intel Will be First to use Backside Power Delivery in a Process Node
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Klein tools and Skilsaw
IN THE NEWS
§ SSDs are Getting More Expensive Again
§ Microsoft to Reduce Windows 11 Update Restarts with "Hotpatching
§ Apple Officially Warns Users to Stop Putting Wet iPhones in Rice
§ Linux's Market Share After 33 Years
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
§ Coffee Badging
From the Tech Corner
§ Should You Upgrade Windows Home to Windows Pro?
§ Why Your Wi-Fi Router Might Lock Out Your Older Devices
§ Is HAM Radio Still Relevant in the Age of the Internet? - Dr Rebecca Mercuri
Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
§ Scansnap and Workhorse Sawhorse
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 6th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Apple’s Car Project Has Apparently Ended RTO Doesn’t Improve Company Value, But Does Make Employees Miserable Popular Off-Brand Doorbell Cameras Aren’t Safe Microsoft Killing Support for Running Android Apps on Windows 11 Lenovo Partnering with iFixit to Deliver ThinkPad Laptops with User-Replaceable Parts ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell To Webcam, or Not to Webcam From the Tech Corner What is Memory-Safe Programming? Why your EV’s Voltage Matters, and What it Means for Car’s Charging Speed TCF 2024 Generative AI Music and Arts Preview Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Linksys and Mesh Networks
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 28th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS The US Has Returned to the Moon AT&T Reveals Cause of Thursday’s Massive Outage FTC Fines Cybersecurity Company Avast $16.5 Million Roadblocks for Windows 11 Upgrades That Still Exist ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Don't Use Company Computer for Personal Computing From the Tech Corner Common Misconceptions HR Has About Independent Contractors Microsoft is Forcefully Auto-Upgrading Windows 11 Why Some Windows 11 Systems Are Not Eligible for Upgrades Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Rokform 100W Cables and GAN Charger
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 21st 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Gen Zs Report Having Fallen for SCAMS More Than Any Other Generations Google Saves Gemini Conversations for Years by Default Google Huge Free AI Upgrade For All Android Users EU Slap Apple with Antitrust $539 Million Fine Older Workers Find a Less Tolerant Workplace Meta Plans to Build Artificial General Intelligence Push Back on Biden AI Plan ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell CEO Over WebMD Mocks Those Working from Home From the Tech Corner The Different Types of Artificial Intelligence Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston AI Deepfakes and Winston AI Content Spotter
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 14th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps Apple Licensing an OS Again for the First Time in 30 Years Audacity Gets Free AI Plugins Microsoft Killing Off Several Legacy features in Windows 11 and Windows 10 Universal Memory Breakthrough in the Next Generation of Computers Windows 11 ARM PC with a New ARM Browser Hidden Number on Android Phone to Unlocking More Battery Life ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Non-Disclosure Agreements From the Tech Corner Microsoft Reveals Next Evolution of Windows-It Won't be Windows 12 Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Tineco Toasty One, Basquettes
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 7th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Comcast Dropping its Misleading Xfinity 10G Network Branding Comcast Is No Longer the Largest Cable TV Company Microsoft’s new OneDrive Design The Floppy Disk Refused to Die in Japan Deepfake Scammer Walks off with $25 Million in AI Heist Microsoft’s New AI Can Simulate Anyone’s Voice ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Navigating Computer Training From the Tech Corner More and more USB Sticks and microSD Cards are Being Made with Dubious Components Should You Power Off Your PC Nightly? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Reolink, Kingston, Denova, Shelly
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 31st 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS HP Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers IRS is Piloting Free New Tax Preparation Software NSA is Buying Your Browser History FTC Opens Investigation into Big Tech’s Partnerships with AI Startups EV Drivers - Cold Weather Reducing their Battery Range Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Worker Choice Better on Return, Hybrid, Remote From the Tech Corner Software Perpetual Licenses Evolving to Software Subscriptions Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Exploring the Idea of DIY Safety - Beware Sawstop
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 24th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS SSDs Pricing to Sharply Rise on Flash Shortages FTC Bans TurboTax from Advertising 'Free' Services Apple Released iOS 17.3 Amazon Looks to Launch a Paid Version of Alexa Apple Might Have Sold up to 180,000 Vision Pro Headsets Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles Cost Cutting in Cable TV and Subscription Video on Demand ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Quiet Hiring From the Tech Corner Windows 12 or Windows AI Will Be a Game Changer What is a Neural Processing Unit? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Buyer Beware Milo Walkie Talkie Gizmo
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 17th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Google Groups is Ending Support for UseNet More People are Canceling Streaming Services as Companies Hike Prices Google Settles Class Action Lawsuit over Chrome Incognito Mode Tracking Microsoft Products and Services Renamed with AI Windows on Non-Qualcomm RISC Chips Development of the First RISC Computer ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Loud Hiring From the Tech Corner Unplug These Devices to Reduce Electrical Expense Ageism Remains a Challenge in the Tech Industry The Growth of the Older Workforce Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Iniu Power Bank, Tripp-Lite Generator, Klein Tools
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 10th 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS 23andMe Tell Victims it’s their Fault their Data was Breached Apps will be Reporting Your Earnings to Tax Authorities Free Digital Platform for NY Residents 50 and older The DOJ is Prepared to File Broad Anti-Trust Lawsuit against App Nvidia Set to Launch China Focused AI Chip Microsoft CoPilot Key is Coming to Windows PC Keyboards Firefox Web Browser Slipping Into Irrelevance Gmail for Android Gets ”Select All” Option ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Quiet Firing From the Tech Corner Biden Executive Order for Establishment of New Standards for AI Safety and Security Intel Spins Out New Enterprise Focus GenAl Software company Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Anker 525 Powerbank, VTOMAN 1500 Power Station, Tripp-Lite 7port USB Charger
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 3rd 2024 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Big Tech Dumped Products and Service in 2023 Apple Watch Ban Temporarily Paused by US Court Telescope Named 'Einstein' Is Heading to Space New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI Google Will Settle $5 Billion Lawsuit Over Incognito Tracking Why Has Google Kill So Many of its Projects? Why is There No Federal Data Privacy Law? ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Quiet Quitting From the Tech Corner Concerns of AI Replacing Human Employees Is Windows 11 Just a Bridge OS System? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Typhur Thermometer, Lottie QI Stand, Meross WiFi Garage Opener
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 27th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
Rite Aid Faces 5 Year Facial Recognition Ban
Intel is Buying Leading Edge Lithography Tools
Windows on RISC versus Windows on x86 Architecture
What’s the Big Rush to Migrate Windows 10 to Windows 11? ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Touching on Some of the Ergnomics of Computing From the Tech Corner
The Hybrid Work Model is Here to Stay and Companies Should Prepare for this Reality. Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Targus LED Disinfection Light, Anker 733 Power Bank
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 20th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft is Speaking Gibberish
NASA Has Yet to Open the Asteroid Sample Container
Google to Pay $700 Million in Play Store Settlement
Apple Pauses Watch Sales over Patent Issues
Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People January 4th ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Fewer Cybersecurity Pros Getting Axe after Events From the Tech Corner
Tech Job Losses Highlight 2023
When Windows 10 Support Ends, What Options do You Have?
The Only Chinese Chipmaker with an x86 License Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Tips for Holiday Season Overall
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 13th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
23andMe Data Breach
Zombie TV Has Come for Cable TV Channels
The Tomato Lost in Space Has Been Found
Consumer Reports EVs have 79% more Reliability Problems than Gas Cars
Microsoft is Changing the Way it Updates Windows ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
IT Professional is Better Used as Collaborator Instead of Hero From the Tech Corner
Controversy Surrounds Google’s Gemini AI Demo
Apple Still Holding Back Android’s “Find My Device” Network Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
GIFT GUIDE Wrap Up - Linksys, Roccat, RCA monitor,
Closing Comments
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 6th 2023
PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
Unsealed Documents Show Meta Aimed to Hook Kids
Employers Don’t Value College Degrees as Much as Originally Thought
Hard Disk Drive Prices Could Go Up Significantly
AI Journalism Gone Astray at Sports Illustrated ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Paying Attention to Cybersecurity Concerns From the Tech Corner
The Rise of Software Subscriptions aka SAAS Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Anker Solocam, Ping Reader, Lumary LED lights, Youcopie Organizers, Reolink Argus 3, Eufy Stickvac
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 29th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS The Five Day Office Week is Dead Nvidia Sued for Stealing Trade Secrets After Screen Sharing Rival Company’s Code Cable TV and Satellite Fading Faster Than Anyone Expected FCC Enforces Stronger Rules to Protect Customers Against SIM Swapping Attacks Non Fiction Authors Sue OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement FCC New Rules on Digital Discrimination ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Moving Closer to Paperless Helped Company Improve From the Tech Corner Black Friday is No Longer Just a Date Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston UGreeen Charger, Ottocast, Hozo ruler, North Shore charger, Gravastar GAN charger
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 8th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
YouTube's Limitations on Video Recommendations for Teens
Altice Cable TV Company’s CEO Says Cable TV is Broken
YouTube's Ad Blocker Detection and EU Privacy Law
Canon’s Advanced Chip Machines to Cost a Fraction of ASML’s Best
The 'Meltdown' of the Global Electric Vehicle Market
EV Battery Replacement Cost Pulverizing EV Batteries Extended Battery Lifespan by 30% ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
The Evolving World of Cyber Security From the Tech Corner
You May Not Need Third-Party Antivirus Software Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Preview, Cloudicious Plant Trimmer, Anker 511 Power Bank
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 1st 023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
Does WeChat Pose a Security Risk?
H&R Block, Meta, and Google Hit with RICO Lawsuit
Charter Spent $6.3 Million in Credit Refund to Subscribers
Google Clock App Gets Weather Forecast and Other News in Update
How Much Did Google Pay to be the Default Search Engine?
NASA Wants the Voyagers to Age Gracefully
The Secondary Mobile Market for Older Phones ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Learning is Important to Move Forward From the Tech Corner
ChatGPT Is Not Coming for Your Coding Job Has 5G Lived Up to Expectations
Daylight Savings Time Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
MOES Garage Door WIFI module, IOTTIE Charging Mount
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 25th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Joint Venture Between Comcast and Charter Communications
BMW to Sync Up with Tesla’s EV Charging Plug
Big Tech’s Favorite Legal Shield Takes a Hit
Section 230 and Social Media Moderation
New Features in Google Maps
BitLocker Encryption Can Slow Down Windows 11 Pro SSDs by Up to 45%
Global PC Sales Have Continued to Drop
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Opining on the Woke and Cancel Cultures From the Tech Corner
How Safe Are Lithium Batteries? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
VTOMAN Jump 1800, Klein Tools and Backpack
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 18th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
FCC Says Comcast, Spectrum, AT&T Must Start Displaying “Nutrition Label”
FCC to Reintroduce Rules Protecting Net Neutrality
Best Buy Plans to Rid Itself of All DVDs
What You See is What You'll Pay
Why More Business Leaders Are Saying Ditch the 4 Year Degree
Nearly Half of Companies Reneged on Remote Work Policies ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Information Technology Failures with Business and Life From the Tech Corner
How Employers Nudge Workers Out The Door
Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Eaton UPS, Apps2Car Charger Mount, Zevo Insect Repellant
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 11th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Comcast and Charter's Joint Streaming Platform: Xumo
Beware of MicroSD Card SSDs
Charter Could Shut Down Over 30 Cable TV Channels
Amazon Will Eventually Charge Subscription for Alexa
T-Mobile Impending 2G Shutdown
Consider a Mesh System to Eliminate Dead Zones
Better Business Bureau Told Mint Mobile to Cease Unlimited Plan Claim ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Using Non-Work Tech in Business From the Tech Corner
The State of the Photography Industry 2023 Report Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
UGreen Charger, Ninja Outdoor Oven
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 4th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Microsoft Will Stop Free Upgrades for Windows 7/8 to Windows 10/11
Raspberry Pi 5 Has Arrived with Performance Boost
iPhone 15 Pro Overheating Issues
FTC Sues Amazon for Operating Illegal Monopoly
Cornell University Issues AI Guidelines
We Are Not Alone – There is Ageism in China Tech ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
IT Policies 2 - That Impact You Directly From the Tech Corner
First Look - Microsoft New BACKUP App for Windows 11/10
EFF Urges Chrome Users to Get Out of the Privacy Sandbox Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Worx Mulcher, Baseus Power Bank, Ekyro Garage Opener
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 27th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Chromebooks are Now Given a Decade of Support
Space Drugs Factory Denied Re-Entry to Earth
FCC Accuse Telcos of Profiting from Robocalls
Comcast Start Talks to Sell 100% of Hulu to Disney
Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, Malabytes, Norton Can Slow Down Windows PCs ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
IT Policies 1 - That Impact You Directly From the Tech Corner
How Long Does Data Last on an SD Card?
Is Commute Part of the Work Day?
Median Age of Employees at All the Top Tech Companies Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Kensington Pro Fit Trackball, Blaster Door Lubricant
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 20th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
U.S. vs Google in Biggest Tech Monopoly Trial of 21st Century
Cable TV is on Life Support. But a New Bundle is Coming Alive.
