WICH 1310AM Tech Show

Finally! I talked about printers! And a great Christmas present for just about anyone, the Flip Video Cam.

Top 10 Best Printers | PCMag.com.

Apple’s Mac App Store: This Changes Everything | Lance Ulanoff | PCMag.com.

10 Comfortable Lap Desks for Cozy Computing.
If you want to give your favorite laptop user a great gift this holiday, why not look at a laptop desk? Where do most people use a laptop? While sitting on the couch or lying in bed. and boy those “laptops” sure get hot. To the point that they can burn you after repeated exposure. So save a lap, get a desk!

Thanks for the calls. Always good to handle your questions and observations.

The last caller asked about the Microsoft bad stuff remover. This is the link to the page at Microsoft where it explains what this is, and download for this great tool. If you are running the 64bit version of Windows7, you have to get the 64 bit version of the tool. 64 bit Link. Get it. It updates every month and it does good things.

Microsoft issues its biggest-ever security fix – Technology & science – Security – msnbc.com.

This means that tonight or tomorrow, your PC will want to do an update, The little yellow shield icon in the lower right part of your screen. Let it download and install. Don’t turn off the computer while it is updating, and it is likely to take some time to download. But please, do the update.

IN the last show, I mentioned pixlr.com which is a pretty decent online photo editor and graphic program. I just came upon a large list of other online photo editors, if one does not work for your style, then there are many others

50 List of Free Online Photo Editing Tools | blueblots.com http://bit.ly/b0A7Bn

It does list my two favorites, picnik.com and aviary.com

Enjoy! If you use any of these tools, and create something beautiful that you want to share, just write a comment with the URL in the message. One URL per comment though, the spam settings only allow one.

Malware attacks force MS to ship emergency ASP.net patch | ZDNet http://zd.net/auAHMB

When Microsoft issues a patch outside of their normal second Tuesday, it usually means it is pretty serious. This exploit was discussed months ago at a security forum, and has just been acknowledged by MS and patched. You really should have automatic updates turned on and let it do it’s thing. Safe computing is everyone’s responsibility.

Hey, thanks for calling in to the show! It is always great to hear from listeners with questions.

Here are notes from this morning’s show, with some links for you for more information on the subjects covered.

Google Voice: http://google.com/voice

This is an online voice over internet protocol (VoIP) phone number that you can sign up for. I’ve had this since it was GrandCentral, before Google bought them 2 years ago. It was only available via invitation, but is now out of “beta” and available to all. It must be tied to an existing phone number, for forwarding but it makes life very convenient as you can have one number ring to several phones, and you can also set it up to not ring at all, but go straight to voicemail on a schedule determined in your preferences. Very nice service. If a voicemail is received, it will attempt a transcription of it, and send it as an email to you, as well as send you a text message that you have a voice mail.