Recorded Monday March 03, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central
Hosts
Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org
Christopher Gavula - former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com
Joel McLaughlin - former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host and Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast
Larry McJunkin - Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired
Apple Segment Tim Cook teases new MacBook Air this week - Joel https://t.ly/UHlAd Apple to be Hit with Anti-trust fine in France - Chris G. https://t.ly/robn- US Intelligence backs Apple over UK encryption backdoor demands - Joel https://t.ly/7qYHW
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Mobile/ Linux Segment Larry is in the T-Mo Starlink Beta - Chris https://t.ly/radQM Hackers Stole this Engineer's 1Password Vault - Chris G. https://t.ly/HNrMm Nvidia confirms it is investigating RTX 50-series BSOD and black screen troubles, no timeline for a fix - Chris G. https://t.ly/89N4Q
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Windows Segment
MS Mistake-a-thon:
Asking Copilot for a script to Activate Windows Brings up Steps to Activate a Pirated Copy - Chris G. https://t.ly/wUxrV
OpenAI releases Deep Research to All after MS Releases Think Deeper to all Copilot Users w/out limits - Joel https://t.ly/Wwzso
MS Quietly Testing Free, Ad-Supported Version of Office with Limited Features - Chris https://t.ly/IfQWO
MS is Killing Skype after 14 years of Neglect - Chris https://t.ly/YWxXh
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Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org.
Change your default apps to the ones you want to use https://t.ly/FWqn0
Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show.
Joel Compatible With Garmin, Rugged Woven Nylon Sport Band with G-hook Watch Band For fēnix/Forerunner/Vivoactive/Approach/MARQ/quatix/D2 Series Tough Replacement Band For Men https://t.ly/x2T2e
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