Interview with Michael Miller, author of Windows 7 Your Way:  Speed Up and Customize Windows. 

Michael Miller writing for 20 years and has published over 100 books.  Michael Miller:  Windows 7 is like a really good service pack for Vista with a couple new features added in.  The upgrade from XP to 7 is not as challenging as XP to Vista.  Michael’s Windows 7 favorite new features:  desktop slideshow, virtual folders called libraries, and the new task bar.

Pick up Windows 7 Your Way:   Speed Up and Customize Windows at any local bookstore, internet bookstore, or at www.molehillgroup.com.

Beware of chain email.  Please contact me if you have concern about a chain email that you have received or research the email topic yourself.  SNOPES.com is a place to start.

Ben helps listeners:

A listener contacted Benjamin because he was having difficulty accessing his banking web site. His Yahoo pop-up blocker tool bar was interfering with the web site.

 Benjamin gives hints about dead pixels on his monitor.  Ask your store about their dead pixel policy when you purchase your monitor.  If your monitor is not under warranty, try downloading a utility from the web site.www. udpix.free.fr or  flexco.org.  You can test your monitor at www.tft.vanity.dk

Do your research when you purchase a printer.  Match up your usage to the proper printer.

Benny and Benjamin interview Ian from Isis.  Isis makes funky, fresh laptop bags, backpacks, etc.  Submit designs directly to Isis and we might invite you on for a season.    Isis partners with Deseret Industries to fight against world poverty.  Find out more about the bags at www.isisgear.com          .

Technology in the news:

The bacteria on your hand leaves a genetic fingerprint on your keyboard and mouse.  Actually, that is true with everything you touch.

Washington DC has the most cyber criminals per capita -  116 for every 100,000 people.  The Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that complaints jumped more than 22% in 2009. 

160,000 hours of television coverage, 23 years of history, covering 5 presidential administrations,  C-SPAN footage archived on the internet. www.c-spanvideo.org.

3-D television may be on its way to your home.