Free Audio Books - Thanks to Microsoft AI and Project Gutenberg
Apple’s iPhone 15 USB-C Choice is Baffling
Coca-Cola's AI-Generated Soda Y3000
Google Turning Your Car into a Tablet with Wheels ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Why are some IT folks moving on? From the Tech Corner
A STEM Graduate First Job in the IT Industry Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Tailwind IQ3 Smart Garage Door Opener
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 13th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Say Goodbye to DSL and Landline Phones
Apple is Losing Its Shine in China
Tubi Free Streaming Service
Is YouTube TV Cracking Down on Family Account Sharing
Death of Cable TV is Speeding Up
Cable TV Could Return in Streaming Form
Cord Cutting Impact on the Disney-Charter Deal
NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Breaks Record for Longest U.S. Space Mission ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Listener Asked - How Do I Get Laptop Back from Exiting Employee From the Tech Corner
Gmail Android App to Introduce “Select All” Button
Windows Desktop Apps Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Anker LED light with cam, Dreame vacuum, Klein tools
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 6th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Nationwide Schedule for All-Device Emergency Alert Test
FCC Reject ISPs Complaint Requiring Listing of Every Fee as Too Hard
FCC Approves Plan to Make Wireless Home Internet Even Faster
Google Unveils New Feature-for the Best Time to Book Flights
Microsoft Capping Unlimited Storage for OneDrive
Microsoft is killing off WordPad in Windows Companies are Now "Quiet Cutting" Workers ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Listener Asking About Using Company PC for Personal Use From the Tech Corner
The Labor Day Return to Office Mandates are Facing Resistance Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Meater, Zhiyun Lighting, Baseus Vacuum
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 30th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
A Court Might Kill the Universal Service Fund
Incandescent Light Bulbs Aren’t Banned
The College Board Shares Student Test Score Data with TikTok and Facebook
ZOOM CEO Says Employees Need to Be in the Office Because It is Hard to Build Trust Over ZOOM
Gen Z and Millennials are Ditching iPhones for $100 Flip Phones ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Current Position on Return to Office From the Tech Corner Breakthrough in Graphene Technology – The Next Battery Generation Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Lysol, Torras Fan, Worx Saw, and Shark Stratos Vacuum "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 23rd 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
AI-Created Art Can't Get Copyright Protections
Is Cord-Cutting Losing Stream? Charter’s Spectrum Increases Broadcast TV Fee
Cost of Streaming Services is Open Ended YouTube TV Only Live TV Provider to Add Subscribers in 2Q23 ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Upsides of Working in Information Technology From the Tech Corner
Sandisk/Western Digital Extreme Portable SSDs Digital Data Loss
Ultra Wideband (UWB) Could Be Coming to Chromebooks
Printer Industry Scam-Requiring Ink to Scan Document Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Rheem Ecos12 (bad water heat), Baseus handset mount "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 16th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
New York City WiFi Kiosks Deployment is in Shambles
Surveillance Capitalism 101
Intel Selling Off NUC Inventory
FCC Order Cable and Telecom ISPs to Show Final Cost
Digital Camera Shipments Up 11% Since May 2023 ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Downsides of Working in Information Technology From the Tech Corner
Ageism On The Rise at Top Tech Companies
NASA Spacecraft Will Reunite with Earth After 17 Years Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Question to Sales and Customer - What's in it for me and Why Bother?
The Personal Computer Show (Since 1983) Wednesday August 9th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
Microsoft Shutting Down Digital Assistant Cortana
NASA Mistakenly Severs Communication to Voyager 2
FCC Shut Down a Major Pipeline for Robocalls
Gmail Encouraging Users to Enable Enhanced Safe Browsing
Microsoft Releases System Tuning App for Windows 10, 11 ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
What to Do in IT When it Gets Boring From the Tech Corner
FCC Approval for First Time Free OTA TV by 5G First Generation of Solar Panels Will Wear Out.
What is a Quantum Computer and How it Differs from Classical/Digital Computers Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Anker Portable Power, Bebird Visual Tweezers
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 2nd 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
Local TV Stations Want FCC to Reclassify Streaming Services As Cable TV Companies
Amazon Take on Verizon & AT&T Offering Cheap Wireless Plans
Google Delays Launch of Find My Device Network and Trackers
Google Rolls Out Anti-Stalking Measures for AirTag and other Bluetooth Trackers
ASUS will Manufacture and Develop New Intel NUC Mini PCs
Apple Crack Down on 'fingerprinting' with New App Store API Rules
LG Electronics to Adopt Subscription Offerings for its Home Appliances and Televisions ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
The Move Away from Careful Tech Diagnosis From the Tech Corner
Basic 101 Improving Router WiFi Range Coverage
TSMC Claims of Talents Shortage in the United States Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Runhood Power Station, Kensington Quiet Type Keyboard
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 26th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Kevin Mitnick, 59, Peacefully Passed Away T-Mobile Getting Pushback by Customers on New Fee FTC Cracking Down on Extended Car Warranty Scams Spectrum Raising Cable TV, Internet and Phone Rates Streaming Held the Biggest Percentage of all Viewing Options When Will Your Streaming Bill Stop Going Upstream? Growing Number of Cord Cutters Canceling Streaming Services ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Agile May Require Us to be Agile From the Tech Corner Tech Firms Make Pledge to White House over Development of AI Editorial: Agreement Between White House and Tech Companies are Flawed and Toothless Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Anker Doorbell Cam, EcoProducts Wood Utensils
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 19th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Tax Prep Firms Shared Taxpayers’ Sensitive Data with Meta Smartphones Will Need to Have Replaceable Batteries by 2027 Class-Action Lawsuit - Google Stole Everyone's Data to Train Its AI NASA May Have Cracked the Code for Replacing Lithium in Batteries Comcast’s New $20 Live TV Streaming Service Called Now TV ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Management Usage of Emojis From the Tech Corner Microsoft is Quietly Make Fixing Your PC a Breeze LiFi (Light-Based Wi-Fi) – IEEE 802.11BB The Media Industry is in Turmoil Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston NaturePedic Bedding and a new Robot Vacuum from Dreametech
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 12th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Judge Orders Biden Officials to Limit Contact with Social Media China Curbs Gallium and Germanium Chips to Counter US Semiconductor Ban Toyota Claims Battery Breakthrough for Electric Cars Tech Jobs are Still the Most In-Demand Ageism of New Yorkers Age 65 and Up is a Serious Issue Age Discrimination Could Worsen Physical and Mental Health ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Maintaining Work Life Balance From the Tech Corner In NYC, Companies Will Have to Prove AI Hiring Software Isn’t Sexist or Racist Harvard University Unveils Plans to Teach Students with AI ChatBot this Fall Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Misc Tech with Stanley, Civivi, Motorola, and Zevo
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 5th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS:
FDIC Accidently Released List of Companies It Bailed Out
Google’s YouTube Ads Violate Terms of Service
Two Electric Flying Car Companies Get Key Permit from FAA
FTC Preps Battle with Amazon on Anti-Trust ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Network Engineer vs Software Engineer From the Tech Corner
OTA TV: Free Over the Air Television Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
House Tech with Rolling Square, Levoit, and Gutterglove
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 28th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Website Owners Traffic Plummeted After Facebook Algorithm Change
DPReview. COM Avoids Shutdown by Amazon
FCC Propose Rules Requiring TV Providers to Give the All-In Price
Cable Television is Fading Into History
Researchers Created Simple App Screen Thermometer on Smartphone
PBS Now FREE Streaming on www.LocalNow.COM ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Boss is Monitoring all Computer Activities From the Tech Corner
Who Ultimately Owns Content Generated by ChatGPT Despite Big Layoffs, Tech Workers are Finding New Opportunities
90% of Laid Off H-1B Visa Holders Were Able to Find New Work Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Sound Tech with Aftershokz, Zvox, Anker "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 21st 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Sir Paul McCartney Says AI Enabled a 'Final' Beatles Song
INFORM Consumers ACT Takes Effect June 27th
Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Expands HDD Capacity to 50TB
James Webb Space Telescope Will Soon Get a Tiny Sidekick
Creating a Stronger Password
FCC Preparing a Fresh Look at Internet Data Caps ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Why IT is Stopping Websites or Apps from Running From the Tech Corner
The Evolution of Wi-Fi Communications
Where Are We Today with Wi-Fi Communications Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Kitchen Tech with Cosori and Reynolds Wrap
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 14th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS US is Openly Stockpiling Data on All Its Citizens Spectrum Adds Automatic Surcharge Due to “Rising Prices” Harvard’s Future of Work Professor See One Job Disappearing Because of AI Google’s Generative AI Platform Now Available to Everyone Mars Mission Viable If it Doesn’t Exceed Four Years New Research Uncovers Peril of Long Duration Spaceflight ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Encouraging to Keep Pace with Tech Evolving From the Tech Corner Average Cable TV Subscriber Pays $1,618 Annually Cable TV Numbers are Falling Faster than Expected Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Summer with ECOFLOW HVAC and Brisk It Grill
ime IN THE NEWS Scientists Successfully Transmit Space Based Solar Power to Earth Microsoft Will End Support for Cortana Later this Year AMD Server Chips Crashed after 1,044 Days of Uptime Cord Cutters Are Cutting Back on Streaming Services Cable TV & Cord Cutting Price Will Likely Keep Going Up Comcast New $20/Mo Streaming Service w/40 Live Channels Next Generation TV Over the Air ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Encouragement for Annual IT Drills From the Tech Corner What are Some Common PayPal Scams Google Makes its Text to Music AI Public Impact of Work from Home on Office Real Estate Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Klein Tools Everywhere
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 31st 2023 PRN.live
Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Apple Needs to Practice What They Preach About Data Security
The Death of Cable TV Coming Faster Than Expected
Ways to Watch Live TV Without a Cable Subscription
WiFi Advice from the FBI on Router Hardening ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Aiden - What to Do About Co-Worker Snooping on PC From the Tech Corner
Is China’s Powerstar CPU an Intel Rebranded i3-10105?
Temu is Losing Millions of Dollars to Send You Cheap Goods Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Roborock Vacuum, Anker Cameras
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 24th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Meta Hit with Record $1.3 Billion EU Fine Big Tech Hires Low Paid Foreign Workers after US Layoffs Google Will Soon Purge Inactive Accounts Fake Scientific Papers are Alarming Common Cord Cutting 2.0 and New Internet Options AT&T First Step Toward Offering Smartphone Satellite Service Bipartisan “AM for Every Vehicle Act” Introduced in Congress ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Embrace Using Data to Move Ahead From the Tech Corner Automated Hiring Systems Apple Restricts Employees from Using ChatGPT Study Exploring the Security Risks of ChatGPT Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Car Tech Like Key Fob Protector, Shaver, DAP Grout
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 17th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS
Google Gives BARD Ability to Generate and Debug Code
Samsung Bans AI Tools Like ChatGPT in Workplace
Apple Lost Lawsuit to Ban IOS Virtual Machines
Microsoft Makes Embarrassing Windows 11 U Turn on Ads
Windows 10 Isn’t Dead After All
2.3 Million Americans Ditched Pay TV Services in 1Q23
Disney+ and Hulu Will Combine Into One App
Younger Generation is Ditching Smart Phones for Dumb Phones ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Mark Asks if Boss Should Have Password to His Personal Email From the Tech Corner
Google Announcements at I/O 2023 Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Genie and Anker Garage Tech
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 10th 2023
PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
Google Blue Tooth Tracker
Android Nearby Share for Windows
YouTube TV Now 5th Largest US TV Provider
4th Largest Cable TV Company Considering Shutting Down Its TV Service
YouTube TV Adding New Channels and Features This Summer
See What Sites are Selling Your Data ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
Using Tech to Get Ahead From the Tech Corner
What Might We Expect if AI is Not Kept in Check Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston
Do it Your Shelf
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 3rd 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Microsoft to Stop Selling Branded Mice and Keyboards 5 Culprit Apps Drain the Battery Amazon Begins Another Round of Mass Layoffs ATT Wireless 5G Home Internet Air Service Chromebook Video Editor NASA Power Hacks Extend Voyager 2 Mission ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Communication Between Generations Getting Worse From the Tech Corner The Computers and Power Supply of Voyagers 1 and 2 Online Streaming Services Are Now Mainstream TV Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Kimura Headset, Klein Sockets and Drill Bits "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 26th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS More Rounds of Mass Layoffs Expected at Meta (Facebook) Samsung Considers Replacing Google with Bing in its Phones Ghost Jobs are the Latest Thing Workers Need to Worry About Buzzfeed News is Shutting Down Amazon Home Internet Service Planned Launch Date and Cost Seagate Fined $300M for Selling HDDs to Blacklisted Huawei Microsoft is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in Windows 11 Start Menu ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Neurodivergence in IT is Good From the Tech Corner Extending the Battery Charge of Android Phones Be a Responsible Citizen When Disposing Your Electronics Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Tarkett Flooring, Crescent Bit holder, Inuru Light Labels
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 19th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS FTC Investigating the Flow of Pixel Based Ad Tracking Facebook Meta Pixel Tracking Tool Installed on Many Hospital Websites Google TV Gets 800 Free Channels Google Photos Update Brings New Movie Editor to Chromebooks Microsoft Developing a New Version of Windows Called CorePC OpenAI Founder Says There’s No ChatGTP-5 to Worry About FBI Warns Against Using Public Phone Charging Stations ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Resume and Job Searching via AI From the Tech Corner Time to Ditch the Negative Stigma Around Chromebooks Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Outdoor Drain Melt Fix
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 12th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Samsung Workers Made a Major Error by Using ChatGPT Disney Laid Off Its Entire Dedicated Metaverse Team Big Tech Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe Apple Joins Amazon, Google, and Microsoft in Tech Industry Layoffs Apple’s 40% Plunge in PC Shipments Android’s Nearby Share Arrives for Windows PC Old HDDs More Durable and Resilient Than New HDDs ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Whose Job is Threatened by AI From the Tech Corner The SIM Card Soon Riding Off Into the Sunset Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Vevor Tool Holder, Reidea Lighter
