Computer 911 e53: Summer of the Geek
In The News
- AppleCare: The iPhone 4 Update Won’t Solve the Antenna Problem – Apple’s tech support service is telling customers that the upcoming software patch will not fix the “Death Grip” problem. It will only make the signal bars more accurate.
- YouTube Leanback offers effortless viewing – This new feature selects a series of videos based on your preferences and displays them to you automatically.
- Google’s Street View ’snoops’ on Congress members – A watchdog group retraces the Google Street View routes and find federal officials and members of Congress who have unsecured Wi-Fi networks at their homes (which, of course, should have been secure in the first place).
- U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies – The federal program would detect cyberattacks on private companies. Is this something the government should be doing?
Feature: The Geek’s Guide to Vacation
ROUND TWO: Social Media
- Life in a Day – YouTube, working with directors Kevin Macdonald and Ridley Scott, invite you to upload a video on July 24 for a documentary project called Life in a Day.
- 5 Social Media Trends to Watch Right Now – Use the contents of this article to fake it as a social media guru!
From the Bucket
Tim from Negaunee:
- “What the heck is Twitter?
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Computer 911 e52: BACK UP!
Tune in Saturdays to Eagle 96.7 for Episode 52 of Computer 911 with Pc Medic. We’ve got the kinks rolled out and coming back to blanket The U.P. with righteous tech goodness.
The iPhone 4 was released, and another smartphone challenger has risen. It’s the last Saturday of the month, and that means that it’s Back Up Saturday. We’ll have tips & suggestions for your “personal confuser”, and be giving away goodies starting Saturdays at 9am!
In The News
- iPhone 4 comes out and the problems continue
- Verizon and Google answer the iPhone with DROID X
- eBook Reader Price War is a Go
- Google wins their case against Viacom
- Google Voice for everyone
- Mario Marathon 3 raising money for kids, one level at a time.
Feature : Back-Up Saturday
- Why Backup
- How NOT to Backup
- How TO Backup
- 3-2-1
- Carbonite
- Free App Coming Up (SyncToy 2.1)
From the Bucket
- Bob in Ishpeming – I had tons of pictures on my camera card from vacation. My camera gave me a strange error, and now I can’t access the pictures. The camera seems ok, but no matter where I put the card (computer camera etc) it won’t read. HELP!
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Computer911- 4.3.10:”Here Comes the iPad”
All jokes aside, the iPad drops this week, and we’ve got the skivvy on it. Also, Scott explains the difference in multiple core processors, and JP has the round-up from this year’s April Fool’s Day internet invasion. That and a whole lot more in Episode 48 of Computer 911 with PC Medic
In the News
- Here come the iPad
- Asus: iPad Rivals on the Way!
- Data sifted from Facebook wiped after legal threats
- Flash Player To Come Bundled With Google Chrome
- For Vast Majority, Driving and Cell Phones Don’t Mix
- April Fool’s Day Round-Up
- PC Pioneer Ed Roberts Dies at 68
Scott Puts You In The Know
- U.S. government taps the agency thet blew up two of their space shuttles to determine the safety of Toyota’s cars
- AMD develops a processor that actually get Windows Vista to run…..Barely
- Wanna fight that speeding ticket? There’s an app for that!
- Hey Apple, Ever hear of Karma??
- Downloaded a newer movie via torrent?, that’s a suing!
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Mary in Harvey asks about some simple ways to help keep her computer running fast.
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