May 14, 2005
The show weighs ambitious new products against practical usefulness, covering a multifunction Samsung camera phone and the newly announced Xbox 360 while Dr. Dave argues that a device should first perform its main job well. Callers prompt lessons about starting with the most likely and easiest reasonable fix, honestly admitting when he does not yet know an answer, making recovery discs before they are needed and handling replacement memory that matches the specifications but still does not fit. A spyware discussion looks beyond individual computers to the advertisers funding unwanted software, while Google privacy, automatic Apple widgets and infected networks illustrate the recurring tradeoff between convenience and security. Dr. Dave also remembers paying about five hundred dollars for a 300-baud acoustic-coupler modem and gives heartfelt credit to engineer Larry and program director Matt for making the radio show possible.
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