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 5th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Restrict Act Could Be Used to Politically Censor Any Website in US ChatGPT Has Passed the Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence AI Ethics Group Says ChatGPT Violates FTC Rules Google Drive Does a Surprise Rollout of File Limits ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell The Role of the IT Auditor From the Tech Corner Tech Layoffs Are Making Headlines Again Big Tech Treats Employees as Resource They Can Readily Hire and Layoff Placement of Router for Best Internet Speed What is Pixel Shift / Multi-shot? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Dremel, Mercato, Klein Combo Square.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 29th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder Passed Away at Age 94 Turing Award Won by Bob Metcalf, Co-Inventor of Ethernet Technology Non Disparagement Clauses Disallowed In Severance Agreements FTC Ban Non Compete Clauses Cable and Satellite Providers Required to Display True Price of Service Pinduoduo with Hundreds of Million Users Accused of Distributing Malware Work from Home Employees Fallen to 16.4% in 2022 ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell 2 Factor Authentication in Our Lives From the Tech Corner Listening to Over 30,000 Radio Stations Around the World World Backup Day – March 31, 2023 Judge Ruled Group of Book Publishers Over Internet Archive’s Online Library Artificial Intelligence vs Ancient Sport of GO Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Electric Vehicle Insights.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 22, 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS A Time Honored Procedure to Fix a Space Craft Amazon Survey Hints at New Web Browser Amazon Linux 2023 Cloud Optimized Distro Now Available Amazon New Home Internet Service Announced Amazon CEO Announces 9,000 Layoffs Google Over Hired to Do Fake Work to Stop Them Working for Rivals Mark Zuckerberg Message to Staff – Welcome to the Real World Amazon Shutdown DPReview Website ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell How Do Companies Dispose of IT Assets From the Tech Corner Difference Today Between Cord Cutting and Cable – Almost Nothing Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston High Tech Home Insulation
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 15th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS FBI: Wray to Senate Intel Committee-TikTok Could Control User Devices China’s Efforts to Influence Technical Standards FBI Admitted It Bought US Location Data FBI Warns of Voice Cloning Technology Remote Workers and Freelancers: Working from Home is Too Expensive Fake Parking Ticket Scam IRS Has Big Warning on Tax Filings ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Multiple Data Backups Are Crucial From the Tech Corner A Shocking High Number of Americans Have Cut the Cord Cheap Ways to Watch TV for Viewers with Costly Cable and Streaming Subscriptions Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Donating Electronics and Cleaning House.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 8th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Amazon Ring Limits Basic Security Features to Subscription Plan Windows 7 Users Abandoning Ship to Windows 10 Secret Service, ICE Repeatedly Break Law with Fake Cell Tower Spying Former ASML Employee Accused of Spying for the Chinese Government Comcast Plans to Fight Cord Cutting in 2023 Intel’s February 2023 driver updates released for Windows 11 and 10 ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Rage Applying From the Tech Corner Why the Floppy Diskette Just Won’t Die As Remote Work Persists, Cities Struggle to Adapt Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Recovering from Bomb Blizzard.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 1st 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Companies Can No Longer Silence Laid Off Employees in Exchange for Severance FTC Proposes Rule for Nationwide Ban on Noncompete Clause for Workers Zuckerberg Introduces Llama, Meta’s Answer to ChatGPT FTC Warns Tech: Keep Your AI Claims in Check FTC New Office of Technology to Regulate Tech Snake Oil Some Google Employees to Share Desks After Return to Office ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell LinkedIn Professionalism From the Tech Corner Flight Simulator with the Largest Aircraft Ever Built A Renaissance in Old Tech Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Dealing with a Large Amount of Batteries
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 22nd 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Your Gmail is Permanently Changing Supreme Court Takes Up Section 230 Meta is Planning a Fresh Round of Layoffs Cable One is Going Streaming Only – Shutting Down Subscription TV Scientists Can Now Use WiFi to See Through Walls FCC Targets Repeat Robocall Offender with New Cease and Desist AMD’s Latest Drivers are Causing Havoc on Windows PC ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Arguing Your Severance Package From the Tech Corner Google Challenge is Set to Hit Intel and AMD Remote Workers and Freelancers Cutting Back on Working at Home Because it is Expensive Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Roccat Keyboard, and Brondell Bidet
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 15th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Yahoo will Lay Off 20% of Staff OkCupid Employs ChatGPT News Publishers are Wary of the Bing ChatBot Alphabet Chairman Explains Why Google was Hesitant to Put Out Its ChatGPT Competitor Google Hopes to Inoculate Internet Users Against Misinformation ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Automation in the Workplace From the Tech Corner Installed Base of Windows 10 and Windows 11 Users Went Up ChatGPT May Be the Fastest Growing App in History Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Bomb Blizzard Experience.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 8th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Microsoft ChatGPT has a new rival, Google Bard FTC Fines GoodRx $1.5M for Sending Medication Data to Facebook and Google Microsoft Is Silently Checking Your PC for Outdated Versions of Office There’s a Color Film Shortage How Did the FBI Get a Tor User's IP Address? ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Ways to Use Tech to Standout at the Office From the Tech Corner Concerns about Privacy and Security of the Internet of Things Patents Reveal Voice Assistants will Spy on You Causes Mistrust Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Post CES Charging, Insect, Robots, more…
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 1st 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS What to Do If Someone Stole Your Social Security Number Big Tech Layoffs at Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon Tech Layoffs Impact on H1-B Foreign Workers Memory Manufacturers Losing Money on Every Chip Produced ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell What Are the Biggest Mistakes IT Departments Make? From the Tech Corner What is Fixed Wireless Access? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Post CES - Ratchet, Snowblower, Android Auto …
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 25th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS Google to Launch DeepMind to Rival Microsoft ChatGPT Google to Slash 12,000 Jobs as Tech Industry Layoffs Surge Area 120, Google’s In-House Incubator Impacted by Mass Layoffs DirecTV Lays Off Hundreds of Managers as Cord Cutting Accelerates CNET Reviewing Accuracy of All Its AI-Written Articles ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Job Boomeranging and Things to Consider From the Tech Corner When Do You Really Need to Upgrade Your PC? Streaming Music Services FreeDOS Releases First New Version in Six Years Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Post CES - Trackball, IAQ, and Screwdrivers.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 18th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o FAA Says Computer Failure Grounded Thousands of Flights Last Tuesday o Russia to Launch Mission to Rescue Stranded ISS Crew o Open AI’s ChatGPT - Generative AI Look Like Tech’s Next Boom o Norton LifeLock - Thousands of Customer Accounts Breached ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Top Things for Job Searching in the New World From the Tech Corner o Cord Cutting Statistics and Trends in 2023 Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Social Media Over Millennia.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 11th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS ATT Drops 411 Directory Assistance Service for Digital Landlines LastPass Hit with Lawsuit over August Breach ID Now Required to Access Online Porn in Louisiana Chip Shortage Will Continue Through 2023 FCC Overhaul its Security Reporting Rules ChatGPT: New AI Chatbot has Been Impressive Talking to It ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Gen Z Struggling with Admitting Tech Problems From the Tech Corner Non-binary DDR5 Memory The Evolution of the Electric Car Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Big Screen TVs.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 4th 2023 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS The NY State Right to Repair Law is a Nothing Burger Eufy Publicly Acknowledges Some Parts of its “No clouds” Controversy James Webb Space Telescope Shows Big Bang Didn’t Happen FBI - Beware the ‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Scam ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell In the Good Times You Want IT and in the Bad From the Tech Corner Big Tech's Dilemma with “We the Users are the Product.” The Growth in the Size of Your Video Files Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Transition to the New Year.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 28th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o New EU Battery Regulations o No Immediate Action on Damaged Soyuz Spacecraft o Pentax to Build a New Range of Film Cameras o FCC Proposes $300M Fine for Auto Warranty Robocalls o Big Tech Laid Off Thousands, But Non Profits and Small Startups are Hiring o Apple, Google, and Mozilla in Big Upgrade to Speedometer ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o More Decisions Before Taking IT Jobs From the Tech Corner o New York State Digital Fair Repair Act o Cold Weather Affects Electric Car’s Range and Battery Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Using Tech to Design Backyard.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 21st 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Apple to Allow EU Third Party App Stores on iPhone o Big Tech Companies Join Linux to Compete with Google Maps o Kodak Taking Top Spot in Compact Camera Sales o Pioneering Methane Fueled Chinese Rocket Fails to Reach Orbit o Google Alerts: Watch Out for These Email Scams o Cisco Laying Off Over 4,000 Employees ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o IT Workers Need to Prepare for Long Hours From the Tech Corner o Women Working in the Field of STEM with Rebecca Mercuri Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Last 15 Seconds Shopping.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 14th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Microsoft Nagging Windows 7 and 8.1 Users to Upgrade to Windows 10 or 11 o Point and Shoot Cameras Are Back o Computer Science Students Face a Shrinking Big Tech Job Market o NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion Capsule Lands in Pacific to End Epic Moon Mission ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o IT Workers will Definitely Still be Needed Forever From the Tech Corner o Microsoft Adds Screen Recording to Windows 11 Snippet Tool o The 75th Anniversary of the Transistor on December 16, 1947 o The IEEE Mark the Transistor’s 75th Anniversary Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Last 30 Seconds Shopping.
IN THE NEWSo Use Microsoft PC Manager to Clean Up and Speed a Slow Systemo New York City Kills Internet Master Plan for Universal Public Web Accesso Ageism Affecting IT Tech Workers Ages 50 and Overo Career Cushioning is the Latest Work Trendo Panasonic to Shift Camera Business to Mirrorless Video
ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
o Do IT Layoffs Portend Doom for the IndustryFrom the Tech Cornero WiFi 6 is Designed to be Backwards Compatibleo Windows 11 Taking a Long Time to Copy Fileo RISC vs RISC-V vs ARM – What’s the Difference?Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winstono Last Minute Shopping
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 30th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o New York State Fair Repair Act is Awaiting Action o FCC Orders ISPs to Display Labels Clearly Showing Speeds and Itemized Fees o Japan Admits Defeat with its Moon-Bound CubeSat o Robocall-Enabling Provider Gets the Digital Death Penalty from the FCC o Big Tech Companies Making Massive Cuts in Headcount ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o My Solution to the Work from Office or Home Conflict From the Tech Corner o Thinking About Taking Your Computer to the Repair Shop? o Dr Rebecca Mercuri – Ranked Choice Voting Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Cryptocurrency Exchanges are Pyramid Schemes.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 23rd 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o NASA Mojo is Back as it Launched Artemis 1 Rocket o Your iPhone’s Usage Data is NOT Anonymous o Hackers Latest Scam Tactic – Callback Phishing o FCC Cracking Down on Ringless Voicemail Spam o FCC New More Accurate Broadband Maps ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o How do I Know if My Employer is Monitoring Me? From the Tech Corner o Electronic Vote Tabulation: Checks and Balances – Dr Rebecca Mercuri Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Coming Reviews and Attractions.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 16th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o 40 States vs Google Location Tracking Charges Settled for $392M o Gmail Adding Package Tracking Feature o Apple Sued for Allegedly Deceiving Users with Privacy Settings o USPS Warns Avoid Using Blue Mail Boxes o International Space Station Gets Delivery of 3D Printer ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Labor Hoarding for Now From the Tech Corner o Zero Gravity 3D Printing in Space o Big Tech Sweeping Layoffs o The Great Remorse Takes Over the Great Resignation o Microsoft Will Make Surface Parts Available Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Various Lawn and Garden Reviews.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 9th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o In Memory of Joe King o NASA’s Artemis Rocket Rolls Back to Launch Pad o New Federal Regulation May Turn 'Contractors into Employees o You May Not Get Your USPS Mail Due to Major Problem o Google Shutting Down its Dedicated Street View App o Windows 11 Runs on Fewer than 1 in 6 PCs o Tablet, Chromebook Shipments Come Crashing Down ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Ghosting in Lives, Work, and more From the Tech Corner o Hackers and Bad Actors are Weaponizing Your Typos o Windows Subsystem for Android Declared Ready for Prime Time Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Rhinosheild Gripmax.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 2nd 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Amazon will Open Project Kuiper Internet Satellite Factory o Comcast Wants Internet Users to Pay More o How Google Alerted Californians to an Earthquake Before It Hit o Autonomous Vehicles Ain’t Gonna Happen in My Lifetime o Mark Zuckerberg is All In with Metaverse o Facebook (Meta) is Imploding ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Listener Question for ITPro From the Tech Corner o Microsoft PC Manager (Beta) to Clean Up and Speed Up PC o Gen-Z Bringing Back Digital Cameras of the Early 2000s Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Klein Tools Thermal Imager
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 26th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Apple Cuts Production of iPhone 14 Plus o Apple Freezes Plans to Use China's YMTC Chips o New Report About How TikTok Uses Data o New U.S. Sanctions See Semiconductor Suppliers Halt Business with China o Google ‘Incognito Mode’ is ‘Not Truly Private’ o DuckDuckGo Makes its Mac Browser beta Open to all o FCC Denies ISP requests to Keep Their Coverage Calculations Secret o No. 1 Reason Your Package Says It’s Delivered When It Hasn’t ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Flexwashing, or Fake Flex hours From the Tech Corner o Returning to a Kodak Moment o NASA Gets Closer to Venus Mission o Windows Subsystem for Android Declared Ready for Prime Time Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Winter Advisory
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 19th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o PC Market Slump in Steepest Decline in 20 years o U.S. Supreme Court Hears Case on Fair Use as We Know It o The World’s Largest Camera is Nearing Completion o Some Remote Workers are Choosing to be Over-Employed o U.S. Companies Charging Employees for Job Training if They Quit o Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro Block non 64-Bit Android Apps ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Ageism Revisited with Digital Native Term From the Tech Corner o Microsoft 11 May Have a Short Product Life Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Electrical Updates through the Home
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 12th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Cybersecurity Awareness Month o Over 50% of CEOs Considering Cutting Jobs o Amazon Tells Call Center Employees to Work Remotely o Hurricane Ian Pushes NASA’s Artemis 1 Launch to November o Micron Selects Syracuse Suburb for Computer Chip Plant o FTC and Dept of Labor Defining Who is a Gig Worker ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Defining Independent Contractors vs Employees From the Tech Corner o What Happens to the Used Batteries of EV Cars? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o EGO Select Cut Dual Blade Mower and Chain Saw
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 5th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Comcast and Charter Spectrum are Being Good Corporate Citizens o Supreme Court Puts Section 230 on its Docket o FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking o Users are Experiencing Corrupted Photos on Google Photos o Meta will Freeze Hiring and Cut Costs o Job Hunting? Beware of Ghost Jobs o Google Stadia Gaming Service Shutting Down ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Quiet Quitting - Laying Out Solutions and Communications From the Tech Corner o Rebranding of USB Standards o LED Streetlights are Increasing Blue Light Pollution o More Companies Adopting the Microsoft Surface Form Factor o Intel Drops Celeron and Pentium Names from Low End Laptop CPUs Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Dealing with China is Not Cheaper.
