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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
This week Tech Talk discussed cable Internet access, home
networking, cable modem speed cap removal, the AOL class action
lawsuit settlement, virus and security updates, tweaking Windows
with RegistryRobot, and many other IT factoids.
Listen now to the latest show using
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Check out all the links referenced during the show.
Tech Talk airs each Saturday at Noon on WMAL
Radio (AM630) and is sponsored by Stratford
University. WMAL is an ABC affiliate and the number
one AM radio station in the Washington DC market.
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| High Speed Cable Internet Connection | | | After suffering through a severe bandwidth drought on
the home front, I finally got a Cox Cable Internet
connection. It delivers between 500kbps and 1700kbps
and hovers around 1300kbps most of the time. Life is
sweet.
I enthusiastically cancelled my Verizon
ISDN account this week. ISDN is a very, very, very
expensive alternative that I don't recommend. I only
got ISDN temporarily because DSL and Cable were not
available in my neighborhood.
Check
out the site that tested my speed
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| Sharing Your Internet Connection | | | The best way to share a home Internet connection is
to get a gateway with a firewall. You will need to
set up an Ethernet connection (either wired or
wireless) to access the gateway. The gateway will
connect directly to the Cable/DSL modem. If you are
anxious to get started, just hook up one of the
computers directly to the cable/DSL modem and
activate the Internet Connection Sharing option
(available in Win98SE and WinXP) to make it the
gateway. Don't forget to install a firewall on this
computer!
Check
out HomeNetHelp website
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| Cable Modem Hacking Goes Mainstream | | | DerEnglel's program, OneStep, permits users to change
the modem speed cap. It replaces the modem
configuration file with a hacked version. This is not
recommended by Tech Talk, since it is bad for other
users and may result in being banned from the cable
system! Myko Hein tried it and is now banned by AT&T
cable for theft of service. His dad is furious since he
now has to use a 56k dialup for Internet access.
Parents beware!! Don't let your kids hack your
cable
modem!
Check
out the Security Focus article
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| AOL Settles Class Action Lawsuit | | | AOL settled the class action lawsuit that claimed AOL
Version 5.0 blocked competing ISPs. $15.5 million has
been set aside for the settlement. Anyone, who has
used AOL 5.0 and was adversely affected, will qualify.
File your claim on the AOL Settlement website.
File
Your AOL Claim Here
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| Download of the Week | | | RegistryRobot from PC Magazine provides a convenient
way to tweak your Windows operating system. This
package permits anyone to edit the system registry
safely.
Download
RegistryRobot now
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