Computer America

Computer America

Hour one: Mike Cermak the Owner/Operator of Techguy.org joins us in in helping you answer your computer questions and solving technical problems!  It's Wednesday Madness and we answer ANY questions you may have about Computers and Technology!

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

Computer America

Hour one: FireLayers.  Cloud adoption is not just for the enterprise anymore as there are an increasing number of people who are migrating to the cloud for their personal use. Many people are using different cloud providers to intermingle their work and personal files, blurring the lines between work and home life. Here, the BYOC movement enters along with an important question - what kind of vulnerabilities are opened up by employees participating in this BYOC movement?  Joining us will be the CEO of FireLayers, Yair Grindlinger who says that the BYOC movement can cause unintended security risks and open up employers to vulnerabilities from these potentially unsecured cloud providers.

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!

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Hour one: proXPN.  More than ever, your freedom and privacy when online is under threat. Governments and ISPs want to control what you can and can't see while keeping a record of everything you do, and even the shady-looking guy lurking around your coffee shop or the airport gate can grab your bank details easier than you may think. proXPN's VPN software lets you surf the web the way it was intended: anonymously and without oversight. Joining us will be proXPN's CEO, Mike Strouse.

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!

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Dariush Derakhshani and his wife have published close to 2 dozen books over the past 9 years on Maya, 3ds Max and the Computer Graphics industry.  He returns with us to discuss Dell Virtualization, as well as his impressions testing a new Ultrabook-class Zbook 14 which is being billed as the world’s first business Ultrabook with the power to call itself a mobile workstation!  We’ll also look at the other ZBook models in this Ultrabook line, all from a company that will go nameless, but their initials are HP.  

Hour two: Craig and Charles 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 one: RedSeal Networks discusses Heartbleed and the technology that encrypts web sessions between computers and websites that could have allowed attackers to access encryption keys, usernames, passwords and other confidential information stored on computers or mobile devices. And all without leaving a trace. Nearly 75% of websites rely on the technology, so the affect could be very widespread.

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

Computer America

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

Hour two:Dick DeBartolo.  Dick joins us every last Wednesday of the month.  Dick is Mad Magazine's maddest writer and one of our favorite correspondents!  Dick is known as "The Giz Wiz" and he certainly lives up to the name's reputation!  Dick finds some of the most unusual items on the Internet and shares them with us!  Tonight, Dick will be talking about an iPhone case that holds your earpods, a new design type of 3D printer for under $1000, the world's first connected electric toothbrush, a way to take your smart phone into the ocean, a solution to the left-behind charger cable and so much more!

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Hour one: AVG is not just an anti-virus company anymore. They have apps that help control your privacy settings on Facebook and help the battery in your phone last longer.  Their newest product is AVG Zen, the first app / download for your laptop that makes managing your privacy, performance, and security settings for all devices simple. And from one place. With families juggling multiple devices you can choose the same privacy and security settings for multiple devices.

Hour two: Craig and Charles 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 one: Pocket Change.  What started out as a project to develop a simple native mobile application that parents could use to remind their kids to do their chores and also to transfer allowance money to their hardworking children's debit cards, has resulted in the birth of Pocket Change, a reloadable Visa debit card linked to the user's credit card accounts, debit card accounts, and bank accounts, all monitored and controlled through Pocket Change's smartphone app.

Hour two: Craig and Charles 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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Both hours:  Michael Miller.  Mike is one of Computer America's Special Correspondents. 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.

Computer America

Hour one: Dariush Derakhshani is a Computer Graphics expert and will discuss the latest computer graphics news and how it applies to the average computer user!

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