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 28, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o NASA Calls Off Artemis 1 Launch as Hurricane Ian Threatens Florida o NASA Reportedly Concerned that Astronauts Will Get Pregnant in Space o Shift in Jupiter’s Orbit Could Have a Bizarre Impact on Earth o Employers Worry Disconnected Workers Will Refuel Great Resignation o Return to Office Mandates Making Employees Nervous o FTC Issues a Crackdown Warning Over Exploiting Gig Workers ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Quiet Quitting - Pointing Out the Problems and Solution Provider From the Tech Corner o Integrating New Members into a Remote Team o Scientists Create Matter from Nothing o ARM Architecture Now the Default CPU in the Datacenter Server Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Reflecting on Designs in Your World.
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 21, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Federal Court Rules Big Tech Has No “Free Wheeling First Amendment Right to Censor” o Backblaze Reports on Reliability of SSDs vs Hard Disk Drives o NASA Announces Third Launch Attempt Date for Artemis 1 o Google Cancels Half the R&D Projects in Area 120 o LibreOffice is Free for $10 from Apple’s Mac App Store ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Quiet quitting - Relating to IT - Addressing Simple Side From the Tech Corner o Performance Boost for Chromebooks and Chrome Browser o The Floppy Diskette Market o Harvard Engineers Invent Solid State Battery That Never Dies Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o USB Evolving More and More "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 14, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o NASA Replaces Artemis 1’s Leaky Fuel Seal o Thousands Bilked US for Free Internet – In One Child’s Name o Google Closed the Operation of the Pixel Book Department o FCC to Release Draft of Broadband Map in November o A New Breed of Solid State Storage Products o Quiet Quitters Make Up Half of the US Workforce ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Quiet Quitting - Defined and Processed From the Tech Corner o Information Integrity on the Internet o Internet Law and Regulation – Section 230 Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o New Klein Screwdrivers "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 7, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Peter Eckersley, Tech Activist, Passed Away Suddenly at 43 o Amazon Closes and Abandons Plans for Dozens of US Warehouses o Researchers Wirelessly Transmitted Power Over 98 Feet of Thin Air o U.S. Bans Chipmakers from Sending AI Training Chips to China and Russia o Japan to Change Laws That Require Use of Floppy Diskettes ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Know That Social Media Can Affect Job From the Tech Corner o Artemis I’s Second Launch Attempt Scrubbed o NASA Solves Voyager 1 Data Glitch Mystery Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Tech Challenge of Sound and Radar
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 31 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o NASA Moon Launch Postponed-Flight Scrubbed Due to Engine Problem o Google Locked Parent’s Account over Medical Photos of Their Child o Huawei CEO Reportedly Puts Company in Survival Mode o DuckDuckGo Opens Up its Free Email Privacy Service o Dozens of Dangerous Android Apps Spotted o Google Scrapped Plan to Consolidate Its Communication Services ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Listener Question About Tech in Small, Medium, Large Companies From the Tech Corner o Less Likely to Promote Dementia - TV Viewing or Computer Use? o Work from Home Employees May Be Asked to Take Pay Cut o Work from Home Impacts the Food Services Industry Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Streaming is Overtaking the World "
Hank said: " The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 24 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o A Breakthrough with Fighting Auto-Warranty Robocalls o All Systems “GO”, Artemis 1 to Lift-Off with Snoopy o Streaming Viewership Surpasses Cable TV o Verizon Cuts Visible Internet Unlimited to $30/month o Changes in Forging Friendships at Work ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Concerns When You are a Consultant From the Tech Corner o TechCrunch Launches the TruthSpy Spyware Lookup Tool o Apple Releases iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Securiy Fixes o ZOOM Series of Security Flaws o New Google Nest Router with Wi-Fi 6E Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Barbasol Razor as Example of Promoting Product "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 17th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Tonga’s Volcano Eruption January 15th Sent Tons of Water into the Stratosphere o Dark Plasma Eruption from the Sun Headed Towards Earth o The Chip Shortage Impact on Car Makers o Digital Point and Shoot Camera Market Sales Collapse o Pew Study: Teens Have Abandoned Facebook o The Final Countdown Begins: Artemis is Set for Launch ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Work vs Home Computer Part 2 of 2 From the Tech Corner o Are Solid State Devices Worse for the Planet than Hard Disk Drives? o Are the Colors in the James Webb Space Telescope Images Fake? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Brush That Bamboozled Dentists "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 10th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o The James Webb Telescope and the Big-Bang Theory o China Graft Probes Stem from Anger Over Failed CHIP Plans o $52.7 Billion Semiconductor Chip Manufacturing Act o AT&Ts $14 Million Class Action Settlement o New NAND Flash Paves the Way for Super Cheap Large SSDs o Google TV to Add Its Own Free Live TV ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Work vs Home Computer Part 1 of 2 From the Tech Corner o Google Hit with Lawsuit for Dropping Free Workspace Apps o Firefox Loses Users and Websites o Raspberry Pi Soon to Have a New OS o Duck Duck Go Releases New Microsoft Blockers after Backlash Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Chuckles Candy and Tech Changes "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 3rd 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Meta Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Collecting Patient Health Data o Cloud Storage Company Releases Data on Life Expectancy of HDD o Russia to Drop Out of International Space Station o Artificial Intelligence Discovers Alternative Physics ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Price Increases Claimed as Inflation From the Tech Corner o Cord Cutting Reaches Record Levels o Cord Cutting Statistics Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Shifting Ideas in Customer Service World "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 13, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o FCC Orders Carriers to Stop Delivering Auto Warranty Robocalls o New E.U. Landmark Law Targets Big Tech Over Hate Speech and Disinformation o Meta Dumps Crypto Payments Wallet, Novi o TikTok is Unacceptable Security Risk and Should be Removed from App Stores o U.S. Wants China's SMIC to Stop Making 14nm Chips ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Work from Home May Be Lesser of Options o From the Tech Corner o Smartphones Continue to Hurt Camera Sales o The Convergence of Videography and Still Photo Photography o NASA Unveiled First Full-Color James Webb Images Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Concerns About Automation "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 6, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Police Sweep Google Searches to Find Suspects o Google Password Manager to Cross All Platforms o EU Consumer Group Filed Complaint Against Google Over 'Deceptive' Sign-Up Practices o Starlink Can Now Provide Internet Services to Moving Vehicles o Adobe Bringing Photoshop to the Web ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Using Care on Social Media Now and During Job Hunting From the Tech Corner o Mars Spacecraft Has Been Running on Windows 98 for 19 Years o Senate Intelligence Committee Calls on FTC to Investigate TikTok For ‘Deception’ o Google Update Announcements Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Update on Beating COVID via Tech "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 29th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o How Google’s Passwordless FIDO Security Work o ZOOM App for Chromebooks is Shutting Down in August o The Importance of Freedom of the Press o The Reporting on the Supreme Court Decision on Roe vs Wade o Amazon Developing Alexa to be Conversational o Amazon Developing Alexa to Mimic Anyone’s Voice o Are Hidden Cameras in Vacation Rentals, Airbnb, Hotels, and Cruise Ships Legal ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Shifting Due to World Financial Situation From the Tech Corner o Cheap Microsoft Product Keys Sold Separately - Are They Legal? o Why We Celebrate Independence Day Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Independence Day "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 22nd 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet IN THE NEWS o Google Says It’s Time to Pay for G-Suite Services o Adobe is Releasing a Free Version of Photoshop o Meta aka Facebook is Getting Data about You from Surprising Places ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Multiple Screen Monitors for Better Workflow From the Tech Corner o Record Breaking Voyager Spacecrafts Launched 45 Years Ago Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Effectiveness of Various Home Security Devices "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 15, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o New York First State to Pass ‘Right to Repair’ Law for Electronics o Revoking Job Offers is An Increasing Common Cost Cutting Strategy o EU Requires All Smartphones Must Have Common Charging Port o Report Says Microsoft Will Require SSDs for New PCs o Google Merging Duo and Meet into a Single Video Platform ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Exec Says Turning Off Zoom Cameras Means Bad Worker From the Tech Corner o Electronic Equipment Depreciation o The Electric Car is Not Ready for Prime Time for All The People o The Three Battery Charging Levels for EVs Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Fathers Day "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 8th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o NYC’s Master Plan for Public Internet on PAUSE o How to Recover Deleted Data on Solid State Drive o Sony Says Smartphones Will Kill Off The DSLR Within Three Years o U.S. Takes Supercomputer Top Spot with First Exascale Machine ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Types of Backups You Can Perform From the Tech Corner o What’s Your Cost to Work From Home vs Return To The Office o Layoffs of Tech Workers Continue Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Klein Tools Hook and Loop Dispenser "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 1st 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Google Fiber Told to Drop Speed, and Reliabilty Claims o Political Bias in Email Spam Filtering o All is Not Well in Smartphone Land o Inflation Generating Fierce Headwinds for Many Tech Companies o Verizon Customer Bill Goes Up in June as Wireless Carrier Raises Fees ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Addressing More Rapid Fire Complaints About IT From the Tech Corner o Intel’s Innovative Solution to Substrate Shortage o DuckDuckGo Browser Allows Microsoft Tracker o Scientists Can Now Grow Wood in a Lab Without Cutting a Single Tree o The Next Generation in Transistor Technology Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Psychology of Getting Out from COVID Lockdown "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 25th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o DC Attorney General Sues Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg o Russia Picks Slow Chinese x86 CPU to Replace Intel/AMD Chips o Tech Layoffs Loom as Companies Announce Cuts to Workforces o Remote Workers at Risk of Getting Axed First in Tech Downturn o Mystery Issue on NASA's Voyager 1 Probe from 1977 o NYC Will Soon Require Businesses to Post Salaries in Job Listings o NYC Removed Last Working Pay Phone Booth o Pentagon Officials Testify at First Public UFO Hearing in Over 50 Years ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Downsides and Experience of Work From Home From the Tech Corner o Americans Want Big Phones—Not Folding Phones o Small Cell Phones are Dead Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Microphones "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 18th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o After a 20-Year Run, Apple Discontinues iPod o New Study Suggests Hybrid Work is Here to Stay o Cell Phones in War Zones Are a Very Bad Idea o SIM Swapping: How the Latest Cell Phone Hacking Scam Works o Intel Goes Big on a New Type of Processor o Viasat Wants FCC to Conduct Environmental Impact Review for Starlink ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Why all the Disaster Recovery Drills From the Tech Corner o Google I/O 2022 Announcements • Pixel Watch, Pixel 6A, Pixel Buds Pro, Pixel 7 series, and Pixel Tablet • New Chromebook Features Announced at Google I/O 2022 • Google’s new Android Auto interface works with any screen size Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o High-Tech Foam Insulation "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 11th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o The Salton Sea Could Produce the World’s Greenest Lithium o Lithium Metal Solid State Battery Recharges 80% in 15 Minutes o Chinese Government to Dump Windows in Favor of Linux o White House Doubles Down on Affordable Broadband o What Have We Learned About Remote Work After 2 Years ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Zoom Interviews and Personal Revelations From the Tech Corner o RISC-V the Company o ARM UK vs RISC-V: What Are the Differences? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o 512 Audio Limelight Microphone
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 4th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o EU Commission Sends Statement of Objections to Apple over Practices Regarding Apple Pay o Russia Will Pull Out of the International Space Station o New Comcast-Charter Streaming Joint Venture o 64% of Workers Would Consider Quitting if Required to Return to Office Full Time o Remote Work, Be Careful What You Wish For ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Work Romance is Not Good From the Tech Corner o Snap Launches $229 Flying Camera Called Pixy o Overview of America’s Semiconductor Industry Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Mothers Day "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 27th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Taiwan Semiconductor Hiring Woes in the United States o FCC GMRS License Fee Has Finally Dropped o Google to Kill Third Party Call Recording Apps o What Does Stock Short Selling Have to Do with Technology? ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Addressing More Rapid Fire Complaints About IT From the Tech Corner o The Twitter Battle Saga o Elon Musk is Officially Buying Twitter o EU Warns Twitter Must Comply with EU New Digital Rules Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Updates on the Car Tech and Experience "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 20th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o San Francisco Police Pulls Over a Self Driving Car ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Addressing More Rapid Fire Complaints About IT From the Tech Corner o Is Windows 11 Ready for Primetime? o The Electric Vehicle or EV is NOT Zero Emission o Does Mobile Phone Radiation Pose a Health Issue Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Klein Screwdriver Tools "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 13th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Google Jumps in with iFixit Repair Kits o Foreign Companies Cost of Doing Business in China o Microsoft Disrupts Russian Cyber Attacks o Up to 18 Month Delay for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o How Does a Manager Review a Remote Worker? From the Tech Corner o Does Unplugging Appliances Really Save Money? o Video Games are Booming Among Adults 50+ Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Zebra Printer Changing Game "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 6th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Elon Musk Has Become Twitter’s Largest Shareholder o Apple’s Hardware Subscription Service Could Be a Big Deal o Newly Released Census Records from 1950 o Wyze Did Not Disclose Security Camera Line Vulnerability for Years o Google Issues Warning for Chrome Users o Russia Will End Its Cooperation on the International Space Station o Motorola Takes the #3 US Smartphone Spot ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Business IT Changes Coming From The Tech Corner o The PC Systems Weakest Link: Passwords o Samsung Teams with iFIXIT on Right to Repair o Scientists Have Finally Mapped the Whole Human Genome Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Fledging Spruce Multi-Charger "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 30th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Personal Computer Pioneer John Roach Passed Away at 83 o FTC Sues Intuit Over 'Free' TurboTax Software o The COBOL Programming Language o Cord Cutting - Goodbye Cable, Hello Streaming o Bad Apps Caught Hiding in the Google Play Store o ASML is the Next Bottle Neck in Chip Manufacturing o Researchers Suspect 16 Years Old to Be Lapsu$ Mastermind o Russia Facing Equipment Shortage and IT Personnel Exodus IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Physical and Mental Health Working from Home From The Tech Corner o The Internet has Changed the Way Military Battles are Fought o Lithium is a Critical Mineral in the Supply Chain Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o King Bee II Microphone and Explainer "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 23rd 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Amazon Prime Membership Harder to Cancel o German and US Government Warnings Against Using Kaspersky AV o Samsung Foundry’s 4nm Yield Reportedly Very Low o Hacker Gang Helping Putin from the Shadows o Counterfeit Chips a Danger to National Security IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Building Your Brand on LinkedIn - Part 3 of 3 From The Tech Corner o Is Windows 11 Ready for Primetime? o Chip Sanctions Impact on Russia Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o SciFi Technology and Techno Babble"
