Tech Talk RealAudio Archives
December 2000
Sponsored by Stratford University
Saturdays at Noon EST on WMAL NewsTalk Radio
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It's everything you always wanted to know about computers
and information technology, but were afraid to ask.
     David Burd and Dr. Richard Shurtz, President of Stratford University, host Tech Talk, a program about computers and information technology.
     Links to selected programs are below. All programs are archived in RealAudio format. Just click on the show's date to listen.
Older shows are archives as transcript summaries. You can listen live over the Internet by clicking ListenLive during show time.
 
Show Selected Topics
Dec 30, 2000
RealAudio 0:46hr
Not Archived
  • Death to the Dot Coms. The market comes to its senses and the VC's pull the plug. We reviewed the seven strategies of Digital Darwinism (www.digitaldarwinism.com) and concluded that none included profitability or positive cash flow....a fatal flaw.
  • Personal Digital Assistants (Palm versus Windows CE Operating System). My personal views.
  • New Year's Distributed Denial of Service Advisory (Advisory 00-063)
  • Esteemed hacker Rain Forest Puppy has been hacked
  • Installing new PC games (a guide for all Santa's)
  • Atomic clock time adjustments over the Internet (www.atomtime.com)
  • Plus many calls from listeners
Dec 23, 2000
  • Show Canceled
  • Preempted by WMAL Christmas Special
Dec 16, 2000
RealAudio 0:45hr
Not Archived
  • Mr. Rhett Dawson, President, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI).   ITI (www.itic.org) is composed of the twenty leading IT companies, including Cisco, Oracle, and Microsoft
  • Mr. Nick Glakas, President, Career University Association (CCA).  CCA (www.careeer.org)  is composed of the leading 850 career colleges in the country.
  • CCA Imagine American Scholarship Program (www.career.org/scholarships)
  • Continued discussion of viruses, including “Shockwave” and “Navidad” See National Infrastructure Projection Center (www.nipc.gov)
Dec 9, 2000
RealAudio 0:39hr
Not Archived
  • Mr. Raymond Bramucci, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, US Department of Labor, discusses the Workforce Investment Act. See www.doleta.gov or www.usworkforce.org.
  • Mr. Bruce Leftwich, Vice President, Career College Association, discusses the role of career colleges and schools in workforce development.
  • H1-B Visa program and the training funds that it generates.
  • Security alerts from National Infrastructure Protection Center (www.nipc.gov) and the Computer Emergency Response Team (www.cert.org)
Dec 2, 2000
RealAudio 0:37hr
Not Archived
  • Techies come to Congress (Darrel Issa, Marie Cantwell, Jon Corzine)
  • Microsoft Audits Virginia Beach
  • Virus Alert: W32/ProLin@MM 
  • Listeners call in with computer problems
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