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Archived Weekly Show Content
from 2009:
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Thursday, December 31st 2009:
Message from The
Computer Guys: Happy New Year! A rerun was
aired this week due to it being New Year's eve. We
will return LIVE next week!
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Thursday, December 24th 2009:
Message from The
Computer Guys: Merry Christmas! A rerun was
aired this week due to is being Christmas eve.
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Thursday, December 17th 2009:
Computer Related News:
McDonald's to offer free, unlimited Wi-Fi
Computer Related News:
Facebook Passes Aol In The U.S.
Computer Related News:
iPhone Users Urged to Take Down AT&T
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Thursday, December 10th 2009:
Computer Term of the
Week:
Zettabyte
Picture of the Week:
Google Street View Catches House on Fire
Computer Related News:
Americans consume 3.6 zettabytes of data, most of it
pixels
Computer Related News:
Microsoft To Kill Windows XP SP2 Support
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Family Pack Discontinued
Computer
Related News:
Google Fights 'Google Money' Fraud Scheme
Computer Related News:
Social Media Influencing Holiday Purchases
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Thursday, December 3rd 2009:
Message from The
Computer Guys: A rerun was aired this week. We
will see you LIVE on December the 10th!
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Thursday, November 26th 2009:
Message from The
Computer Guys: Happy Thanksgiving! A rerun was
aired this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Thursday, November 19th 2009:
Video of the Week:
Locking SafeSearch (on Google)
Picture of the Week:
Have you Ever Seen a Miniature Room Inside a PC?
Computer Related News:
Twitter now asks, 'What's happening?'
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Thursday, November 12th 2009:
Picture of the Week:
Google Doodles from Different Countries You Haven’t
Seen
Computer Related News:
Google logo: Sesame Street images are
photographs, not drawings
Computer Related News:
'Conficker' Computer Virus Going Strong
Computer Related News:
Is Facebook a Paradise for Scammers?
Computer Related News:
MySpace Traffic Drop Costs News Corp About $100
Million
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Thursday, November 5th 2009:
Website of the Week:
Get FREE, safe
Desktop Wallpapers here!
Picture of the Week:
Google Sesame Street Logos
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 First 'Self-Healing' OS
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Thursday, October 29th 2009:
Website of the Week:
Windows 7 Shortcut Keys
Computer Related News:
Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan
Computer Related News:
Sony Recalls 69,000 Vaio AC Adapters
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Could Spark Move To 64-Bit
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Boosts Laptop Battery Life
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Thursday, October 22nd 2009:
Free Download of the
Week:
Hulu
Desktop
Free Download of the
Week:
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
Picture of the Week:
1GB of
storage in 1980 vs. now
Computer Related News:
It's Official: Microsoft Launches Windows 7!
Computer Related News:
Burger King sells Windows 7 Whoppers as Microsoft
begins Guru training
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Compatible? Microsoft Provides Answers
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Thursday, October 15th 2009:
Website of the Week:
Mystery
Google
Computer Related News:
Mystery Google returns other people's search results
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Office 'Adware Edition' Replaces MS Works
Computer Related News:
Office 2010 Headed For Spring Release
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Thursday, October 8th 2009:
Picture of the Week:
Google's logo a barcode
Computer Related News:
Most Common Hotmail Password Revealed!
Computer Related News:
Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8,
Windows 9
Computer Related News:
Google Offers Advice On Strong Passwords
Message from The
Computer Guys: Don't forget to tell your friends
and neighbors that because of the digital transition
UCTV now broadcasts on Comcast digital channel 265,
NOT channel 3! We still broadcast on Chattanooga
Comcast channel 95, and Charter channel 5 as well.
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009:
Website of the Week:
56K
Modem Emulator (just for fun)
Tip of the Week:
Send Free Text Messages Via E-Mail
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Compatible? Check The Logo
Computer Related News:
Fake antivirus overwhelming scanners
Computer Related News:
Google Urges Cooperation Against Bad Ads, Malware
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Launch Party Finalists Selected
Computer Related News:
Google Releases Picasa 3.5
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009:
Message From The
Computer Guys: David was on vacation this week,
so a rerun was aired. Join us next Thursday for a
LIVE episode of The Computer Guys!
