Money Savvy Family Fun and My Computer Works
Mary Giles, Executive Editor of Family Fun Magazine shares an article from the March issue. Luke Ford, CEO of My Computer Works tells us how they can be your own personal IT department. Max and Vic got separated at the Ellen show. We take your emails and instant messages, Max rants about stuff, and of course we've got lots of tech news...
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Hour 1
Mary Giles joins us from Family Fun Magazine with an overview of the magazine and what readers can expect each month. We highlight the Dollars and Sense article from the March issue, full of reader-submitted tips on how to inspire your kids to have good money sense. Disney Dream Vacation Sweepstakes. A listener email about adding RAM and what speed. Max and Vic's wonderful experience at the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Disney's download figures. Where have all the music stores gone?
Hour 2
Luke Ford tells us about how My Computer Works helps consumers with their PCs. He gives us a rundown of the top 5 computer problems they handle for people. For a monthly fee, you can get unlimited hand-holding for all your PC problems, and their reps will fix them for you remotely! Max rants about the break room coffee maker. GoDaddy pulls ratemycop.com for suspicious activity, but what's the real reason? How do we find out what week or month this is for causes or cool things, like National Iced Tea Month? National health observance calendar.
Hour 3
Southwest grounds some planes. Alienware has heat cracks. TiVo brings YouTube to the TV "for the first time" - didn't Apple do that already? Max knows the Britney YouTube guy's name (Chris Crocker) - how disturbing is that? Microsoft says no to Blu-Ray for the Xbox. Disney is NOT going to buy AOL - did anyone think they would? Gibson says Activision infringed with Guitar Hero - Activision responds "Nuh-uh!" SanDisk Fuse details leaked. A security device that recalls Total Recall. Turning your Nintendo DS into a synthesizer. The iPhone SDK already hacked? Simulator vs. emulator. A musical interlude from Kiss.
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