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Tom interviews Stacey Higginbotham of staceyoniot.com about Matter, the forthcoming cross-compatibility standard coming to a smart home near you. Featuring Tom Merritt and Stacey Higginbotham. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks toContinue reading “About Matter with special guest Stacey Higginbotham”

Tom explains the reasons Facebook and its associated services went offline for 6 hours on 4 Oct 2021. Featuring Tom Merritt. This episode is excerpted from Daily Tech News Show 4125, aired 5 Oct 2021. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks toContinue reading “About the Facebook Outage”

Tom provides a brief explanation of Domain Name Servers, what they do and don’t do, and why they are important to your every day browsing. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the themeContinue reading “About DNS (updated)”

Tom interviews “Jake” about the difference in how we percieve SMS working…and how it actually works. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks to Garrett Weinzierl for the logo! ThanksContinue reading “About Text Spam”

Tom explains the three location method of data backup using his personal experience as an example. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks to Garrett Weinzierl for the logo! ThanksContinue reading “About Backup Strategies”

Tom clears up the mystery of why your browser and the sites you visit love cookies so much. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks to Garrett Weinzierl for theContinue reading “About HTTP Cookies”

Tom sizes up the technology and potential benefits of Resizable BAR. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks to Garrett Weinzierl for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid,Continue reading “About Resizable BAR”

Tom explains the DMCA and how it affects what content you may or may not see…and why it seems an insurmountable obstacle to some creators. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the themeContinue reading “About the DMCA”

Tom discusses the history and implementations of captions with Andy Beach, video engineer and author of Video Compression Handbook. Featuring Tom Merritt and Andy Beach. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks toContinue reading “About Captions”

Tom explains multi-factor authentication and why it may be the future of online security. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks to Garrett Weinzierl for the logo! Thanks to ourContinue reading “About Multi-Factor Authentication”