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009:
Computer Related News:
New York Times Latest Victim of Malware Ad
Injections
Computes Related News:
Get More Life From Your Li-ions
Computer Related News:
Microsoft offers Windows 7 to students for $30
Computer Related News:
Facebook Says It Made Money for First Time
Computer Related News:
Google Launches Fast Flip To Accelerate News
Browsing
Website of the Week:
Google
Fast Flip (beta)
Message From The
Computer Guys: Do you use Facebook? Don't forget
to 'become a fan' of Affordable Computers for free
tips and tricks from The Computer Guys. Check us out
at
www.facebook.com/affordablecomp.
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009:
Computer Related News:
Where in the World do Viruses Come From?
Computer Related News:
Trapped kids update Facebook rather than ring police
Computer Related News:
Firefox 4.0 Coming Late Next Year
Computer Related News:
In 8 Years, Online Video Consumption Will be
Measured in Exabytes
Computer Related News:
Feds to Let Citizens Log In With Yahoo, Google,
Paypal Accounts
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009:
Computer Related News:
Microsoft rejoices: Windows XP use drops
Computer Related News:
Internet's 40th "Birthday" Marked
Computer Related News:
YouTube wants to offer film rentals
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Free Trial Available
Computer Related News:
Gmail Outage 'A Big Deal,' Says Google
Video of the Week:
Mac vs. PC
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009:
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 to get New York launch
Computer Related News:
Google Maps Adds Traffic Conditions to Major Roads
Computer Related News:
YouTube To Share Ad Wealth With Posters
Computer Related News:
Facebook, Twitter May Lead To Burglary
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009:
Computer Related News:
Identity Theft Malware Surges 600%
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 RC Ends Thursday
Website of the Week:
Comcast's new 'MyDVR' (in development)
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009:
Video of the Week:
Steve gets interviewed for the evening news!
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Now Available For Business
Computer Related News:
Google Caffeine Gets Two Thumbs Up
Computer Related News:
Microsoft banned from selling Word
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
This Day in Tech: Aug. 6, 1997: Apple Rescued — by
Microsoft
Computer Related News:
Nasty Memory Leak Found in Windows 7 RTM Build
Computer Related News:
Google gives 'Voice' to military personnel
Computer Related News:
Iowa 911 center is first to accept text messages
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 'XP Mode' Released
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009:
Picture of the Week:
How big is the Internet?
Video of the Week:
Windows 7 Boot Screen
Computer Related News:
Barnes & Noble Launches Free Wi-Fi
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Promises Faster Graphics
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009:
Free Download of the
Week: New version of
Google Earth
now includes views of the moon
Website of the Week:
Legacy Locker
Picture(s) of the Week:
A retrospective of Windows packaging: Paper or
plastic
Video of the Week:
Symphony of ink jets
Computer Related News:
Google Earth Adds Moon To Celebrate Apollo 11
Landing
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Plans Windows 7 Family Pack
Computer Related News:
Microsoft pulls the plug on MSN Soapbox
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009:
Video of the Week:
Google Voice explained
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Takes on Google With Free Office Programs
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 For Enterprises Available Sept. 1
Computer Related News:
Facebook Claims 250 Million Users
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009:
Picture of the Week:
Windows 7 Box Art Revealed!
Computer Related News:
CompuServe Shuttered By AOL
Computer Related News:
Yahoo Search Pad Promises Faster Searches
Computer Related News:
Google Apps Finally Exits Beta
Computer Related News:
Google Takes Aim at Microsoft With New PC Platform
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009:
Free download of the
week:
Firefox 3.5
Released!
Computer Related News:
Firefox 3.5 Released
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
TetrisFriends.com
Website of the Week:
Gmail Blog
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Discloses Windows 7 Pricing
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Hohm Cuts Power Bills
Computer Related News:
Apple Sued For iTunes Gift Card Fraud
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
tinypic.com
Website of the Week:
Ten Grand is Buried Here
Computer Related News:
Is YouTube Close To Profitability?
Computer Related News:
Intel Dropping Centrino Branding In Laptops
Computer Related News:
Bing Gains In Search Share
Computer Related News:
Google Widens Its Gaze In Street View
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009:
LIVE Question from the
show: How to run old dos programs on new PCs -
try DOSBox,
it's FREE!
