Battle Born Tech – Mar 2020

4 – March 3, 2020

Windows Cleaning

Friend of the Show Steve Tullis comes by for some Windows 10 setup (and major update) tips and Windows 10 app removal. Ed calls about clearing his browser history and private browsing. Lynda wonders about inkjet printer woes. Kathy is looking to revitalize some of her old hardware.

We talk about honeypots, which are not what they seem to be. Take a look at Live Cyber attacks maps at norse-corp.com/map/

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Battle Born Tech Radio – Broadcasted 8 PM PST March 3, 2020 on KNVC 95.1
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5 – March 10, 2020

Slow Down and Shut Up

Robert asks about cookies and notifications from the weight room. Friend of the Show and Battle Born Tech Steve Tullis returns with ShutUp10! We have an email about keeping malware from appearing on your computer and one about why a computer could be slowing down.

GB – “Gigabyte” is the abbreviation of the week.
SMART – is our acronym of the week (and abbreviation that can be pronounced)

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6 – March 17, 2020

Firming Up BIOS

Caller Ron asks about BIOS updates, Tom asks about cleaning screens, Dee wonders about printing black on inkjet printers. Kurt returns for an update on anti-virus for Mac OS X.

BIOS – “BIOS” is our acronym of the week
FIRMWARE – is our tech term of the week.
IOT – is another tech term of the week.

Battle Born Tech Radio – Broadcasted 8 PM PST March 17, 2020 on KNVC 95.1

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7 – March 24, 2020

Windows Shopping

Caller Robert asks about his slow computer, Joan asks about buying a computer, and Kathy emails a question on about hard size and strategy.

VPN – is our abbreviation of the week
Windows 7 games for Windows 10 – is our game of the week
(ignore the download buttons, click the small text link for games)
Electronic Frontier Foundation is our website mention for TOR info

Battle Born Tech Radio – Broadcasted 8 PM PST March 24, 2020 on KNVC 95.1

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8 – March 31, 2020

Looking for Data on Emojis

Caller Bette asks about her phone using too much data and too little emojis on her phone. We look at an email about using a Bluetooth headset with Facetime.

Router – is our Tech Term with Modem and WiFi Access Point, Mesh WiFi
We mention HomePlug – a way of adding networking information to home electrical wiring with a Powerline adapter.

Battle Born Tech Radio – Broadcasted 8 PM PST March 31, 2020 on KNVC 95.1

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