TechByter Worldwide (formerly Technology Corner) with Bill Blinn

Amazon is making a concerted effort to convince more people to use its Prime Music Service and, if you're already a Prime subscriber, it's a good choice. The demand for body cameras is increasing and that's causing new companies to enter the marketplace. After investigating Google for 5 years, the European Union has finally struck. In Short Circuits: In addition to suits filed by Internet service providers, the Federal Communications Commission could be under attack from Congress and a new browser from Opera for Android devices could increase the Norwegian company's market share. In Spare Parts: Only on the website, a host of new security products from D-Link, Western Digital introduces new hard drives intended for the video surveillance market, and if you'd like 720TB of storage, Supermicro has just the device for you.

After less than a week, Microsoft replaced Windows 10 build 10041 with 10049, so let's see what's different. What to do when a disk begins to fail. In Short Circuits: Finding malware in Google's Chrome Store calls into question Google's claim that it vets all applications, ISIS attacks a TV network in France and websites worldwide, and the FBI warns of fake government sites designed to steal information from you. In Spare Parts, only on the website: Using mind control on the front door and software proof of China's continuing rise.

A smaller version of Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 will soon be available and at a lower price, Adobe continues to release mobile applications that allow designers to stop using scratch pads when they're away from the computer, and most people now agree that data on a computer is more valuable than the computer. In Short Circuits: I have a quick update on Windows 10, which now works on the notebook computer I tried to install it on a couple of weeks ago and if you want a perpetual license for Lightroom 5 but haven't been able to figure out how to get it, I'll show you the way. In Spare Parts, only on the website: TrueCrypt, rumored to be insecure, proves to be safe; an executive order from President Obama to fight foreign cyber-crooks, Yahoo and Microsoft extend negotiations on their future, and looking at activity by high-tech CEOs in battling a law in Indiana.

The Belarc Advisor looks like a tool for serious geeks, but it has features everyone can use. Development of Windows 10 lumbers forward but Spartan, the replacement for Internet Explorer, still isn't available in the preview program. In Short Circuits: Installing the Windows 10 preview doesn't always work the way you think it will; in a "surprise" move, big ISPs have filed suit against the Federal Communications Commission; and warnings about rogue Android apps not downloaded from the Play Store. In Spare Parts, only on the website: Finding an old math co-processor in the back of a drawer this week was amusing, trying to safeguard data stored in the cloud, and Microsoft works with Samsung to put Office on Android devices.

Photography has changed a lot in the past few decades and you might have fun going back to look at older images. Automating routine, repetitive actions has always been one of my primary objectives -- perhaps because I'm lazy. If you are, too, let's look as some programs that will help. In Short Circuits: A look at Microsoft's changing business model, Premera says it has exposed personal information that belongs to 11 million users, and Kaspersky wants to help protect your Android device. In Spare Parts, only on the website: MalwareBytes describes an old scam in a new suit, news site Gigaom is dead, and ubiquitous high-speed fiber is the future (and may always be the future).

Trying to sort thorough smart phone applications can be a challenge so this week we'll look at several that I've found useful; adding RAM is the easiest way to speed up a computer and there are some new technologies on the horizon; and in Short Circuits: Adobe marketing tools give companies new ways to interact with (and some might say control) consumers and are you ready for a password manager that scans your eye? In Spare Parts, only on the website: Watch out for scammers pretending to be IRS agents, predictions that real-time traffic information will be more available, and exploring differences between online shopping in various countries.

A new version of Xara Photo and Graphic Designer offers useful new photographic features and updates some of the vector-image features; BriefMe is either the future of journalism or the end of journalism -- or maybe something else entirely. In Short Circuits: People say that they're unimpressed with customer service (This is news?), China's Huawei plans a round watch to compete with Apple's square watch and if you haven't changed your router's default password, Brian Krebbs will explain why you should. Only on the website, in Spare Parts: Fear of crime is pushing some of us to think more about computer security, a Swiss doctor has developed an app to help men assess the risk of prostate cancer, and condom manufacturer Durex say it has an app for orgasms. Seriously.

Net Neutrality is official, for now, but will it last? Adobe Photoshop turns 25. In Short Circuits: A startup company has an idea for faster wireless service and the Lenovo SuperFish debacle may have revealed more serious problems. On the website only, Spare Parts includes worries by smart phone users about being tracked and a project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to modify Internet searches.

Tweaks, fixes, and utilities are this week's topic, ranging from NiNite for safe updates and when delays are good, to organizing ebooks and music files, to God Mode and GE Geek. In Short Circuits: The Equation Group plants US-based malware worldwide and thieves steal perhaps a billion dollars from banks around the world. On the website only, Spare Parts includes movement toward full solid-state storage, crowd-sourcing could be used for 911 calls, a $5 million competition for robotics, and Austin's South by Southwest educational conference expands.

Sometimes downloading open-source software such as FileZilla can be dangerous because the host site adds unwanted applications to the installer; to avoid giving away important information when using a Wi-Fi hotspot, it's a good idea to run a virtual-private network application; in Short Circuits: Microsoft pushes into mobile computing and unreasonable fear that televisions spy on their owners; on the website only Spare Parts takes note of a new NASA photo project, the Drones for Good winners have been announced, and a service you've probably never heard of is about to shut down.