Archive for February, 2010
Computer911-2.13.10 “Podtastic”
In the immortal words of George Costanza, “Baby, we’re back!” We’ve got Buzz, we’ve got Superbowl tech, we’ve got Macworld, and we’ve got the bucket. Its all in Episode 44 of Computer 911 with PC Medic: Podtastic.
In the News
- Google announces Buzz, and listens to complaints. So what the heck is it anyway?
- From the Orwell Dept: Google wants to be your ISP?
- Microsoft denies Windows 7 battery problem
- iPad hype drives away consumers, survey says
- And Macworld was this week…
Intel and Google in the Superbowl.
From the Bucket
Each week we choose one question “From the Bucket” that is Emailed to us. If your question is chosen, you’ll receive a free hour of labor (a $60 value) from PC Medic!
Jane in Marquette asks:
I updated my computer this past week and now it will not start up. What happened, and how do I fix it?
Unforunately this is something that can happen. Microsoft has the uneviable task of designing and supporting an operating system for near unlimited hardware configurations. Every so often, Patch Tuesday will cripple your machine, and in that case all you can do is uninstall the patch. First you will need to find out the updates that were installed, which can be found at Microsoft’s website. In this particular case, Microsoft is aware of the issue, and has several comments up in their forums from users.
Totally Free App: doubleTwist
If you’re running one of the thousands of other MP3 players on the market that’s not made by Apple, be it an Android or Blackberry phone, or a $10 Big Lots special, you may have at times evied the ease at which iTunes users can sync their media. The doubleTwist application enables users to send photos and videos to their friends and sync their media library to a wide variety of portable devices
Computer911-2.6.10
Well it certainly has been an interesting week. You can read more about that in our other posts from the past few days, but right now you’re wanting to get your geek on.
While we can’t offer up Computer 911 with PC Medic on your radio this week, we can still get you educated with one from the vault. We’re going all the way back to Episode 19, and its all about free alternatives to software you use everyday. Enjoy, and keep checking back. We’ll be announcing something big sooner than you think.
You can check out the full show notes from this episode here.
You’re going to want to touch the dial……
That’s no typo, or even a clever pun. Unfortunately you are not going to find us on FOX 103.3FM any longer.
The station owner has decided to no longer have us as part of the programming. We found out ourselves this week when I received a letter by courier (written in the third person), explaining that due to a (let’s just call it a fundamental difference of opinion), that the station owner has decided to discontinue our show.
While the intellectual property belongs to JP and I (that’s funny on so many ways), Read the rest of this entry »