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 16th 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o DDR3 Memory Supplies Rapidly Shrinking o Intel Enabling ECC Memory on Selected Consumer CPUs o Workers Regret Quitting Their Job During the Great Resignation o Impact of Ukraine Invasion and the International Space Station o After Two Years, Office Return to Normalcy Won’t Be the Same o Upgrading System Storage with SD/Micro SD Card IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Building Your Brand on LinkedIn - Part 2 of 3 From The Tech Corner o Right to Repair – Repairability of Computing Equipment Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Computer Security Game That Shouldn't Be "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 9, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Amazon Closing All 68 of its Books, 4-Star, and Pop-Up Stores o New Ohio Law Cracking Down on Robocalls o Backblaze Report SSDs are as Reliable as HDDs o Russia Says NASA Can Use Broomsticks to Fly in Space o Internet Backbone Provider Shuts Off Service in Russia IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Building Your Brand on LinkedIn - Part 1 of 3 From The Tech Corner o Hubble Space Telescope 20 Years of Ground Breaking Discovery with ACS o Redesigning How CPU’s are Built Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Zombie Shipping Containers Disrupting Economy "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 2, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet o Restrictions on High Tech Exports to Russia o Russian Invasion Fallout and the International Space Station o Ukraine’s Supply Chain Role in Global Semiconductor Production o Computer Chip Industry Begins Halting Deliveries to Russia o ARM China Seizes IP, Relaunch as Independent Company IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o What is Software Volume Licensing From The Tech Corner o 3 Months and 700 Steps to Produce a Computer Chip o Intel High Performance Computer - 1 exaFLOPS Ponte Vecchio Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Subaru Accident Leads to New Car Technology
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 23, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Verizon FIOS Begins Multi Gigabit Internet Speed in NYC o FCC Affordable Broadband Program Starting to Make a Dent o Key Supplier of Silicon Wafer Chips Sold Out Through 2026 o The Silicon Wafer in the Supply Chain o End of Free Google Storage for Education o Apple to Make Air Tag Device Improvements IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Posting of Salary Ranges in Job Ads From The Tech Corner o Roundup of Major News in the Semiconductor Industry Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o More About COVID "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 16, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o The Nvidia–ARM Deal is Dead o Intel Partners with RISC-V, Investing $1B in Foundry Ecosystem Services o Chinese Lithography Firm Rebukes ASML Over Patent Infringement o IBM Emails Show Millennial Workers Favored Over “Dinobabies” o Every Employee Who Leaves Apple Becomes an “Associate” IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o You Need to Become a Tech Leader From The Tech Corner o Have We Reached the Limits of Semiconductor Technology o What is ISP Throttling and What Can You Do About It? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Bosch Freak (Wrench and Driver) "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 9, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o PayPal Admits 4.5 Million Accounts Were Illegitimate o GoFundMe Gets Heat on Canadian Trucker Freedom Protest o NYC Employers Will be Required to Post Salary in Job Ads IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o When to Move Consultant to Full-Time From The Tech Corner o Intel Patent on Multi-Chip-Module GPU’s o COVID-19 Pandemic Disruption to the Workforce o PROs and CONs in the Gig Economy Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Medical Items at CES 2022 "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 2, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Camera That Can See Through or Around Anything o Motorola Wireless Android Auto Dongle o Apple Updates for MacOS 12.2 and iPadOS 15.4 o Intel $1.2 Billion Anti-Trust Fine Overturned o Back to the Future with Old Music IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Complaints for IT Part 5 of 5 From The Tech Corner o Made in China 2025 Semiconductor Self Reliance Plan o Why China’s Semiconductor Industry Remains Behind o What is WiFi 6E and Do You Need It? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Reflections on CES 2022 "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 26, 2022 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Microsoft Releases “WOKE” Spellchecker o IRS Will Require Taxpayers to Sign Up with ID.me o Get Ready for FREE NextGen TV Broadcasts o Google Illegally Used Dark Patterns in Location Tracking IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Complaints for IT Part 4 of 5 From The Tech Corner o Impact on the Human Body in Space Travel o Chipmakers Cut Corners to Accelerate Semiconductor Production o Intel Buys Industry First Next Gen Chipmaking Tool o The Semiconductor Shortages and Its Consequences Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o WeMax Projector "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 19, 2022 PRN.fm Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7B o Firefox Browser was Failing to Load Websites o Norton AV Adds Crypto-Miner and Takes Cut of Earnings o Micron 176-Layer QLC SSD o Google, Facebook CEOs Signed Off on Allegedly Illegal Ad Deal o IRS Targets Payment Transactions over $600 o Canon Shuts Down Major Camera Factory o JAPAN’S Top Selling Cameras in 2021 o Semiconductor Shortage Affects Canon Toner Cartridges IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Complaints for IT Part 3 of 5 From The Tech Corner o A Full Function 100% Free Tax Preparation Application o LibreOffice v7.3 two New Languages Klingon and Interslavic o Mozilla to Track Facebook Tracking You o Cyber Criminals Mailing Out USB Drives with Malware "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 12, 2022 PRN.fm Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Sonos Wins Patent Lawsuit Against Google o Fire at ASML, a Vital Semiconductor Equipment Plant o Intuit Opts Out of Participation in IRS Free File Program o 400,000 Sound Music Recordings Now in the Public Domain https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/ IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Complaints for IT Part 2 of 5 From The Tech Corner o What is a Windows Portable Application? o How to Create Your Own Windows to Go Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Star Trek Fun and Ideas "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 5, 2022 PRN.fm Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time Happy New Year IN THE NEWS o There is a Cold War! It is Not Military Arms But Semiconductor Chips o More People Are Using Android Apps on Chromebooks o VIA to Cease Chip Development o FCC Program Helps Pay for the Internet IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Complaints for IT Part 1 of 5 From The Tech Corner o The James Webb Space Telescope: Hunky-Dory o DuckDuckGo Previews Desktop Browser Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Switching from AT&T to T-Mobile o Year-End First Look at Different Products "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 29th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o The Fragile Infrastructure of Cloud Computing and the Amazon Web Services Outages o Managing Your Email Messages and Its Storage Space o Organizers of CES 2022 Say the Show is Still On o Previews of the Upcoming 2022 Consumer Electronic Show IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Backups and Redundancies Are Good From The Tech Corner o Year-End Wrap-Up of Technology Highlights in 2021 Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o New Year Resolutions "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 22nd 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o James Webb Space Telescope Plans Launch on Christmas Eve o A Massive Security Flaw, What Can You Do? NOTHING! o International Trade Commission Bans Import of Roku Products o Intel Again Warns of Chip Shortage Continuing Until 2023 o Satellite Internet Service in the Digital Divide o LastPass Becoming an Independent Company o T-Mobile New Rule on SIM Swaps IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Importance of Certifications is Low From The Tech Corner o How Secure is a Chromebook after it Stops Getting Updates? o Is It Legal to Resell Playstation Used Games? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Stopping the Disease Vectors "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 15th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o China Doubles Down on Building Chip Supply Chain o A Breakthrough in Semiconductor Chip Design o A Fix for Slow NVMe SSD Speeds in Windows 11 o Verizon May Have Just Enrolled You in a Data-Collection Scheme o Intel Warns Chip Shortage to Worsen if U.S. Bans Imports of Compound o RIP Alexa Internet IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Backups Home vs Business From The Tech Corner o How to Guard Against Smishing Attacks on Your Phone o Data the FBI Can Get from Social Media Messaging Apps Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Facebook is Faltering "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 8th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Windows 11 is Significantly Slowing Down Some NVMe SSD/s o Google TV Adds 300+ Free Channels to Live Tab with Pluto TV o Apple Tells Suppliers iPhone Demand Has Slowed Down o California’s New Math Framework o Webb Telescope Not Damaged Following Mounting Incident o Are You Still Paying for Anti Virus Software? IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Automation and Macros Revisited From The Tech Corner o What is the KISS Principle? o Canon Image SensorTake High Quality Color Pictures in the Dark Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Two Bits on Two Factor Authentication "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 1st 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o 3G Technology Phase Out o AT&T, Verizon Propose Limits to 5G o FireFox Password Manager App Shutting Down o DuckDuckGo Tool to Prevent Apps from Tracking Android Users o Windows 11 Forcing You to Use Microsoft Edge o Semiconductor Chips Will Get More Expensive o Truck Driver Shortage Goes Beyond Hiring IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Use of Off-Site Data Storage From The Tech Corner o Christmas at Risk as Supply Chain Only Gets Worse Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Miscellaneous Products "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 24th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o More Employers are Secretly Monitoring Their Employees o Samsung to Build Chip Making Plant in Taylor, Texas o When Will the Supply Chain Return to Normal? o How Cobalt Free-Batteries will Bring Down the Cost of EV’s IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Have Basic Info Ready for IT Support From The Tech Corner o What is the Right to Repair Movement o Apple and the Right to Repair Movement Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Cruising on Chromebook "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 17, 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Watch Out Chrome OS – Windows 11SE is New Chromebook Competitor o The Chip Shortage in Older Process Technology o Shortages in the Chip Industry are NOT Transitory o Carbon Emissions in the Global Chip Industry IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Mindy Asks About Printers for Home vs Business From The Tech Corner o Earth Has a Second Moon – a Quasi Asteroid Moon Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Calling Out Cryptocurrency "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 10th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o U.S. Arrest REvil Ransomware Hacker o Intel Pays VIA $125 Million to Recruit VIA Employees o Yahoo Pulls Out of China for Good o Will Microsoft Force You to Download Windows 11? o The Chromebook is Now Prime Time IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Benjamin's Past Experience With Employee Monitoring From the Tech Corner o Cars Are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Miscellaneous Products "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 3rd 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scam o Avast Created a List of 151 Scams o Microsoft Defender for Windows is Getting a Massive Overhaul o Can you play Minecraft: Education Edition on Chromebook? o Facebook Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System o Facebook’s New Name Is Meta Platforms, Inc. o John Carmack, Oculus Co-Founder, Warning for Metaverse Plan IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o 3rd of 3 Most Difficult tasks – Admitting You Need Help From the Tech Corner o Chromebook Sales are Plummeting Ahead of Black Friday Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Opining on Crowd Funding "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 27th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o FCC Revokes China Telecom’s Ability to Offer Services in the US o Amazon Impersonators Stole $27 Million in a Year o Micron Considering New US Memory Chip Factory o Verizon Not Ready to Exit Cable TV Business o Amazon Echo is Most Intrusive Collecting 37 Data Points o Mozilla Blocks Malicious Add-Ons Installed by Firefox Users o T-Mobile Delays Shutdown of Sprint 3G Network IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o 2nd of 3 Most Difficult Tasks - Admitting You Don’t Know It All From the Tech Corner o Facebook and the Metaverse o What Affects the Life of the Battery in Your Equipment Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Ear Buds Into Microphone Choices "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 20th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Lawmakers Say Amazon Misled Congress o AllBlock, an Ad Blocking Extension for Chrome and Opera, is Ad Injecting o The Great Resignation and the IT Professionals o Is China Controlling the Global Semiconductor Industry? IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o 1 of 3 Most Difficult Tasks - Admitting a Mistake From the Tech Corner o Destroying Information on a Disk Drive Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Miscellaneous Products "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 13th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Microsoft Offers TPM 2.0 Bypass to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PCs o Windows 11 Issues Mounting, Networking Software May Slow Down Internet Speeds o The Raspberry Pi Gets a New Official Website for all Hardware and Software Related Topics o Ukrainian Police Have Reportedly Arrested Two Members of a Ransomware Gang o Why this Facebook Scandal is Different o Op ED by Joe King re: Facebook Scandal o Facebook Bans Developer Behind Unfollow Everything Tool IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Revisiting Employee Monitoring From the Tech Corner o Why Can’t We Just Ramp Up Semiconductor Production o Who Are the Leading Semiconductor Companies Technology Chatter of Hits and Misses with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o The Grill Story "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 6th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Facebook Six Hour Outage on Monday Due to Faulty Configuration Change o Facebook Whistleblower Says Company Chose Profit Over Public Safety o Solid State Drives are Fast, But How Reliable are Solid State Drives? o Ransomware Gangs are Complaining Crooks are Stealing Their Ransoms o Prices are Surging for Copper and Copper Clad Laminates Used in Printed Circuit Boards o The Demand for Personal Computer Systems in 2021 o Suppliers Halt Production in China Due to Mandated Power Shutdowns IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Ageism Continued with More Benefits of Seniors From the Tech Corner o VPN Provider Sued for No Log Policy to Remain Untraceable Technology Chatter of Hits and Misses with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Miscellaneous Products into Covid "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 29th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Apple Releases iOS 12.5.5 for Older iPhones and iPads o iOS 15 Bring FaceTime to Android o Is VPN Safe to Use? o Comments on VPN by Joe King o Feds Considering to Act on the Chip Shortage o EU Proposes Mandatory USB-C on All Devices, Including iPhones IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Ageism Ponderings From the Tech Corner o The Computer Chip Industry and Catch 22 Technology Chatter of Hits and Misses - with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston o Miscellaneous Products
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 22nd 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o AMD PCs Affected by New CPU Driver Flaw o Amazon Permanently Ban 600 Chinese Brands o WhatsApp Moderators Can Read Your Messages o Apple Confirms Embarrassing MacBook Pro Design Problems o Microsoft Doubles Down on TPM 2.0 for Windows 11 o Microsoft Won’t Support Windows 11 on M1 Macs IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o SSA and Govt Spying on Employees From the Tech Corner o Using a Portable Hotspot Internet Router as an Alternative Option OpEd by Benjamin Rockwell o Technology Detection of CoVid Could Be Freedom Thief "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 15th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Mars Rover Collected Its First Samples. What’s Next? o AI Systems Cannot be Recognized as Patent Inventors. o 24% Plan on Spending More on Their Phone Due to COVID-19. o Can Apple Reduce its Dependence on China? o Malicious Lightning Cable Can Record and Transmit Data a Mile Away. IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Farewell eMails and Leaving with Style From the Tech Corner - COVID 19 and the Acceleration of Abrupt Changes o The Great Resignation o Employers Are Rejecting Millions of Qualified Workers. o 43% of College Graduates are Underemployed in Their First Job. o Student Loan Debt of $1.73 Trillion is Rapidly Rising. "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 8th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Judge Grants Injunction Against TV Streaming App Locast o Apple Hits Pause on Controversial CSAM Detection Feature o Amazon Is Reportedly Making Its Own Televisions o Windows 11 - Microsoft Giveth and Microsoft Taketh Away o Are We Prepared for an Internet Apocalypse’ Caused by the Sun IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Hospitals with Better IT Have Fewer Deaths From the Tech Corner o IBM Mainframe Application Ain’t Going Away o China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Foundry to Challenge Taiwan Semiconductor o Return to Work in the Office "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 1st 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Microsoft will Release Windows 11 on October 5th o SIM-Swap Scam o FBI Alert About ‘Ransomware Affiliate’ o James Webb Space Telescope – Ready for Launch IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o from StudyFinds.org - Most Want to Work from Home From the Tech Corner - Chip Shortage Update Report o The Tech Industry is at a Crunch Point in Time. Why is There a Chip Shortage? o The Pandemic Accelerated an Already Precarious Situation for Chipmakers. o Intel and IBM Said The Chip Shortage Could Extend Into 2023. o The Problem Now is Assembling Wafers into Integrated Circuits . o Taiwan Semiconductor Is Hiking Chip Prices Up To 20%. o TSMC holds the keys to resolving the global chip shortage. o Japanese Semiconductor Industry that Once Dominated the World in Peril.
