Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
The FCC reprimands Comcast. Homeland Security threatens your laptop. And Facebook cracks down on Scrabulous. It’s the first Tuesday of the month and The Computer Guys are back to update you on the world of technology and answer your questions.
Guests
- John Gilroy WAMU Computer Guy; and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers
- Allison Druin WAMU Computer Gal; and Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland
- Bill Harlow WAMU Computer Guy; and Hardware & Software Technician for MACs & PCs at Mid-Atlantic Consulting, Inc.
Organize your photos
Allison recommends: Google’s Picasa
Recover a hard drive
OnTrack
“Cool” new Google competitor
Cuil
iPhone haters and lovers
John: Not everyone loves the iPhone
Allison loves bubbles, scribble, and phone saber
Bill loves Twitterific and dynolicious
Cross-platform media player
VLC Media Player
MobileMe Mess
Who is to blame for MobileMe?
Apple’s MobileMess
Microsoft Friends Facebook
Microsoft seeks an ad friend in Facebook
Intel Challenges OLPC
Portugal signs up for 500,000 Intel Classmate laptops
Computer recycling
E-Tech Recycling
Turtle Wings
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