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Both Segments: Ralph Bond, Computer America Correspondent, Science and Tech Trends.

Ralph Bond correspondent for the Computer America Show, and is the author of “Family Computer Fun, Digital Ideas Using Your Photos, Movies and Music” by Que Publishing, and co-author of “The PC Dads Guide to Becoming a Computer Smart Parent” by Dell Publishing. Ralph was Intel’s Consumer Education manager for more than 10 years, and for the past ten years he’s been part of Autodesk’s communications team.

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Cheat Sheet

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First Segment: Bomgar. Sam Elliot, Director of Security Product Management.

Bomgar’s Secure Access solutions enable customers to easily support people, access and protect endpoints, and defend privileged credentials, in order to fight cyber threats and speed business performance. More than 13,000 organizations around the globe use Bomgar to deliver superior support services and reduce threats to valuable data and systems. Bomgar clients include some of the world’s leading IT outsourcers, systems integrators, software vendors, healthcare organizations, government agencies, universities, financial institutions, and retailers.

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Second Segment: Computer and Technology News

Today's Topics Include:

Gmail New Redesign Concept Leaked

Video Game Champion Outed As Faked

Mercedes Considering Bringing Car Subscription To US

Chinese Facial Recognition Spotted Suspect Out Of 60,000 Crowd

Impossible Foods Brings Meat Substitute To White Castle

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Both Segments: Sandy Berger, Compukiss.com/Consumer Electronics Expert

Sandy Berger joins us every second Wednesday of the month to talk all about the latest in consumer technology. Between cell phones, tablets, computers, smart home products, digital assistants, lighting, and more, there is always something to talk about. Tune in for her unbiased take on the products that are grabbing headlines.

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Today's Topics Include:

2-in-1 laptops What to look for in 2-in-1 convertible computers. Size, power, screen, keyboard etc. Let’s compare a larger more powerful HP Envy x360 and a smaller Lenovo Yoga 720.Epson Eco Tank Printer – If you want to save money on ink, these are the printers for you! In 1 ½ years of using this printer, I have only paid $20 for ink a savings of about $400.Alexa and Google Home in third party hardware devices. Some good (Sonos, Insignia Alarm Clock). Some bad. (iLive Platinum)

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First Segment: CipherCloud. Anthony James, Chief Marketing Officer.

The cloud is here to stay and few businesses can be competitive without it, but when sensitive data leaves your business you face a loss of visibility and control. Mistakes are made, breaches happen, and if your data gets into the wrong hands, the results can be catastrophic. CipherCloud puts you back in charge, giving you clear insight into cloud activity while letting you take action to enforce your policies and never losing control of your most important assets – your data.

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Second Segment: Computer and Technology News.

Today's Topics Include:

Facebook Says Changes Will Impact Profits

Hot Peppers Cause Brain Injury

Vevo Was Hacked, Taking Down Most Viewed Video

64,000 Sheep/New Zealand Compromised By Cambridge Analytica

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First Segment: hc1. Brad Bostic, CEO.

hc1.com®, the #1-rated healthcare CRM company, is dedicated to unlocking answers to healthcare’s biggest challenges. The hc1 platform has been adopted across more than 1,200 leading lab, post acute care, and health systems who leverage its award-winning healthcare CRM and analytics capabilities to drive profitable growth, deliver high-value care, and better understand patient and provider behavior to drive positive change. The vast amount of clinical and business data housed in the hc1 platform has also made it possible to deliver actionable insight related to pressing public health initiatives such as the opioid crisis.

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Second Segment: Computer and Technology news!

Today's Topics Include:

PayPal To Roll Out New Products Soon

Facebook To Open Its Data To Researchers

Apple's iphone 8 Red Editions

SpaceX Not At Fault For Loss Of Mission

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First Segment: Atlantic.Net. Marty Puranik, Founder/CEO

Established in 1994, Atlantic.Net is a market-leading hosting provider, with state-of-the-art data centers in New York, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Orlando. Over the years, we’ve steadily built a reputation as an exceptional hosting company, known for simplifying complex technologies, providing top-quality services, and demonstrating our trustworthiness to our clients time and time again. We’ve repeatedly been recognized for our work by the hosting industry, having been awarded numerous regional and national business awards. We are dedicated to promoting grassroots technology initiatives and open-source organizations.

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Second Segment: Computer and Technology News.

Today's Topics Include:

Facebook To Let Users Unsend Messages

Walmart Rolling Out Pick Up Towers In Stores

Mt. Gox CEO Speaks Out

Korean University Boycotts Killer AI

Lawyer Bot!

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First Segment: Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate.

At Comparitech.com our mission is to help consumers make more savvy decisions when they subscribe to tech services such as VPNs, antivirus and security products, cloud backup, password managers and more. First and foremost we are a pro-consumer website providing information, tools and comparison to help consumers in the US, UK and further afield to research and compare tech services.

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Second Segment: Computer And Technology News

Today's Topics Include:

Sony To Make Billions Off Spotify

EU Privacy Rules Coming To Everyone Says Facebook

Phantom Auto, Driving Your Autonomous Car

Congress Asks Why FCC Targeting Subsidized Internet

Apple Will Ship Mac Pro Updates 2019

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Both Segments: Techguy.org, Mike Cermak, Owner/Operator.

Mike joins us the first Wednesday of every month to talk about the latest news, and of course tech support problems. Techguy.org has been Computer America's premiere Tech Support forums. 

 

Today's Topics Include:

https://blog.frizk.net/2018/03/total-meltdown.html

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/1/17179956/tiangong-1-chinese-space-station-fell-out-of-orbit-pacific-ocean

https://www.cnet.com/news/google-link-shortener-service-ends-firebase-dynamic-links-googl/

https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/02/panera-bread-left-millions-of-customer-records-exposed/

Requisite Tesla news:

https://www.cnet.com/news/tesla-goes-bankrupt-in-elon-musk-april-fools-day-gag/

https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/03/tesla-model-3-production-q1-report/

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Both Segments: Cory Galliher, Correspondent, Gaming Expert

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Today's Topics Include:

Sea of Thieves Becomes Fastest Selling Game

Middle Earth: Shadow of War Removing Microtransactions

Far Cry 5 Review

Steam Machine Going Away

Overwatch Battle Royale?

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Both Segments: Computer and Technology News

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Today's Topics Include:

Niantic Pays 1.6 Million For Flubbed Event

Hubble Spots Furthest Star

Grindr Told Others Of HIV Status Of Users

Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 DNS

Charter Fails To Prove Unions Cut Cables

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