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 25h 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Chinese Firm Behind the Purchase of UK’s Largest Chip Plant o The FTC has Refiled its Antitrust Lawsuit against Facebook, o Chip Shortage: Toyota to Cut Global Production by 40% o Microsoft Announces Price Increase for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 o Intel Chip Strategy and TSMC Partnership o Latest T-Mobile Data Breach Affects over 40 Million People o Taiwan’s TSMC to Ship Pieces of its New US plant via Cargo Freight o Norton and Avast Merge to Form Super-Cybersecurity Company IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Company Mergers and IT From the Tech Corn o The Tale of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company o Unplug These Appliances That Hike Up Your Electricity Bill "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 18th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Hackers Return $600 Million They Stole in one of the Biggest Crypto Heists o Cyber Attackers Threatened to Release Gigabyte Hacked Documents o Google Rolls Out ‘Pay Calculator’ Work-from-Home Salary Cuts o Apple CSAM or Child Sexual Abuse Materials Controversy Update o Half of US Hospitals Shut Down Networks Due to Ransomware o Apple Orders Account for Over 20% of TSMC Total Revenue IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Most Critical Information Tech in Companies From the Tech Corner o Semi Conductor Shortage Update o What is the Global Navigation Satellite System "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 11th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Apple Built a 'Backdoor' Into iPhone o Shipping Crises is Adding to the Shortages of Electronic Components o Government Tells Workers and Contractors: Beware of Public Wi-Fi, o Google Ending Gmail Sign In Support for Older Android Phones in September IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Shadow IT and returning to the office From the Tech Corner o DuckDuckGo Feature Strips Trackers from Email o Firefox Has Lost 46M Users Over Last Three Years "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 4th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time Back on August 4, 1983, it was the first broadcast of the Personal Computer Show. IN THE NEWS o Almost 40% of Smart Phone Owners Turn Off 5G o Certain States Power Regulations Ban Dell Shipping Alienware PCs o Apple Constraints on Supply of iPhone 13 o Chromebooks Dominate Worldwide PC Market o Intel Warns of Two-Year Chip Shortage o The Chip Shortage will Get Worse Before It Gets Better IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Important IT Experience Factors in Hiring From the Tech Corner o Is the Desktop PC Market Dead? o Faster Solid State Drives Based on PCIe 5.0 "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 28th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Google Issues Warning to Chrome Browser Users of Serious Zero Day Exploit o A Missing Ampersand Locked Out Some Chromebooks o The Business of Subscription Malware Is Getting Bigger, More Dangerous, and It's Dirt Cheap o Government Watchdog Says Minimum Broadband Speeds are Too Low o The Failure of China’s Microchip Giant o China Responsible for Microsoft Exchange Email Hack o Google Cloud Lost $5.61 Billion in Calendar 2020 o Galileo Project – Research on Existence of UFOs and Alien Civilizations IT PRO SERIES o Impact of Chip Shortages on Information Technology FROM THE TECH CORNER o Cutting the Cord on Traditional Cable or Satellite TV o Researchers Develop Arm Microprocessor Built Out of Plastic "
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 21st 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o First Space Flight with an All Civilian Crew o Intuit will No Longer be a Part of IRS Free File Program o Hubble Space Telescope has New Lease on Life o FCC to Remove Huawei, and ZTE Equipment in U.S. o Microsoft to Offer Cloud Based Windows 365 August 2nd o Apple is Cracking Down on Remote Work from Home o Barely Anyone is Using mmWave 5G in the U.S. o Google Admits Employees Listen in on Google Assistant IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o What I Dread in Information Technology From the Tech Corner o The Chip Shortage will Get Worse Before It Gets Better "
"The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 14th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o 36 States and D.C. Accuse Google of Violating Anti-Trust Laws o Do NOT Install Chromebook 91.04472.147 Update o Microsoft Issues Urgent Security Warning o Some AMD Laptops Reduce Performance for Better Battery Life o Google Remote Work Policies o Google Search Engine with Finger on the Scale IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Don’t Share Passwords From the Tech Corner o What is Computer Preventive Maintenance? o Minecraft is R-Rated In South Korea "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 7th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Ransomware Attack Has Ensnared Hundreds of Companies o Concerns Audacity Open Source Audio Editor May Become Spyware o Audacity Owner Will Revise Privacy Policy Following Concerns o Advertisers Are Selling Americans' Data to Shady Businesses Abroad o WD My Book NAS Devices Being Remotely Wiped Clean o Cord Cutting with PlutoTV Offering a Free Streaming Service IT Pro Series by Benjamin Rockwell o Impact of Social Media on Employment From the Tech Corner o What is TPM 2.0? o Microsoft Windows 11 Insider Preview Build o Amazon App Store vs Google Play Store
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 30, 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o John McAfee Died Hours after Spanish Court Authorized Extradition o Windows 11 Minimum Hardware Requirements o Windows 11 Requires Use of TPM 2.0 Chip o Windows 10 vs Windows 11 Differences o Microsoft Windows 11 Frequently Asked Questions IT Pro Series by Benjamin Rockwell o Ranking People, Info, Infotech From the Tech Corner o The Pentagon’s UFO Report to Congress
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 23rd 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Drought-Stricken Communities Push Back Against Data Centers o Gaming is a Serious $159 Billion Industry o Texas Power Companies are Remotely Raising Temperatures on Residents' Smart Thermostats o 65% of Americans Have a Smart Home Device o What Happened to Curved TVs? IT Pro Series by Benjamin Rockwell o Stay Out of Work Politics From the Tech Corner o Should You Buy Refurbished Electronics? o Winners and Losers of the Work-From-Home Revolution
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 16th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Google Makes Workspace Free for Everyone o Federal Judge Puts NY State $15-A-Month Internet Law on Hold o Verizon Expands Return Policy to 30 Days o Apple’s Tightly Controlled App Store is Teeming with Scams o Apple Admits Why its Own Files App was Ranked First o JBS says it Paid $11 Million Ransom after Cyberattack o Nikon to End Camera Production in Japan o eBay and PayPal Finally Break Up for Good IT Pro Series by Benjamin Rockwell o A Lifetime of Learning From the Tech Corner o Amazon Prime Day June 21-22 o ATT Donates $2 Billion to Help Bridge the Digital Divide
" The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 9th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Forensic Tracking of Bitcoin Ransom Payment o The Criminals Thought the Devices Were Secure. But the Seller Was the F.B.I. o Microsoft to Unveil New Version of Windows on June 24th o Amazon’s New Feature will Share Your Internet Connection with Neighbors o New Study Backs Finding That MagSafe Can Interfere With Medical Devices IT Pro Series by Benjamin Rockwell o Concerns Before Learning to Code From the Tech Corner o The MTA is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge "
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 2nd 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o India Based Firm Cloudgen Pleads Guilty to H1B Fraud o Backup Company Exagrid Pays $2.6m to Conti Ransomware Attackers o macOS Has a Huge Malware Problem. o 50% of Streamers Switched to Free Services IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell o Not Anyone Can Learn to Code From the Tech Corner o Darkside Got Unexpected Help from Bitdefender Attacking Colonial Pipeline o The Rasomware Hunting Team
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 26th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Chip Shortages Driving Up Tech Prices o Hackers Can Use Your Smart Plugs to Break Into Your Home Network o Apple Exec Calls macOS Malware Levels Unacceptable o TV Providers Report Loss of 1.9 Million Subscribers in 1Q2021 o Apple Named in Federal Anti Trust Lawsuit o Broadcasters Case Against Locast o Microsoft Warns of Fake Ransomware StrRAT o Google Assistant to Power Off Android Phones o Google IO Developers’ Conference Announcements IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell o Certifications and Training From the Tech Corner o Bizarre Story of Inventor of Ransomware o Is There Honor Among Thieves? o Windows 10 Built-In Ransomware Protection
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 19th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Colonial Pipeline – Darkside Hackers Shut Down o ATT – Discovery Mega Media Merger o First Amendment Case – Government Made Twitter Silence Political Speech o Reminder :–Google Photos’ Unlimited Free Uploads Ends June 1st o Robocalls from Southeast Energy Consultants o Chinese Products Get Pulled from Amazon o ISP Not Following Spirit of Program with Emergency Broadband Benefit of $50 off Monthly Bill IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell o Post COVID Return to Office – Part 6 From the Tech Corner o Darkside Ransomware Platform – SAAS
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 12th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o The Colonial Pipeline Subjected to a Highly Sophisticated Cyber Attack o The FTC Recommends to Congress Ways to Expand Consumers’ Repair Options o Microsoft Shelves Windows 10x o New Federal Effort Expected to Help Disconnect Most Robocallers FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell o Post COVID Return to Office – Part 5 From the Tech Corner o The Chip Shortage is Making Cars More Expensive o Pin Pointing Where the Digital Divide Exists All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o Into the Sunset
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 5th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Michael Collins - Apollo 11 Historic Lunar Mission o NYS Requires ISPs to sell $15/mo Broadband Plans o FCC Website for $50/mo Broadband Subsidies o Verizon Sells Yahoo! and AOL o T-Mobile Retires Wi-Fi Calling on Select Devices May 31 o Windows 10 Update Will Completely Remove Adobe Flash Player in July o Verizon Loses Cable and Phone Subscribers but Gains Internet Subscribers o Microsoft Support for Python Software Foundation IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell o Post COVID Return to Office – Part 4 From the Tech Corner o The Cable Television Business is Changing o Which Operating System is Most Secure? All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o An Autonomous Surface Disinfection Robot
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 28th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Supreme Court 9-0 Ruled in Favor of Scam Artists and Dishonest Corporations o Chip Shortages and the Blame game o Linux Bans University of Minnesota for Committing Malicious Code o NYC MTA Ends Subway Camera Test over Supplier's Link to China IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell o Post COVID Return to Office – Part 3 From the Tech Corner o The Apple Spring 2021 Announcements o Intel Reset for Windows-ARM Architecture o Intel to Invest $20 Billion for New Plants in United States All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o Stewed Salaries
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 21st 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Adobe Charles “Chuck” Geschke Passed Away o Google’s “Federated Learning of Cohorts” FLOC – Alternative to Third Party Tracking o New York Mandates $15-a-Month internet for Low-Income Households o Are Business Websites Subject to ADA Regulations? o New Technologies in Digital Photography IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell o Post COVID Return to Office – Part 2 From the Tech Corner o The Semiconductor Chip Shortage All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o The Ins and Outs of Air Quality
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 14th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Ransomware Attacks on Public Schools o IBM Spinoff NewCo Now Has a New Name o IBM Creates a COBOL Compiler – for Linux on x86 o Hackers Using Website's Contact Forms to Deliver IcedID Malware o AT&T Lobbies Against Nationwide Fiber FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Post COVID - Return to Office From the Tech Corner o The Gaps in the Digital Divide Presenting All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Surface Changes
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 7th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o LG is Quitting the Smartphone Business o Critical Vulnerability Affects Bluetooth-Enabled Cameras o New Windows 10 Update Could Fix Problem with Drivers o Selfies have Become a Mainstay of Popular Culture. o Google wins Java Dispute, Oracle Remains Defiant o IBM Brings to Market Quantum Computer o Hard Disk Drive New Technology FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Applicant Tracking System adtl thoughts From the Tech Corner o Mainframe Computing is Still With Us o The Mainframe Computer is Alive and Thriving Presenting All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Connecting the Dots from Flicker to Liquor
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 31st 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Radio Shack is Rising from the Ashes of Bankruptcy…Again o Stanford University Offering Free Online Learning Coding Course o FCC Now Wants the Public to Report on ISP Coverage and Speed o Sophisticated Hacking Program Discovered to be by Western Operative Government FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Self Sufficient at Tech for Work From the Tech Corner o It is World Backup Day – Easy as 3-2-1 o Take Better Quality Pictures with Your Smart Phone Presenting All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Spring Cleaning
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 24th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o IRS Changed April 15 Filing Deadline to May 17 o T-Mobile, Dish go to battle over CDMA Support for Mobile Boost, o T-Mobile customers are getting a free Pandora app that features Sirius XM content o Cable TV Subscribers Not Cord Cutting, It’s Just Switching the Cord o New Technology Developments in the Hard Disk Drive FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Upsides of Tech in Business for Us From the Tech Corner o Is There a Best Programming Language? o How will the Work Office transform Post Pandemic? o Workers Are Moving First, Asking Questions Later. What Happens When Offices Reopen? Presenting All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Lots of meeting cheating
Top of the Morning The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 17th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Apple Drops HomePod and iMac Pro from Product Line o Apple Cuts Production of iPhone 12 Mini by 70% o Apple Will Randomize Mac Serial Numbers o Apple M1 Users Experiencing Excessive SSD Write Usage o Gamers Scooping Up Old CRT TVs o This Linux Installed Base Greater than All Other Linux Distros Combined FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Downsides of Tech in Business for Us From the Tech Corner o UHF Television Channel 37 Does Not Exist Presenting All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Coronavirus Chemical Warfare
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 10th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Best Buy Closing Down Retail Stores o Comcast Hiding Internet Upload Speeds o T-Mobile Tells Consumers to Turn Off 5G to Preserve Battery Life FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Pierce with Questions on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software From the Tech Corner o Interview with Jerry Foster, CTO & Founder of Plex Systems Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Manufacturing o The Universal Storage Media Presenting All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Generator Power
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 3rd 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Fry’s Electronics is Shutting its Doors o Verizon Tells Consumers to Turn Off 5G to Preserve Battery Life o T-Mobile Data Breach o Microsoft Is Removing Windows 10’s “3D Objects” Folder o F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy o Microsoft Servicing Stack Update (SSU) to Prevent Windows 10 Updates from Failing o $650M Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Applicant Tracking System From the Tech Corner o Will 5G Ever Live Up to the Hype? o NASA Sent a Secret Message to Mars o Trend in Desktop Operating Systems Presenting All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Bye-Bye Buying
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 24th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o The Free Subscription for LastPass is Now Offered with New Restrictions o Millions of Americans Can't Get Broadband Because of a Faulty FCC Map o A Hugely Popular File-Sharing Android App Has Glaring Security Flaws o New Malware Found on 30,000 Macs o Chrome Will Soon No Longer Function on Older CPUs o The Rust programming language Foundation FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro series - Benjamin Rockwell o Youth as surrogate for official IT Support From the Tech Corner - Hank Kee o Big Tech and Federal Anti Trust All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o UVC Primer .
