.@computeramerica Guest Lineup for Monday, April 27th, 2015!

This Weeks Guest Lineup

Monday, April 27th, 2015!

You can catch our live show at:
www.computeramerica.com
starting at 10PM, EST

Monday

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Both Hours: Author Michael Miller
Author Michael Miller is a proven and successful non-fiction writer on a variety of technical, business, and lifestyle-related topics. He has written more than 150 books in the last two decades that have collectively sold more than one million copies. His best-selling books include The Ultimate Web Marketing Guide, YouTube for Business, and Facebook for Grown-Ups for Que Publishing. He has established a reputation for being able to explain difficult concepts to everyday readers in easy-to-understand language.

Tonight, we continue to discuss the upcoming release of Windows 10, as well as the Internet of Things (IoT)!

Tuesday

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Hour one: Tesoro. Tim Weng, Sales Specialist.
Tesoro is high tech manufacturer of gaming products such as keyboards and mice. Tesoro strives to develop the world best gaming gear to truly improve your gaming experience. They don't follow standards - they set new limits. Hear about their newest products just announced!
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Hour two: News, brought to you by SlimWare Utilities!
Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

Wednesday

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Hour one: Intronis.  Aaron Dun, Chief Marketing Officer
Intronis is changing the game when it comes to data protection. They build data protection solutions exclusively for the IT channel, selling only to IT services providers and never direct to small business end users.  They developed the IntronisECHOplatform, the first software platform designed to deliver complete protection for physical and virtual data in one location for a fixed price with unlimited storage.
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Hour two: The GizWiz is Dick DeBartolo!
Dick is Mad Magazine's Maddest writer and he joins us on every last Wednesday of the month with exciting and different gadgets and gizmos!

Thursday

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Hour one: Rivetz. Steven Sprague, CEO
Rivetz makes it simple to connect web services to trusted hardware in phones, tablets and PC's. When you can trust a device to provide basic uncompromised instructions and transactions, you can deliver more value with more convenience. ARivet can hold secrets and craft instructions in a physically and cryptographically isolated hardware environment on the device. This establishes trust, and by extension, simplicity, between online services and their users.
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Hour two: NeuroMetrix.  Frank McGillin, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Health
NeuroMetrix is an innovative health-care company that develops wearable medical technology and point-of-care test that help patients and physicians better manage chronic pain, nerve diseases, and sleep disorders.  Hear about Quell, is a wearable device for relief of chronic pain, such as nerve pain due to diabetes and lower back problems.

Friday

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Hour one: Popzara. Nathan Evans, Managing Editor
pop·za·ra is defined as being a bazaar of popular culture spanning the world of arts and entertainment, fronted by an anthropomorphic, cap wearing dinosaur mascot. Popzara is there to help you wade through much of it. Throughout Popzarayou'll hear views on video gaming, movies, technology, cultural movements and icons, even politics. There you can find opinion pieces, debates, reflections, reviews, analyses, news tidbits, and so much more.  So back with us on aFriday night is the Managing Editor of Popzara, Nathan Evans.

Tonight's topics include:
Google gets sued by the EU
Star Wars Trailer!
Max Max Trailer!
Batman v Superman Trailer!
Impending E3 2015
Presidential Campaigns launch online (via Social)
Daredevil Netflix Show (ties into Netflix record earnings
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Hour two:  PKparis.  Luc Pierart, CEO
PKparis, “Premium Keys of Paris,” is a French company with 20 years experience in hi-tech industries, to create a unique range of premium connected objects, simple yet innovative, designed, and smart for your digital world in the daily life or for your smartphones, tablets, laptops and other mobile devices.  PKparis decided to focus on small connected objects, but vital hi-tech products, symbolized by keys, the essential representative of connecting devices, gathering intelligence and connections, yet small enough to fit in your hand!

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.@computeramerica Guest Lineup Monday, April 20th, 2015!

You can catch our live show at:
www.computeramerica.com 
starting at 10PM EST

Monday

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Hour One: Doodle, Michael Brecht, CEO

As you probably know or at the very least you can certainly understand that scheduling a time for a meeting or any other appointment with a group of people can be a frustrating and a time-consuming process… But it doesn't have to be that way.Doodle radically simplifies the process of scheduling events, whether they're board or team meetings, dinners with friends, reunions, weekend trips, or anything else.  Doodle offers a wide selection of online solutions that radically simplify the process of scheduling appointments, ranging from the group event "poll" that doesn't require registration, to the professional booking service.

