It's the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means: The Computer Guys are back to update you on the world of technology, and answer your questions.
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Computer Guys & Gal
Listen Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Tech Tuesday, Technology, The Computer Guys
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Guests
Bill Harlow
WAMU Computer Guy; and Hardware & Software Technician for MACs & PCs at Mid-Atlantic Consulting, Inc.
Allison Druin
WAMU Computer Gal; and the author of "Mobile Technology for Children: Designing for Interaction and Learning"; also the Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland
John Gilroy
WAMU Computer Guy; and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers
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Items Discussed on Today's Show
Twitter Appears Set to Raise $100 Million, Valuing It at $1 Billion
Social Network Research
Understanding Users of Social Networks
Why Women Dominate Social Networking
Windows 7
Equal Student Prices for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard
Microsoft Hopes Windows 7 Makes You Forget About Vista
Microsoft
Microsoft's New Free Antivirus Hits the Streets
Microsoft to Drop All Zunes Except HD Model
Bing Usage Jumps 22 Percent, Now at 10 Percent Share
Digital Books
Amazon Settles Kindle Deletion Lawsuit For $150,000
Disney Tries to Pull the Storybook Ritual Onto the Web
iPhone
Is the iPhone hurting AT&T's brand?
MMs Now Activated for iPhone 3G/3GS
Push GMail for iPhone, Windows Mobile
AT&T: Enabling MMS on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS
Security
Times Web Ads Show Security Breach
Net Neutrality
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Comments
Kojo, I'm gettting pretty sick of certain of your guests being dismissive of Windows to the point of derision. I work with both macs and pcs (and linux for that matter) and both are nice OSs with lots of benefits. I've been using Windows 7 for about 9 months now and I gotta say it is very nice. Crash free for me and recognized all my hardware on install with need to go hunting for drivers. Whether the mac fanboi's on your show like it or not there are many Windows fans and their attitude can really chafe particularly when they talk over John when he's trying talk Windows.
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As a long time user of windows( decades) I must concur with ...mac fanboi. I purchased my last microsoft OS, Vista Ultimate, and will never give them another dime. After hours, nay months, of wasted time with crashes, lockups, slow log-ons, etc. How could a company sell such a terrible, unreliable, poorly designed, ..need I go on, product? Oh yes, they sold it to get my money by exploiting their monopoly on PC operating systems. Well no more. A few extra dollars for a better machine and OS that saves me time (something that cannot be replaced) is worth it. Bye Bye Windows. Finally, whew! Only someone with a vested interest in Windows could stand up and say it is a good product. Windows & looks good only because you are comparing it to Vista. Pencils and yellow pads look good by that measure.