Computer America -- week of 10-31-2011

Monday
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It’s Halloween and there’s no live show! Ben and Craig are out Trick or
Treating so enjoy a “Best of Computer America!”


Tuesday
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First hour and a half: Eye-Fi! Hear the latest from this company that
makes memory cards for your digital camera that have Wi-Fi built in!

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Wednesday
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First Hour: Nitro PDF. Hear about this company’s latest version of this
application that is a viable alternative to Adobe’s Acrobat!

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Thursday
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First hour and a half: TuneUp Utilities. Is your PC becoming bogged
down? Hear how this product can make your computer run faster and
smoother!

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Friday
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Both hours: PC World now joins Computer America on the last Friday of
every month, however due to Halloween, Steve is appearing tonight! Tune
in to hear Steve Fox, Editorial Director of PCWorld talk about the
latest news stories in the Computer and Technology world!

Computer America Show Reminder 10-24-2011

Monday
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Hours one and two: Joining Craig and Ben is Woody Feffer. Woody owns and
operates Computer Mechanix, an on-site computer repair business. Woody
is here to lend his expertise on diagnosing computer problems and
answering your questions.


Tuesday
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First hour and a half: Christopher Breen. The Senior Editor of Macworld
Magazine talks about all things Apple including IOS5 and the iPhone 4S!

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Wednesday
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First Hour: Craig and Ben answer your computer questions and discuss the
latest Computer News.

Hour two: Dick DeBartolo, the GizWiz and Mad Magazine's maddest writer
joins us for the latest technology gadgets and wild stuff from the Internet!


Thursday
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Hours one and two: David Perry from Trend Micro joins Craig and Ben to
talk about the latest Internet scams and computer malware.


Friday
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First hour and a half: magicJack PLUS! Hear about this revolutionary,
next-generation product from magicJack. Now you no longer need a
computer to make the magicJack work. Just plug it into your Internet
router and you’re all set to make free, long distance phone calls to
most any phone, anywhere!

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!

Story from a Kansas State Highway Patrol officer:

I made a traffic stop on an elderly lady the other day for speeding on U.S. 166 Eastbound at Mile Marker 73 just East of Sedan , KS . I asked for her driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance. The lady took out the required information and handed it to me. In with the cards I was somewhat surprised (due to her advanced age) to see she had a conceal carry permit. I looked at her and ask if she had a weapon in her possession at this time. She responded that she indeed had a .45 automatic in her glove box. Something---body language, or the way she said it---made me want to ask if she had any other firearms. She did admit to also having a 9mm Glock in her center console. Now I had to ask one more time if that was all. She responded once again that she did have just one more, a .38 special in her purse. I then asked her what was she so afraid of. She looked me right in the eye and said, "Not a damn thing!"

Seniors - Don't mess with them. They didn't get old by being stupid.

We Are the Chosen

by Della M. Cumming, 1943; edited by Melody Hull

We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors, to put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the storytellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us, "Tell our story!" So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before...? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us." How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say.

It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who I am and why I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying, "I can't let this happen." The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it.

It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish, how they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to a deep pride that the fathers fought and some died to make and keep us a nation. It is of equal pride and love that our mothers struggled to give us birth. It goes to deep and immense understanding that they all were doing it for us, that we might be born who we are, that we might remember them, and so we do. Without any of them, we could not exist, and so we love each one as far back as we can reach. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, we are they and they are the sum of who we are. That is what calls those young and old to step up and restore the memory--or greet those whom we have never known before.

So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take my place in the long line of family storytellers.

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Looks like I've become the one that's going to carry on the family research. It's been interesting so far. Stuff I knew, and new stories to find out and archive for future generations.

Computer America Show Reminder 10-17-2011

Monday
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First Segment: Author Timothy Doyle. Tim Doyle, Sr. Manager of
Communications for the CEA will discuss new innovations in technology
that are making it easier to live greener.