Tonight, we unveil Doodle's latest, their exciting new IOS App for your iPhone!
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Hour Two: GOQii, Vishal Gondal, CEO

GOQii is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world’s leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem as a single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world’s leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii’s goal is to enable millions of people across the world to “be the force” by helping them unleash their untapped potential

Tuesday

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Hour one:

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

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Hour two: Stratos. Thiago Olson, Co-founder and CEO
 

Go ahead. Look in your wallet. Credit cards. Loyalty cards. Debit cards. They're all based on magnetic stripe technology from the 1970s.  Stratos has created a better card.  New technology that works with existing point-of-sale terminals. Technology that helps protect consumers, merchants and banks from fraud.  And bottom line, technology that helps everyone make smarter decisions every day. Stratos allows you to combine your plastic cards onto a single, smart card. You can load your credit, debit, loyalty, membership and gift cards onto theStratos Card and use it anywhere your traditional cards are accepted. Instead of carrying a pocket or wallet full of cards, now you can carry just one – theStratos Connected Card. It works wherever your other magnetic swipe cards do. If the card is lost or stolen, it automatically locks once it’s away from your phone. No information is displayed on the card, so no one can steal your account numbers or other information. It also works with your mobile phone, you can manage and sync an unlimited number of cards to Stratos Card -- helping you to make smarter and more secure payments.

- See more at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/about-nvidia.html#sthash.eqVIY3Iw.d

Wednesday

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Hour one:

Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!
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Hour two: The GizWiz is Dick DeBartolo!

Dick is Mad Magazine's Maddest writer and he joins us on every last Wednesday of the month with exciting and different gadgets and gizmos!

Thursday

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Hour one:  Go. Kevin Pomplun, CEO

With Go, you can see The Safest Places to walk, run, bike and drive!  With the Go Safe Map you will be able to get a heads up of current accidents nearby. And you can easily see where the safest places are as you're on the move. Drawn from 200 million data points from over 45 years, it's a view of the world never available before!
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Hour two: Vericred.  Michael Levin, Founder and CEO

Vericred is a healthcare information services company developing a cloud-based, software as a service ecosystem for the compliance and risk management driven credentialing function.  Credentialing today is “entity centric” meaning that each of the numerous entities with which a Provider seeks to establish and maintain a relationship independently conducts the full credentialing process: from application to verifications to ongoing monitoring.  This redundancy gives rise to an incredible waste of time and money and multiplies the opportunities for errors and omissions.  And, the start/stop nature of the current credentialing environment leaves organizations at risk for malpractice and other claims. Vericred is building a provider-centric credentialing ecosystem that will provide lifetime management, verification and monitoring of provider credentials and, through a subscription based business model, leverage that work product among multiple subscribers (hospitals, practices, heath centers, payers, etc.), resulting in a substantial reduction in the redundancy and waste inherent in the current environment.

Friday

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Hour one:  MHOX.  Filippo Nassetti, Partner and Lead Desiger

MHOX is a generative design studio. It develops body extensions, objects or systems that integrate the human body to mutate its aesthetic and functional potential. Beyond the boundaries of product design, the studio engages the exploration of processes and conditions of body alteration, mutation and metamorphosis, creating communication actions and educational programs.

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Hour two:  XYZE. Paolo Spiga, COO

XYZE is a new technology for fashion e-commerce that connects your body measurements with the clothes you’d like to buy.XYZE solves the problem of ordering the right size when shopping on-line. XYZE improves the on-line shopping experience, as shopping becomes safe and targeted. It also boosts sales and minimizes returns.  All this is possible thanks to the combination of three products: on, the first wearable digital measuring tape, that automatically measures your body; their Tutorial Application, that helps users take their body measurements and create their personal digital profile; their Algorithm, that calculates users’ right size.  XYZEmatches users’ body measurements with different brands’ sizing specifications, providing their right size in real time.

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.@computeramerica Guest Lineup Monday, April 13th, 2015!

This Weeks Guest Lineup

Monday, April 13th, 2015!