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 17th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Maryland Becomes First State in Country to Place a Tax on Big Tech’s Digital Advertising Revenue o Microsoft Excel Becomes a Proper Programming Language o Robo Calls and Scam Calls Persist During Pandemic o Lots of Cores or a Faster CPU Clock Speed FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro series - Benjamin Rockwell o Workday CEO and Work From Home From the Tech Corner - Hank Kee o Inquiring Minds Want to Know, Should You Charge Your Smartphone Overnight o COBOL is Not a Dead Programming Language All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o Generator Power
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 10th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o iPhone Adult Filter Excludes “Asian” o Google Fit can measure heart & respiratory rate o Comcast Raising of Data Usage Rates on Hold o Microsoft Windows 10 “Cloud” o College Proctoring Remote On-Line Testing Under Review FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro series - Benjamin Rockwell o Shadow IT downsides and concerns From the Tech Corner - Hank Kee o Ransomware Victims Are Not Reporting Attacks o Intel Regains Desktop Market Share All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o Coronavirus self-defense class
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday February 3rd 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO o 2020 Was Best Year Ever for Chromebook Sales o Work from Home Income Tax Dispute between States o Credit Karma Tax Preparation App That is Entirely Free o Messaging Apps Signal and Telegram Downloads Surge FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro series - Benjamin Rockwell o Shadow IT in Covid World From the Tech Corner - Hank Kee o Facebook Oversight Board All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o Troubleshooting
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 27th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Apple iPhone 12 Can Deactivate a Defibrillator o FCC Stick with 6-Year-Old Broadband Standard of 25Mbps/download and 3Mbps/upload speeds o Americans Balking at Buying Smart Home Devices FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro series- Benjamin Rockwell o Pragati - Incremental improvements From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee o How Often Should You Reboot Your Computer? o Advantages and Disadvantages of a Smart Home o The Smart Refrigerators is an extreme example of a smart device looking for a need o 75th anniversary of ENIAC, the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston o Enjoying the cam on the dash when there isn't a crash
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 20th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS o Intel Replaces CEO Bob Swan o Costco is shuttering all remaining in-store photo departments in Canada, US by February 14 o What is Signal? The basics of the most secure messaging app. o Microsoft to fix Windows 10 bug that can corrupt a hard drive FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro series Benjamin Rockwell o Brian asks about allowing guest access on his network From the Tech Corner o What is Low Earth Orbit Internet Service? o Space has become a junkyard, and it's getting worse All Hands on Tech. o Coronavirus ineffective tech hall of shame
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 13th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS o WhatsApp Tells Users: Share Your Data With Facebook Or We’ll Delete Your Account o Nearly 30% of working professionals would quit if they had to return to office after pandemic o Anti-Secrecy Activists Publish a Trove of Ransomware Victims' Data o Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business o Verizon puts 3G shutdown plans on hold indefinitely o AMD overtakes Intel in desktop CPU market share for the first time in 15 years FEATURED SEGMENTS IT PRO Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Guidance for Choosing IT Jobs From the Tech Corner with Hank Kee o Google’s Controversial Plan To Kill Third-Party Cookies o When to Replace Your HDD or SSD All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o Getting Water out of its Shell
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday January 6th 2021 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS o What Free Streaming Services Are There for the Cord Cutters o T-Mobile Data Breach Exposed Phone Numbers and Call Records o FCC Orders Phone Companies to Help Trace Illegal Robo Callers FEATURED SEGMENTS IT PRO Series with Benjamin Rockwell o Concerns about Sneakernet Repairs in Covid world From the Tech Corner with Hank Kee o The Hype on 5G Smartphones in 2020 o Tech That Rode Off into the Sunset in 2020 o Windows 7 is Still with Us. What Will Happen to All Those Medical Devices? All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston o If UVC is a color you cannot see, why is it a gold rush?
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 30th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS Steve Wozniak's Apple Auction Adobe Flash Retired - RIP FAA Long-Awaited Rules for Drones American Airlines Resume Boeing 737 Max Flights FEATURED SEGMENTS IT PRO Series with Benjamin Rockwell Cleaning Server Rooms and Computers From the Tech Corner with Hank Kee A Turning Point in the Digital Revolution Developing a Backup and Recovery Strategy All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston Turning 21
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 23rd 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • Windows 10 20H2 Update Reportedly Damages SSD File Systems If You Run ChkDsk • In Case You Missed It, Cable Companies Can No Longer ‘RENT’ You the Router You Own • Google Officially Announces Android Auto Closed Testing Apps • Google quietly buys company that turns your old Windows 7 PC into Chrome OS machine • Nikon Closing Camera Manufacturing in Japan • SSD Prices Set to Drop in Q1 Due to Oversupply of 3D NAND FEATURED SEGMENTS IT PRO Series with Benjamin Rockwell • Working in the same household From the Tech Corner • Putting All Your Digital Services in One Basket • Flash Memory Card Specifications All Hands on Tech with Marty Winston • It's a Gift
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 16th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • Oracle, The Latest Company to Exit California • IBM squeezes 16,000 write-erase cycles from QLC flash • Caveat Emptor, Solid State Makers Swap Parts Without Telling Us FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Volume License Agreements From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • There Are Cables and There Are Cables, Now We Have USB-C • How Solid State Devices Work All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Snow Belts
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 9th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • Tesla is Moving to Houston, Texas • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Prepares to Move its HQ to Houston, Texas • US Labor Board Alleges Google Illegally Spied on Workers Before Firing Them • Microsoft Apologizes for Feature Criticized as Workplace Surveillance • Apple Offers Free Fix for iPhone 11 Devices That No longer Respond to Touch • Showtime Launches Free Pluto TV Channel • HBO Max Owner Reportedly Plans to Launch Two More Streaming Services—With Ads FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Employee Surveillance Programs From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Suggested Stocking Stuffers for the Computer Nerds • Making a List and Checking It Twice for Last Minute Christmas Gifts • What Will Replace NAND Flash Memory? All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Photon Emitters
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday December 2nd 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Opt Out of Amazon Sidewalk • Microsoft Productivity Score Workplace Surveillance Feature • Unannounced Changes in Android Auto • Apple-1 with Original Box, Signed by Steve Wozniak Up for Auction FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Ageism in the Workplace From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • How to Speed Up Windows 10 • Visual Voice Mail • Dangers of Using the Same Password for all Accounts • Samsung Misleading Advertisements All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Benchware
Happy Thanksgiving The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 25th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • There is 5G and then There is 5G for the Average Consumer • Tesla and eMMC Memory Failures • Arecibo Dish to be Demolished FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • OEM vs 3rd Party Ink and Toner From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Employee Surveillance Software on the Rise • Turn Off Google Gmail Tracking Home Automation – Marty Winston • Wishbones Final Thoughts • Black Friday and Cyber Monday will be a Passing Memory • Joe King with his Thanksgiving Thoughts • Virtual Thanksgiving Day Parades from the Past
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 18th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Microsoft Will Force Update Like It of Not on Build 1903 • FCC Waives 30 Days Notice on Channel Blank Out • Google Storage Will End Free Unlimited Storage June 1, 2021 • Deutsche Bank Says Employees Working from Home Should Pay 'Privilege' tax' • Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Arecibo Observatory Dish Damaged Again FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • 5S Made Simple From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • How Cost Effective is Your Internet Service? • Google Will Be Building Its Own CPU Chips Home Automation – Marty Winston • Put UVC Next to Me
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday November 11th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Microsoft may have dropped support for Office 2010, but there are alternatives. • Older Android phones won't support many secure websites by September 2021 • Windows 10 upgrades blocked over Intel Thunderbolt 'DMA violation'. • TV providers on track to lose around 5 million subscribers in 2020. FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Tech Training in COVID World From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • What is Thunderbolt Technology? • Solid State Drives vs SD Flash Card Memory vs USB Flash Drive Storage Home Automation – Marty Winston • A Geek Salute to Service
The Personal Computer Show
Wednesday November 4th 2020
PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet
6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
- Better Internet in Rural Areas Would Attract New WFH
- Impact of Cord Cutting on Cable Operators
- Raspberry Pi 400
FEATURE SEGMENTS
IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell
- Data Piracy is Still Hard Even WFH
From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee
- An Alternative to Zoom Teleconferencing
- Extending Use of Systems with 32/64 GB eMMC Memory
- Caveat Emptor - Computer Equipment Reviews
Home Automation – Marty Winston
- Dazed and Glazed for the Holidays
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 28th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • U.S. Accuses Google of Illegal Monopoly • Amazon Paying for Non Amazon Purchase Data • Nokia blocks Lenovo from selling any laptops • T-Mobile TVision FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Coding and Programming From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office • Microsoft Survey: People Believe Companies Bear Responsibility for Protecting Data Privacy -- Not Government • Communications Decency Act Section 230 • Black Friday Sneak Peeks Home Automation – Marty Winston • Tech or Treat
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 21st 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • StricterRrules to Tighten H1-B Visa for High-Skilled Foreign Workers • iPhone Survey / iPhone 12 Announcements • Yahoo Announces Shutdown Of Social Platform Yahoo Groups • Microsoft Forcing Installation of Microsoft Web based Programs • US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • IBM Splits in Two From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • IBM's Spin-Off Plans to Streamline the Company • Smart Phone Apps for GPS Car Navigation Home Automation – Marty Winston • Splash Tech
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 14th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • IBM Will Split Into Two Companies • Google G Suite is Now Google Workspace • Stricter Rules for H1B Hires FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Backups to the Cloud - Not Reliable or Fully Safe From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • The Culture at Big Blue (IBM) – Yesterday and Today Home Automation – Marty Winston • The Bloom In Lumens
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday October 7th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Phone Services Can’t Charge for New Required Robocall-Fighting Tools • Google Extends Unlimited Minutes for Free Google Meet Account • Windows 10 Will Alert User When SSD Life Cycle is Soon to End FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • External Threats to the Company From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • The State of Solid State Drive Technology • TeleHealth / TeleMedicine May Be Permanent After Covid-19 Home Automation – Marty Winston • Messes
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 30th 020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Major Hospital Chain UHS Hit with Massive Cyber Attack • Most Americans Think Big Tech is Spying on Them • Google Meet Sets 60 Minute Limit with Free Plan • Microsoft Meet Now Integrated Into Next Windows 10 Update FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • IT Pro Work is 25 by 8 Service From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Quantum Computing • The Longevity Of Craigslist Home Automation – Marty Winston • Peripheral Roles
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 23rd 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • IBM Did Discriminate Against Older Workers in Layoffs • Your Weather App Is Selling You Out • Firefox Send and Firefox Notes Decommisioned – Use File.Pizza • Phones for Low-Income Users Hacked Before They're Turned On FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Insider Threats to The Company From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Microsoft's Underwater Data Center Resurfaces After Two Years Home Automation – Marty Winston • No Wonderland
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 16th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Covid-19 Internet Speeds • Pandemic Is Taking a Heavy Toll on Our Mental Health • Separating Support for Chrome OS and Chrome the Browser • Dozens of Amazon's own products have been reported as dangerous • Cable-box competition rules have been completely dismantled FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Misc Network Definitions From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Bluetooth’s Latest Security Issue • U.S. banks and tech firms have no need of H1B Visa talent Home Automation – Marty Winston • Stage Craftiness
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday September 9th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS 1. There May Be a Privacy Issue with Amazon Alexa for Landlords 2. Cable TV Channels and 4K with an Antenna 3. Working Remotely in the Pandemic May Generate a Tax Surprise 4. Seven Years Later, Court Finally Finds Illegal NSA Spying Program to Have Been Illegal FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Remote Management and Monitoring From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Google Maps has Added Traffic Lights • Google Releases a New Android Auto Update • The H1B Program Needs an Overhaul Home Automation – Marty Winston • What wiring teaches us about plumbing