Computer Related News:
Consumers Aren't Ready To Pay For Hulu
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
Bing - learn
more about Bing
here.
Website of the Week:
YouTube XL
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 To Ship Oct. 22, Microsoft Confirms
Computer Related News:
YouTube XL Expands Web Video For TV Viewing
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Starter Edition: Unlimited Apps On Tap
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
360 View of Statue of Liberty
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Formally Launches Bing Search Engine
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 Pricing Expected Mid-June
Computer Related News:
Service Pack 2 for Vista and Server 2008 finally
arrives
Computer Related News:
Homebrewed CPU Is a Beautiful Mess of Wires
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009:
Question of the Week:
Does blackle.com really work?
Website of the Week:
HP
Notebook PC Battery Pack Replacement Program
Video of the Week:
Computer Repair Shops put to the Test
Computer Related News:
Google Street View blurs face of Colonel Sanders at
every KFC
Computer Related News:
HP Recalls 70,000 Fire-Hazardous Batteries
Computer Related News:
Google Outage Caused 5% Internet Traffic Decline
Computer Related News:
Every Minute, Just About A Days Worth Of Video Is
Now Uploaded To YouTube
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009:
Download of the Week:
LEGO Digital Designer
Picture(s) of the Week:
A peek at Windows 7 release candidate
Computer Related News:
Google Makes It Easier To Migrate To Gmail
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Hopes To Complete Windows 7 By August
Computer Related News:
70,000 HP laptop batteries recalled due to fire
hazard
Computer Related News:
Pirated Windows 7 RC builds botnet
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
RetailMeNot.com
Computer Related News:
GE Develops 500 GB DVD-Size Disc
Computer Related News:
Verizon Rolls Out 3G Wi-Fi Hotspot
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 RC Available For Public Download
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 In October? Acer Says Yes
Computer Related News:
Why text messages are limited to 160 characters
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
Google Flu Trends: Mexico
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Completes Work On Windows Vista SP2
Computer Related News:
Disney joins Hulu video site
Computer Related News:
Google Tracking System Suggests Swine Flu Is
Spreading
Message from The Computer
Guys: Don't forget to tell your friends and
neighbors that "The Computer Guys" is now available
to watch LIVE online! You can also watch past
episodes.
Check it out here.
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009:
Website of the Week:
ustream.tv
Computer Related News:
Record attempt reaps 217K texts, $26K phone bill
Computer Related News:
AMD pulls in six-core CPU, announces 16-core for
2011
Computer Related News:
YouTube Launches Movie, TV Section
Message from The
Computer Guys: You asked for it! Finally, after
many many requests you can now watch "The Computer
Guys" LIVE online every week! Also starting with the
April 23rd 2009 show, each show will be available to
play back later! And that's not all! You can also
chat LIVE with other fans during the show, and even
ask questions to be answered on the air through the
chat room! Make sure you tell your friends an
neighbors!
Check it all out here!
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
Play with a 3D Spider
Computer Related News:
Windows XP Support No Longer Free
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Details Dates, Versions of Office 2010
Computer Related News:
62 Trillion Spam E-mails = ?
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009:
Video of the Week:
Facebook's 200 milion members put into perspective
Computer Related News:
Google Showing Local Search Results By Default
Computer Related News:
Scareware Surging, Microsoft Report Finds
Computer Related News:
Facebook Now Has 200 Million Members
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009:
Website of the Week:
Gmail's April fool's day joke
Computer Related News:
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 Fails To Halt
Firefox Gains
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009:
Computer Product of the
Week:
Vioguard
Video of the Week:
Vioguard
Computer Related News:
Dreaming of a PC with 192GB of RAM? Dell makes it
reality
Computer Related News:
Acer Gaming PCs Overheat, Recall Issued
Computer Related News:
MIT Graphene Chip Could Reach 1,000 Gigahertz
Computer Related News:
Blockbuster, TiVo To Deliver Movies Online
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009:
Free Download of the
Week: Internet Explorer 8 has been officially
released.
Get it here (XP & Vista only)
Computer Term of the
Week:
What is Cybersquatting?