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Tuesday
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Hours one and two: Every third Tuesday of the month, we have an all
Linux show! Joining Craig and Ben once again is Larry Bushey, the
Creator and host of the “Going Linux Podcast.”


Wednesday
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Not scheduled as of press time.


Thursday
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Hour one and Hour two: Gregory Evans. Joining Craig and Ben with the
return of the world’s greatest computer security expert. Tonight he
joins us to talk about hacking in its many forms, and how you can
protect your computer from malware invasions.


Friday
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Hour one and two: Apple Aficionado Gene Steinberg joins Craig and Ben to
talk all things Apple. Topics include the new iPhone 4S, iOS5 and more!
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-Bette Davis

“I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.”

Computer America Show Reminder 10-10-11

Monday
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It’s Columbus Day and there’s no live show. Enjoy a “Best of Computer
America” performance. G Data is the featured guest.


Tuesday
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Hours one and two: It’s our Gamer Tuesday show! Joining us is IGN.com.
Daemon Hatfield is the Senior Editor of IGN.com and our featured
correspondent. He will talk about the hottest games and products!


Wednesday
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First Segment: Sandy Berger. Sandy is a printer and digital camera
expert and writes for Hardware Secrets.

Hour two: We continue with your phone calls, emails, feedbacks and
voicemails!


Thursday
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First segment: Storage Guardian. Complementing offsite vaulting
with a local backup means, small and medium-size businesses can restore
critical data at LAN speeds, eliminate tape backup, and benefit from a
cost-effective strategy for offsite data backup and migration. New,
local-only disk backup service offers all the features of its enterprise
backup technology, including agentless operation for easy deployment and
intelligent, secure data compression, and adds the additional benefits
of reducing WAN bandwidth needs and fast restore of mission-critical
data at LAN speeds, whenever needed

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Friday
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Hours one and two: Ralph Bond joins Craig and Ben with computer news
and special topics. For many years, Ralph was Intel’s Consumer
Education Director and he continues to be the voice of Intel for
Computer America’s Intel Digital Minute. Ralph is now with Autodesk and
he is an official Computer America correspondent. Every second Friday
of the month, Ralph joins Craig and Ben to talk about the special Technology
News stories he selects.
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Computer America Show Reminder 10-03-11

Monday
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First segment: Nuance Communications. A leading provider of speech and
imaging solutions, Nuance today introduced PaperPort Professional 14,
the newest release of the world’s most popular scanning and document
management application for Microsoft Windows.

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Tuesday
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First segment: AOC Monitors. AOC, the worldwide leader in HD television
and monitor display technology, announces two new sleek and portable
monitors that receive both power and signal via a single USB cable for
hassle-free connection. Convenient built-in USB ports make the monitors
a perfect larger-screen companion for laptops and netbooks, while low
power consumption makes them ideal for dual- and multi-monitor setups.

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Wednesday
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Hour one: It's Wednesday Madness! You never know who may stop in! Plus
it's OPEN phone lines! We answer your questions on ANY computer and
technology topic. We read your emails and Feedbacks, play your voice
messages, it's anything goes! Joining Craig and Ben is our Computer
America correspondent Mike Cermak, the Owner-Operator of Techguy.org.

Hour two: We continue with your phone calls, emails, feedbacks and
voicemails!


Thursday
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First segment: Cloudmark is a global security leader protecting more
than 1.6 billion mobile, email and social networking subscribers
worldwide. They released their 2011 Mobile Spam Guide in late June. As
you may know, SMS spam is a major problem in other countries, and it may
soon spread to the U.S. Hear what this company is doing to help
consumers like you to protect your email privacy!

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!


Friday
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First segment: my-Ditto is the perfect gift for the entire family. Keep
safe all of your documents, photos, and files in one secure location,
then have access from anywhere in the world to your own personal Cloud.
The my-Ditto is an easy-to-set-up, easy-to-use, and easy-on-the-wallet
gift that the entire family will love.

Last half hour: Craig and Ben discuss the news events of the day!