The Personal Computer Show
Wednesday September 2, 2020
PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet
6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
- The Internet Broke Down Again
- Courts Hold Amazon for Faulty Products
- Connecting the Computer to Your Brain
- There is a Global Laptop Shortage
- New Apple Support Scam on the Rise
FEATURE SEGMENTS
IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell
- Tech and other issues upon return to office
From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee
- Cord Cutting – Getting Local News and Weather via the Internet
- Troubleshooting Test Equipment – First Look Triplett Model 200
- Finding Space for the Home Office in the Home
Home Automation – Marty Winston
- How not to be afraid of test gear
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 26th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • FCC Requesting Comment on Charter Implementing Data CAP • Zoom Outage – What is Plan B Alternative to Zoom? • Chinese made smartphones are secretly stealing money • RAM and SSD prices will soon plummet due to oversupply and weak demand FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • IT Professionals do more than just the nerd From 5400 Feet Above Sea Level – Joe King • There is Standardization and There is Standardization From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • What is Cloud Computing and How Does the Cloud Work? • H1-B Program - What Are the Facts? Home Automation – Marty Winston • Keeping your sockets out of your pockets
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 19th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • The Legal Case Against Qualcomm • New Features in Android 11 FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Demise of Documentation From 5400 Feet above Sea Level – Joe King • Toshiba Post Mortem • There are Cables and There are Cables From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee • Can Tik Tok Be Trusted? • Smart Locks Can Be Easily Opened with Mac Address Home Automation – Marty Winston • Getting Out of and Back Into Hot Water
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 12th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern HEADLINE NEWS • Frances Allen, A M Turing Award Recipient, Passed Away at 88 • Toshiba is Quitting the Personal Computer Business • Does it Matter Who Owns Tik Tok? • Federal Contractor Secretly Placing Government Tracking Software in Mobile Apps FEATURE SEGMENTS IT PRO SERIES – Benjamin Rockwell • Problems, list or one at a time FROM THE TECH CORNER –Hank Kee • Chrome OS will Run Windows Apps and Windows 10 will Run Android Apps • MAC Address to Each Device Should Be Unique ALL HANDS ON TECH – Marty Winston • Surge and Rescue
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 5th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • William English, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Passed Away at 91 • News Alert - Mysterious Seed Packets Sent to All 50 States May Be a Brushing Scam • Department of Justice Will Review Intuit Acquisition of Credit Karma for $7.1 Billion for Possible Anti-Trust • Microsoft Windows Defender Flagging CCleaner as Potentially Unwanted Application FEATURE SEGMENTS IT PRO SERIES – Benjamin Rockwell • Work from Anywhere FROM THE TECH CORNER –Hank Kee • Joe King with Origins of The Personal Computer Show • Candidate for Recycling Use of a Door Stop [Old PC] ALL HANDS ON TECH – Marty Winston • Tools That Work Without Touching
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 29th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • Intel Announced it Will Require Outside Fabricators • How to Receive Free Local Broadcast Service • One of the Oldest Businesses on the Internet Sold for $9 Billion [eBAY] FEATURE SEGMENTS IT PRO SERIES – Benjamin Rockwell • Preparing and Planning for What Happens if I Get Hit by a Bus FROM THE TECH CORNER –Hank Kee • BadPower Attack Corrupts Fast Chargers – Can Melt or Set Your Device on Fire • How to Fix Windows 10's Latest 'No Internet Connection' Bug • How to Connect All Those devices Together? • Bloatware – Free Software You Don’t Want ALL HANDS ON TECH – Marty Winston • When the Thermostat is Where it's At
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 22nd 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • Pure Products Hypochlorous Acid Foggers may Endanger People • Why is there a coin shortage in the US? • FCC Votes to Make '988' New Suicide Hotline Number • Mozilla Bringing a Private VPN to Android, Chromebook, and Windows as a Standalone Service. • Microsoft Dropping Part of Control Panel • Windows 10 May 2020 Update is Slowing Down Games and Causing ESENT Warnings FEATURE SEGMENTS IT PRO SERIES – Benjamin Rockwell • Why Does IT Always Report to Finance? FROM THE TECH CORNER –Hank Kee • Evolution of Cable TV and Chord Cutting • Case Study of the Missing Windows 10 Wireless Adapter ALL HANDS ON TECH – Marty Winston • 0-10V Lighting Control
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 15th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Cable TV and Streaming TV in Lock Step Raising Rates • Live TV Streaming Services that Cost $20 or Less • Bringing High-Speed Internet to Rural Areas • Mozilla Suspends Firefox Send service • Security Cameras can Tell Burglars When You're Not Home • Google vs Google Chrome FEATURE SEGMENTS IT PRO SERIES – Benjamin Rockwell • IT Dress Code vs Standard Business Wear FROM THE TECH CORNER –Hank Kee • Tax Prep Apps: Intuit TurboTax vs. Credit Karma ALL HANDS ON TECH – Marty Winston • Some HVAC improvements raise suspicions
"for Wednesday July 8 6 PM The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 8th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • July 15th Income Tax Return Deadline Reminder • YouTube TV Jacks Up Its Streaming Prices • Sling TV – Alternative Cutting the Cord Option FEATURE SEGMENTS IT PRO SERIES – Benjamin Rockwell • Usage of Social Media in Business FROM THE TECH CORNER –Hank Kee • Tracking device on Your Cell Phone Without Your Knowledge or Consent • What Google Will Do with $110 Billion Dollars ALL HANDS ON TECH – Marty Winston • Charging Air While Dodging the Ozone
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 1st 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time HEADLINE NEWS • Apple WWDC 2020 Announcements • Microsoft is Permanently Closing its Retail Stores • Microsoft Admits Serious Problem with Windows 10 • Amazon Seals the Deal on Queens Warehouse • Google Will Automatically Delete Your Location History • After 84 Years, Olympus Exits Camera Business FEATURE SEGMENTS IT PRO SERIES – Benjamin Rockwell • Fighting loneliness while Working From Home FROM THE TECH CORNER –Hank Kee • Get Me Out to the Ball Game with No Fans ALL HANDS ON TECH – Marty Winston • Water Shaken Not Stirred
IN THE NEWS • Zoom Backtracked on End-to-End Encryption Plan by Giving it to All Users • Google Partnered with Parallels to bring Windows Apps to Chromebooks FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Conferencing Calls Lack Standards and Security From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee / Benjamin Rockwell • Latest Windows 10 Upgrade Build 2004 is a Major Screw-Up All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Germ-kill tech – the Good the Bad and the Bogus
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 17th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • What Happens to All that Remote Work From Home Equipment after the Coronavirus Pandemic is Over • Don’t Expect Security and Privacy Using ZOOM for Teleconferencing FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Differences in the Work From Home between the businesses levels From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee / Benjamin Rockwell • Call Centers Discover Work from Home Doesn’t Work for Them • Fortune 500 CEOs Says Work from Home Works All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Doodads for Dads for Father's Day
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 10th 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Remote Learning During Coronavirus Pandemic Did Not Work • Working From Home, It’s a Now Thing • How To Promote Your Career When You Work From Home • Coronavirus Will Permanently Change How Cities Work FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Setting Boundaries when Working Remote From the Tech Corner • Soldered on Component Parts Limit Upgrade Flexibility • Brave Web Browser Not as Advertised All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Air Conditioner Basics
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 3, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Windows 10 Build 2004 is a Disaster! • The Anti-5G USB Stick Is a Scam • Google Leaves Thousands of Contractors Hanging as it Rescinds Promised Job Offers FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Learning Quickly while Adapting to Working at Home From the Tech Corner • Windows Shortcut Keys • Extending Your Wireless Internet Signal with Mesh All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Oh Say Can UVC
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 27, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Half of Facebook’s Employees May Permanently Work From Home By 2030 • Thousands of Students Failed AP Exams Due to College Board Not Accepting iPhone Photos • Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Working at Home – Improvise, Adapt and Overcome From the Tech Corner • U.S. District Judge Once Again Upheld Maine Law that Requiring Cable Operators to Move Public Access Stations to Lower Channels All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Finally Resuscitated a Frankenstein System
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 20, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Ramsay Malware can Steal Sensitive Documents from Air-Gapped Networks • Computer Electronics Scarcity Due to Coronavirus Pandemic FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Conferencing Calls Lack Standards and Security From the Tech Corner • Why the Windows Operating System over Time Runs Slower • The Hyflex Option in College and University Education • Pros and Cons of Taking Online College Classes All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Open Letter to CES 2021
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 13, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • What states have the fastest and slowest Internet • Hackers Targeting Remote Desktop Protocol • Secure Your Home Network • Windows 10 May 2020 Update FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Differences in the Work From Home between the business levels From the Tech Corner • How to Safely Run a ZOOM Meeting • The RetroPie Emulation Station on the Raspberry Pi All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • 6-month power predicament forecast
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 6, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Windows 10x will Become a Chrome OS Competitor • Has the Coronavirus Impacted Microsoft’s Business? • Lenovo will Offer ThinkPads with Linux Pre-installed • Colleges Could Lose 20% of Students FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Setting Boundaries when Working Remote From the Tech Corner • Consumer Behavior Changes as a Result of Covid-19 • New IT Normalcy when Covid-19 Crisis Ends All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Disbanding Wi Fi bandwidth bandits
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 29, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Microsoft update capable of deleting user files and bricking your PC • Cyberattack Steals PC Data Through Fan Vibrations • iPhone at risk of hacking through email app • the Coronavirus crisis in Consumer Electronics • Android's upcoming call recording feature FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Learning quickly while adapting to working at home From the Tech Corner • John Conway and the Game of Life • Buying a New Computer? • Newest Shortage in New York City in the Coronavirus Crisis All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Think Again
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 22, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • ZOOM Has a Google Problem • Counterfeit Intel and AMD CPUs in the Retail and Used Computer Market • Coronavirus Squeezes Supply of Chromebooks and iPads, FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • What IT functions can be done remotely From the Tech Corner • Remotely Troubleshoot a PC with Windows Quick Assist • The Small Smartphone of Today is Not Small All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • 1-out-of-4-channel memory
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 15, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Schools Worldwide are Ban ZOOM for Remote Teaching • Wanted COBOL Programmers • NY State Handling of Unemployment Claims • Microsoft Edge becomes the 2nd most popular desktop web browser • Apple's next iPhone is reportedly getting a major redesign FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • Webex and Competition From the Tech Corner • Young Women and STEM Study in China All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • The Outlook is Cloudy in Cloud Computing
The Personal Computer Show
Wednesday April 8, 2020
PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet
6:00 PM Eastern Time
IN THE NEWS
- New Windows 10 Update with Serious Problems!
- How Safe Is Zoom?
- NYC schools told not to use Zoom
- Can you still use Zoom?
FEATURE SEGMENTS
IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell
- VPN explanations for business and home
From the Tech Corner
- What Will Cut Down on Robocalls? Make Spoofing Illegal!
All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston
- Retrofitting Frankenstein!
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong!
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 1, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Windows 10 has a new network connectivity issue • What Home Devices Can Slow Down Your Internet Access • How to tell if you have the revised Raspberry Pi 4 board? • Release of Apple iOS 13.4 Is Causing Serious iPhone Problems • iOS Bug Could seriously Affect your Personal Hotspot FEATURE SEGMENTS IT Pro Series – Benjamin Rockwell • What Will We Learn from Telecommuting? From the Tech Corner • How the Internet is Coping with Extra Traffic During COVID-19 Crisis • Work from Home Reveals Longer Hours and Privacy Threat • Home VPN Server All Hands on Tech – Marty Winston • Spring Cleaning
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 25, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • The Digital Divide - U.S. students asked to work remotely. But 22% of Homes Don't Have Internet • Federal tax filing deadline extended to July 15 • Windows 10 updates KB4535996, KB4540673 and KB4551762 could all make your PC slower to boot. • All the Free Streaming Services Just Might Be What You're Looking For FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • Featuring: Part 5 of 5 Why IT - Business Culture From the Tech Corner • The Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently on How We Communicate Presenting all Hands on Tech with Marty Winston • Air Locks for Houses
The Personal Computer Show Wednesday March 18, 2020 PRN.fm Streaming On the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time IN THE NEWS • Using Conference Call Service Apps during the Coronavirus Medical Crisis • Watch out for emails pitching COVID-19 health information and fake cures • Average Cable Bill Exceeds All Household Utility Bills Combined FEATURE SEGMENTS Presenting IT Pro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • Featuring: Part 4 of 5 Why IT - Security of business From the Tech Corner • Cloud VPN vs Your Own Home VPN Server Presenting all Hands on Tech with Marty Winston • Featuring: How user interfaces oppose intuition