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This Week’s Episode Now Posted! Episode #366 – Is Resistance Futile?

In this week’s show, Shawn and Andy discuss recent issues they had with Streaming while on with the Metacast Podcast earlier in the Week which works into a discussion on Tech Support and how easy it is to troubleshoot new Tech versus what we had to do 15 years ago. Andy tells the story of how phone calls came into Radio Shows and got on the air compared to tech today from VoxPro and other companies. Shawn and Andy talk about how technology in Education changed from Mac systems to PC’s. Some employers are looking for workers that understand AI and how to work with it. Andy talks about how we could see AI used in Radio Broadcasting and even Television Newscasting and points out Synthesia at https://www.synthesia.io and how training videos could all be done using that platform. How will sports be influenced by AI and the predictability of plays viewed by opposing teams.

Andy talks about some products he featured on KMSB Fox 11. Kingston sent over an Ironkey 200 Flash drive with AES 256 Encryption and Military Grade Security to protect the device from prying eyes or in the event of a loss of the drive. After 10 Attempts to enter a password incorrectly, the drive will wipe its data off the drive and make it unrecoverable. Sizes vary from 8GB to 128GB. This also serves as a good reminder to never plug in a USB Flash Drive that you “find.” as it could compromise your system or even damage circuitry. Andy also shared a USB diskette Reader from Tandek that he shared on the Segment. Shawn feels there may at some point a Digital Revolution with consumers wanted content.

Shawn looks at the new Adobe Photoshop Beta with Generative Fill which uses AI to fill a background or part of an Adobe stock image with artificial intelligence and is very impressed with the results. What’s also nice is that while some programs use AI to complete images, this will stay within the Adobe Family pulling images only from Adobe Stock Images.

Shawn and Andy share a great website for learning more about working with Photoshop and Graphics programs. https://www.phlearn.com The host also goes into a more in depth discussion on the Generative Fill Tool.

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New KMSB Fox 11 Segment Posted! Technology and “Piece” of Mind

KMSB Fox 11 Segment from 05/22/2023

For this Weeks Segment on KMSB Fox 11, we take a look at a couple of Devices to help add a layer of Security for Living and for your Data. First Up. The New Kingston Ironkey Keypad 200. If you carry around a flash drive, what happens if it falls out of your pocket? Or it is left behind at Work or a place you were using your laptop at? For some this could be panic time – It’s not just the idea of losing a flash drive, it’s that data – Documents, Photos that could fall into the wrong hands.

The Kingston Ironkey Keypad 200 can at least give you peace of mind that whoever found it would not be able to pry at the data. The Kingston Ironkey 200 features level 3 military grade security and AES 256 Bit Encryption. For most of us, that means good security. It features a Keypad on the Device. Once you set it up, with an 8-15 Character alphanumeric Pin you can then feel a little more at ease. Also, if you do leave it behind, it features brute force protection, which means after 10 attempts to enter the incorrect password, it is wiped clean.  Some have wondered with keypads, that over time could reveal a pattern of wear that could aid in discovering a password, the Ironkey 200 key are coated with a polymer that protects the keys from not only wear but also fingerprints! It also has a shell with a rubber gasket to protect it from dirt and water and a nice steel chain to hang from your keychain. Available in 8GB, 16gb up to 128GB.  They start at about 75 bucks for the 8GB Model up to around 205 dollars for the 128GB. It’s worth that peace of mind for important documents. More at https://www.kingston.com

For Security at your Front Door, it used to be you may have had to Wire a Doorbell Camera to existing Wiring, and sometimes must go into the garage or Attic to change out a Transformer. And the early models of Doorbell Cameras in my experience had some lag. Some of the Newest Ones on the Market make it easy to install usings your Homes Wireless Settings. No having to Wire or change a transformer, the Google Nest Doorbell Camera can be setup with the Battery Version easily and give you that security on your doorstep.  It is battery driven but comes with a key to remove it and bring it indoors for a recharge. It’s not something you are going to have to do constantly, and most users have told me they do this every three or four months. Another Nice feature, if your Wi-Fi Goes out, the Nest Doorbell will automatically store up to one hour of recorded events in its local memory.  If you haven’t converted to the Google App from other Nest Devices you will need to do that for Monitoring. If features Night Vision, 960×1280 Capture and two-way audio, say you aren’t home, but somebody visits your door you can interact without them knowing you aren’t home. As far as notification, it will come in on your Smartphone for the Battery Wireless, but some have also got Google Assistant in the home and it can ring on there. Pricing for both the Wired and Battery Devices is about 180 bucks.

We also take a look at the Tendak USB Diskette Reader for those without the 1.44 Drive and Lots of those Old Diskettes laying around! Check out the Video and please Subscribe to our Videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@techtalkradio

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A Great Place to Work!

We’ve had David Leong and other staff members from Kingston Technology Company on the TechtalkRadio Show in the past! Congrats to them on being named one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in Orange County as awarded by the Orange County Business Journal.

Kingston Technology produces a wide range of products for Consumers to Large Business Enterprise for getting the most out of your computer systems. We have featured their products from Memory to Storage and SSD Drives. What makes Kingston Technology the great place to work? Not only it’s commitment to product but also the end user and the community in Orange County.

Logo for Orange County Business JournalKingston Technology makes donations and sponsors local Boys and Girls Clubs, OC Food Bank and the Red Cross among other organizations. Working at Kingston Technology also has its benefits such as an open office environment, onsite gym with free fitness classes everyday, immediate matching 401(k) plan and healthcare options including a 100-percent employer paid plan for the employee and eligible dependents.

        For More info on this Honor check out the Orange County Business Journal article on the Best Places to Work in Orange County. Congratulations again to the Staff and Management at Kingston Technology!

For career opportunities at Kingston, visit www.kingston.com/us/company/careers.

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Kingston Technology 32GB USB 3.0

DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 USB 3.0
Kingston DTU30 USB 3.0

We received the Kingston Technology 32GB DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Drive today. For those that aren’t to familiar to what USB 3.0 is all about, best explanation would be speed. Technology companies are always looking at ways to make data transfer  faster, more efficiently and with less chances for errors. If you were to take a look at even USB 1.1 vs the older standard of saving and transferring files, 1.44 Floppy Disk – USB 1.1 offered not only faster speeds but also saving with less errors, unless of course you pulled out the USB Stick before the writing was completed.

To explain where USB 3.0 is taking us, it is the next major revision to the Universal Serial Bus which offers Plug and Play as with previous incarnations but also with an estimated 10X performance gain over the still “happy with” USB 2.0. Users will also find a performance increase through SuperSpeed technology which allows for multiple streams of Data Transfer.

We also like the fact that USB 3.0 Devices such as this 32GB Data Traveler are compatible with USB 2.0. The DTU30 is available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacity and will find support in Windows XP (SP3), Vista (SP1 and SP2) and Windows 7. We will test this out and give your our results with Windows 7 64.  Kingston Technology is packaging a Y Cable for USB 2.0 Ports to adequately power this device which is a little thicker then usual USB Flash drives due to the extra chip technology currently needed within the device.

In test from Kingston Technology, During internal testing, a 1 hour 44 minute movie (3.9GB) was written to the drive in 1 minute 13 seconds. Similarly, a 2 hour 23 minute DVD (4.4GB) transferred to the drive at a fast 1 minute 23 seconds. This can be great for working with HD Video and transferring files, AutoCad or even large audio files for presentations. With the proper USB 3.0 Connection,  According to Kingston Technology, The DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 has a read speed of 80MB/sec. and a write speed of 60MB/sec. We’ll let you know what we come up with

For More Information, Take a look at http://www.kingston.com