You can catch our live show at:
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starting at 10PM, EST

Monday

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Hour One: Nootropics, Geoffrey Woo, Founder / CEO
Nootropics describe a broad classification of drugs or compounds with cognitive enhancing properties with minimal side-effects appropriate for long-term use, the scientific nomenclature for "smart drugs."  Many people take supplements to maximize their physical attributes and performance. Cognitive supplements, however, are far less common and understood. We believe the gains of supplementing cognitively can be far greater and far more rewarding while being just as safe if not safer. Is this the next "Limitless?" Find out!
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Hour Two:
Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

Tuesday

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DOUBLE WHAMMY: Gamer Tuesday with Correspondent Josh Boykin!
Please welcome Josh Boykin, our newest Gamer Correspondent to the Computer America Show!  Josh is an Editor at Large with Popzara.

Tonight we'll discuss Gaming on the Cheap, How to get more for your gaming dollar, Bundle Sites for PC, Games w/ Gold for Microsoft, Playstation+ for Sony and more!

- See more at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/about-nvidia.html#sthash.eqVIY3Iw.d

For two decades, NVIDIA has pioneered visual computing, the art and science of computer graphics.

With our invention of the GPU — the engine of modern visual computing — the field has expanded to encompass video games, movie production, product design, medical diagnosis and scientific research.

Today, visual computing is becoming increasingly central to how people interact with technology.

- See more at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/about-nvidia.html#sthash.eqVIY3Iw.dpuf

Wednesday

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Hour one: Intel Sponsor Hour
It's our Intel Sponsor Hour!  Tonight's Topics will be Intel's new Compute Stick, and Intel's Mini PC: NUC.  The Intel NUC is an energy-efficient, fully functioning PC that not only fits your performance needs... It fits in the palm of your hand!
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Hour two:
Craig and Ben do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions!

Thursday

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Dos Horas:  Linux show. Marcel Gagné, Linux Expert.
Marcel Gagné is the author of several books including “Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!”, now in its 2nd edition!  Other books include “Moving to Ubuntu Linux.” And his newest title is “Moving to Free Software.”  He was also a Linux Journal monthly columnist.  His column is titled, “Cooking with Linux.”  Please welcome author and columnist, and now Computer America Linux Correspondent… Marcel Gagné to the show.

Friday

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Hour one:  Magic.  Mike Chen, CEO
Magic has trained operators standing by 24/7 to answer every one of your requests. Send Magic a text message, and they'll get you what you want. Magic will order what you need from the appropriate service (e.g. DoorDash, Instacart, Postmates, etc.), and deal with them so you just automatically get what you want, like magic!
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Hour two: Clammr.  Co-Founders Parviz Parvizi and David Silverman
With Clammr, you get today's News and Entertainment in 18 seconds or less.  Listen to a personalized, continuous stream of short audio clips featuring today's music, comedy, podcasts, and news summaries from the sources you love, like NPR, The Onion, Jimmy Fallon, Urban Dictionary, TechCrunch, Re/code, NBA, Huffington Post, E!, Gawker, Jezebel, Cosmpolitan, Cow, Deadline Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Time Magazine, and many more!

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Streaming Audio and Video Sites:

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Streaming Audio and Video Sites

            There are hundreds, if not thousands, of radio and TV stations that broadcast over the Internet.  Most have a button somewhere on the page, usually at the top, most likely on the right side.  There is no real standard for this.  Some stations broadcast over iHeartRadio (free sign-up), Radio.com (also free), or have their own Adobe Flash player.  iHeartRadio allows you to save stations as favorites. If the station uses a Flash player, you can save that player as a bookmark / favorite and play directly from that without having to go to the station every time.  I included a few players in the list below.

            Audio only broadcasts are pretty light on the bandwidth.  They can usually be played over a dialup connection.  So if you live in an area that has poor radio reception, you can try the links.  Video uses lots of bandwidth and isn’t recommended for slow connections or connections with low data caps, such as satellite.

            One way to find a station is to just search, with Google or Bing or your search engine of choice, the call letters.  Most stations will be online, and many of them will stream their broadcasts for free.  Even some shows will stream a broadcast, like Into Tomorrow and Computer America, on their sites.

