Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Do you use Google products? Sure you do, even if you don’t know it, so you may be interested in today’s look at some of Google’s recent initiatives and how they may affect you – directly and personally.
Category: Notes From The Electronic Cottage
A weekly feature on electronic technology as it affects everyday life with Jim Campbell. Broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME every Thursday at 7:30 AM.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 4/1/10
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Do use a cell phone? If so, you’re part of a huge majority of Americans who do. Hopefully, you don’t use it while driving – research suggests that isn’t such a good idea. And while cell phones are a great convenience, some other aspects of the technology might not strike you as such a good idea, either.
Listen up.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/25/10
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Here are the web site addresses mentioned on today’s program.
MARVEL, where you can read thousands of magazines, newspapers and reference works: http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases
A look at the state of the news media in the U.S.: www.stateofthemedia.org
One site’s very good analysis of the best jobs in the U.S. Be sure to check the criteria used to make the list:
www.focus.com/fyi/human-resources/best-jobs
The Top 20 Open Source Program Downloads:
http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2010/03/20-most-popular-open-source-software
-ever-2.html
A great genealogy site with millions of records, free software, and
tutorials: www.familysearch.org
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/18/10
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Want to make millions? Get into Internet fraud. Want to avoid being a victim of Internet fraud? Listen up.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/11/10
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Ever wonder how very large music files wind up getting much smaller when they become mp3 files and we still think they sound okay? The answer is a lot of smoke and mirrors that fool our ears. Here’s how.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/4/10
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Here’s a”golden oldie” from back in 2005, a special rebroadcast for this funathon pledge week. The topic is powerlaws, particularly as they apply to the World Wide Web. Give a listen.
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/25/10
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Sorry to say, electronic technology can be used for bad purposes as well as good and we review a few today from electronic skimmers that capture your credit and ATM card numbers to school laptops and your cell phones that can be used to spy on you.
For a look at some card number skimmers that have been used to help generate a billion dollars of ATM fraud, check www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/02/atm-skimmers-part-ii
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/18/10
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
In this world of increasing surveillance, it’s comforting to know that even if our whereabouts are known though surveillance cameras and monitoring of our cell phones and GPS units, and even if Google (and the government) knows everywhere we go on the Internet, at least no one can know what we’re thinking. Right? Maybe not for long. Listen up.