Google suffered major service outage last week, knocking out Nest home automation services for some. Maine governor signs strict Internet privacy-protection bill. Microsoft pulls a massive facial recognition database from the Internet. A city in Idaho gets Internet service for free (almost). A caller experiences a "blue screen" error message on his eight-year-old computer that prevents Windows from starting properly. We help with recommendations for a new computer: at least an Intel i5 Processor (with 2-4 processor "cores"), 8-16 gigabytes of RAM, and a solid state or hybrid hard drive. Plus, we give information on how to safely dispose of a computer and hard drive while keeping your personal information safe. A listener receives a fake pop-up message on his computer pretending to be from Microsoft saying that his computer is infected with a "virus." We provide tips on how to deal with and avoid this fraud. Toyota is accelerating development of its full electric vehicle program.

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