Radio Reference, online streaming scanners for fire and police

http://www.radioreference.com

Radio Stations:

KFI 640AM:               http://www.kfiam640.com/main.html

KVEC 920AM:          http://www.920kvec.com/

KSMX 1240AM:        http://www.1240ksmx.com/

                                    http://v6.player.abacast.net/1044        player

KUHL 1440AM:        http://www.am1440.com/home/

                                    http://www.am1440.com/player/        player

KABC 790AM:          http://www.kabc.com/

KGO 810AM              http://www.kgoradio.com/

KCBX 90.1FM:          http://www.kcbx.org/

San Luis radio stations:

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=san+luis+obispo&state=CA&x=0&y=0

Radio Locator:            http://radio-locator.com/

Television Stations:

KSBY:                        http://www.ksby.com/home/

KEYT:                        http://www.keyt.com/

KCOY:                       http://www.kcoy.com/

KTLA:                        http://www.ktla.com/

KCOP:                        http://www.myfoxla.com/

KCBS/KCAL:            http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video-2/

Station Index for Los Angeles: 

http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Los+Angeles

Hulu:                           http://www.hulu.com/

Netflix:                        https://www.netflix.com/us/

YouTube:                    https://www.youtube.com/

KTLA Streaming News Links

Morning News, from 4AM

                                    http://tv.trb.com/extras/ktla/video/live-morningnews.html

1PM News

                                    http://tv.trb.com/extras/ktla/video/live-newsat1.html

6PM News

                                    http://tv.trb.com/extras/ktla/video/live-newsat10.html

iHeartRadio:               http://www.iheart.com/

Radio.com                   http://radio.com/

Live365                       http://www.live365.com/new/index.live

My Office Computer

Finally got my desk cleaned up enough that I could take a picture of it.
It's made of a 72x32 solid core door that's held up by two $10 shelf units and a desk off screen to the left.  The monitor stand is home made by myself from 8 inch deep shelves and L brackets.

The computer is as follows for the moment:

Blair

Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.8ghz dual core 128KB / 512KB / 2MB cache 17 watt TDP

Biostar NM70I-1037U mini-ITX motherboard

Chipset	Intel NM70
CPU	Intel® Celeron 1037U Dual-Core 1.8GHz Processor
MEMORY	Support Dual Channel DDR3 1600/1333 MHz 2 x DDR3 DIMM Memory Slot Max. Supports up to 16GB Memory
EXPANSION SLOT	1 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot (x8)
STORAGE	1 x SATA3 Connector  3 x SATA2 Connector
USB	4 x USB 2.0 Port 2 x USB 2.0 Header
LAN	Realtek RTL8111F - 10/100/1000 Controller
INTEGRATED VIDEO	Intel HD Graphics Max. shared memory 1759MB(DVMT)  Supports DX11 Supports HDCP
CODEC	Realtek ALC662 6-Channel HD Audio
REAR I/O	1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 4 x USB 2.0 Port 1 x HDMI Connector 1 x VGA Port 1 x RJ-45 Port 3 x Audio Connector
INTERNAL I/O	1 x Printer Header 2 x USB 2.0 Header 1 x SATA3 6Gb/s Connector 3 x SATA2 3Gb/s Connector 1 x Front Audio Header 1 x Front Panel Header 1 x S/PDIF-Out Header 1 x CPU Fan Header 1 x System Fan Header 1 x Serial Header

1x 4GB and 1x 2GB DDR3 memory

Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB hard drive

TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom Device

Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)

Intel(R) HD Graphics [Display adapter]

DELL 1707FP [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n XX-064180-XXXXX-66D-09LC, June 2006)
Dell E193FP [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n XX-0G6566-XXXXX-49A-L73L, September 2004)

Asus USB BT-400 blurtooth

Dell USB keyboard

Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000

Antec Mid-Tower case modified with HP memory card reader

Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 speakers

I name my main computers after role playing game characters.  Blair was created in Hero System 4th Edition and is the youngest child of Allyson and Keith Jordan.  He is 16 years old and can manipulate gravity.  I usually name laptops after constellations and desktops after planets or give them the appellation of "StarStation" with their model number.  Blair supplants Kieth, which is a Phenom 9550 based machine and will be covered in another post.

The Desk.

The Tower, with USB memory card reader.

.@computeramerica Show Line Up for the Week of April 6, 2015

This Weeks Guest Lineup

Monday, April 6th, 2015!

You can catch our live show at:
www.computeramerica.com
starting at 10PM, EST

Monday

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Hour one: Sentinel Background Checks, Rachid Zahidi, CEO.