Computer Related News:
Cadillac rolls out in-car Internet access
Computer Related News:
Cybersquatting Hits All-Time Record
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009:
Free Download of the
Week: New version of AVG Free (AVG Free 8.5) has
been released. We highly recommend that you upgrade
to this new version!
Download it for free here.
Computer Term of the
Week:
What is 'Augmented Realtity'?
Website of the Week:
GE demonstration of Augmented reality
Computer Related News:
Olympus: 12 megapixels is enough for most folks
Computer Related News:
Google Voice Rises To Replace GrandCentral
Message from The
Computer Guys: We've build a new section into
our website that we'll be updating daily with
screenshots of some of the common fake antivirus
programs that are infecting computers these days.
Check it out here.
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
Computer Data Storage Through the Ages -- From Punch
Cards to Blu-Ray
Computer Related News:
If I were Bill Gates, I'd ban iPhones too
Computer Related New:
Facebook, Google helping feds stop online stimulus
scams
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
Google Apps Status Dashboard
Viewer Tip of the Week:
Hulu.com: Browse TV Shows Alphabetically
Question of the Week:
How do I transfer pictures from my Razr Cell Phone?
also
check out this.
Question of the Week:
What will the Windows 7 System Requirements Be?
Computer Related News:
Comcast Announces New Services
Computer Related News:
Microsoft said shipping Windows 7 in Sept.
Computer Related News:
Google Responds To ‘Gfail’ Outage With Apps Status
Dashboard
Computer Related News:
Office 14: Worth a wait?
Computer Related News:
Worm causes computer to crash
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009:
Website of the Week:
Top 9 Dirty Tricks Scammers Use
Computer Related News:
Top-secret Microsoft prototype phone stolen
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Offers $250,000 Bounty For Worm Authors
Computer Related News:
YouTube Starts Selling Video Downloads
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009:
Message from The
Computer Guys: 'The Computer Guys' host David
was a bit under the weather this week, so a rerun
was aired. We should return LIVE on the 19th!
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009:
Free Download of the
Week: It's not really a 'download' - but it is
FREE.
Get your gmail stickers!
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 to come in six flavors, but Microsoft will
emphasize only two
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Working On Automatic Error Correction Tool
Computer Related News:
U.S. networks to keep TV in analog amid DTV delay
Computer Related News:
Google Unveils 'Latitude' Location Sharing
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009:
Free Download of the
Week: A new Version of Spybot has been released!
Get Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 FREE from our
downloads page!
Picture of the Week:
Lighter-Cam
Computer Related News:
Microsoft To Kill Windows 7 Beta On Feb. 10
Computer Related News:
Microsoft: Explorer 8 'Complete And Done'
Computer Related News:
Google Gmail Available Offline, Calendar Coming Soon
Computer Related News:
Macs hit with BitTorrent-embedded malware attack
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009:
Free Download of the
Week: A new version of Ad-Aware has been
released! Get Ad-Aware AE (Anniversary Edition) FREE
from our
downloads page!
Computer Related News:
Circuit City To Go Out Of Business
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009:
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Offers Unlimited Windows 7 Downloads
Computer Related News:
Windows 7 'Incredibly Stable,' Intel Expert Says
Computer Related News:
The
Symantec Employees Are Using Kaspersky!
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009:
Picture(s) of the Week:
Windows 7 Revealed!
Website of the Week:
www.shieldselectronics.com
Computer Related News:
Zune Leap Year Bug Fixed, Microsoft Says
Computer Related News:
Microsoft Windows, IE Usage Declined In 2008
Computer Related News:
Apple iTunes Music Store Going DRM-Free
Computer Related News:
Cell Phone Apps Prevent Driving While Texting
Computer Related News:
Ballmer's Promise: Windows 7 'Best Version Ever'
Message from the
Computer Guys: Where did all the show content
go? Don't forget, it's a new year, so all 2008 show
material has been moved to it's own page. To view
it, simply scroll down to the bottom of this page
and click on the year you'd like to view!
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009:
Message from the
Computer Guys: Happy New Year! A rerun was aired
this week because of the Christmas Day Holiday. Join
us next week when we return LIVE!
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