The success of a company relies on its people. Protect your assets by conducting background checks. Taking steps to properly screen your applicants can help you increase productivity and profitability by connecting the right person with the right position. Although, there are different types of background checks, establishing a clear and concise background screening policy can ensure consistency in the screening process; avoid exceptions and favoritism and conduct checks on all applicants. Sentinel's mission is to provide the highest degree of competent, accurate and professional background screening solutions. Their best practices approach, risk management perspective and focus on informing and serving their clients, creates a culture that strives to provide excellence at every step of the screening process.

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Hour Two: Dr. Jan Camenisch, Cryptographer at IBM Research.

We all use electronic services increasingly often in our daily lives. To do so, we have no choice but to provide plenty of personal information for authorization, billing purposes, or as part of the terms and conditions of service providers. Dispersing all these personal information erodes our privacy and puts us at risk of abuse of this information by criminals.

Identity Mixer allows users to minimize the personal data they have to reveal in such transactions. For instance, if electronic identity (eID) cards were realized with Identity Mixer, then teenagers possessing such eID cards could log onto a teenage chat room just proving that they are indeed 12–15 years of age without revealing any other information stored on the card such as their name or address.

Tuesday

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Hour one: My Digital Shield.  Andrew Bagrin, CEO.

My Digital Shield is focused on helping the under served small business easily secure their businesses which are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Founded in 2013, MDS provides affordable, easy-to-install Security-as-a-Service based on industry-leading unified threat management. The company’s customizable cloud-based security solution offers continual protection against cyber threats and intrusion at an affordable price.

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Hour two: Ninja Metrics, Dr. Dmitri Williams

Ninja Metrics is the creator of Social Value, a precise measurement of how users influence each other and how much that influence is worth. Ninja Metrics’ key offering, The Katana Social Analytics Engine, uses predictive analytics and automated social graph analysis to help companies identify, understand, monetize and keep their most valuable, influenceable and influential customers.

With our invention of the GPU — the engine of modern visual computing — the field has expanded to encompass video games, movie production, product design, medical diagnosis and scientific research.

Today, visual computing is becoming increasingly central to how people interact with technology.

- See more at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/about-nvidia.html#sthash.eqVIY3Iw.d

For two decades, NVIDIA has pioneered visual computing, the art and science of computer graphics.

With our invention of the GPU — the engine of modern visual computing — the field has expanded to encompass video games, movie production, product design, medical diagnosis and scientific research.

Today, visual computing is becoming increasingly central to how people interact with technology.

- See more at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/about-nvidia.html#sthash.eqVIY3Iw.dpuf

Wednesday

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BOTH Hours: Sandy Berger, Consumer Electronics Expert.

Consumer Electronics Expert Sandy Berger joins us to discuss the latest gadgets and devices! 
 

Thursday

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Hour one: Anonabox.  Marc Preston, CEO

Anonabox is a cost-effective device that helps to conceal your physical location and Internet activity. It also helps to bypass censorship and allow access to sites that may be blocked. It does this with the open source software called Tor. The recently updated Mark V hardware displays a sleek, custom-built design that can easily be concealed in your pocket. This new version exhibits a special dye-cut with an embossed logo to ensure its unique manufacturing purpose. There is no software to install, no activation, & no registration. Just plug it in and start cloaking your online activity!

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Hour two: Open Garden. Micha Benoliel, CEO

Fixing the mobile Internet. Together.  More than 5 million people use Open Garden today. By joining Open Garden, you are joining forces to make the Internet better, faster and more reliable – for everyone, including yourself. Open Garden allows all devices (including smart phones, tablets, laptops and “wearables”) to work together and find the best connections at any time. The more people use it, the better it gets.

Friday

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Both Hours:  Ralph Bond.

It's time for Bond...  Ralph Bond joins Craig and Ben with computer news and special topics.  For many years, Ralph was Intel's Consumer Education Director.  Ralph is now with Autodesk and he is an official Computer America correspondent.

This week's Topics include: Vibrating pen makes it easier for Parkinson's patients to write, robo butterflies could be the future of flying drone factory workers, The first viable product made with 'wonder material' graphene is about to hit stores, How spiders might inspire the 3D-Printed Industrial Revolution, Expanding Wheels Cover Every Type of Terrain, California biohackers create night vision eye drops, YouTube Testing 60 FPS 4K Videos and so much more!

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