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Dr. Bill.TV #462 – Audio – The Future is Coming Edition!
December 06, 2019
Dr. Bill briefly discusses a video posted on his Blog about the future, it will be here before you know it! 5G in central North Carolina through T-Mobile, will future iPhones and other smartphones have ANY ports?
Dr. Bill.TV #461 – Audio – The Don’t Hack Me, Please Edition!
November 18, 2019
Dr. Bill shares some good, general computer security info; voice cloning, Twitter questions answered by a ‘security expert,’ common security protocols, understanding threats, risks, and vulnerabilities, Disney+ user accounts are already on the Dark Web...
Dr. Bill.TV #460 – Audio – The Microsoft Flubs Security Edition!
October 01, 2019
Microsoft urges Windows users to install emergency security patch, YouTube shutting down its Web-Based TV interface, Hollywood declares war on IPTV, multiple services shut down, Boston Dynamics robot has got game!
Dr. Bill.TV #459 – Audio – The Cut the Cord, Scan Your Channels Edition!
September 10, 2019
A quick update on the FCC required ‘re-pack’ of TV station frequencies, if you have cut the cord, you really SHOULD re-scan your local OTA (Over-the-Air) channels NOW! Links that pertain to this Netcast: TechPodcasts Network International Association o...
Dr. Bill.TV #458 – Audio – The Tech Gone Bad Edition!
August 18, 2019
Frustrating Voicemail Scam, Google’s control of search, the case for the DuckDuckGo Search Engine, use Social Media, don’t let it use YOU! Google’s search AI algorithm can cause problems, is Google “shaping” what is considered ‘fair’ on-line?
Dr. Bill.TV #457 – Audio – The Google Gets Worse Edition!
July 27, 2019
Roku/FireTV, the ‘big dogs’ in Cord Cutting, Google listens in on Google Assistant, Orville Season 3 on Hulu, VirtualBox adds UEFI Secure Boot for Linux, Linux loses the Floppy, Elon Musk implants links in the brain to computers,
Dr. Bill.TV #456 – Audio – The I’m Still Tweaking Edition!
July 16, 2019
Dr. Bill is back! He discusses the Brave Web Browser, privacy and security issues and features! IBM is buying Red Hat! Nintendo’s new Switch Lite, the new Raspberry Pi 4, stop running old Windows, real transporter, build your own (bad) video card!
Dr. Bill.TV #455 – Audio – “The I Have To Rant a Bit Edition!”
June 07, 2019
Dr. Bill hasn’t had a show in a while, so we join him as he rants a bit about several things, and waxes a bit nostalgic as well. Links that pertain to this Netcast: TechPodcasts Network International Association of Internet Broadcasters Blubrry Network...
Dr. Bill.TV #454 – Audio – “The ClearClick HDMI Recorder Edition!”
April 08, 2019
Dr. Bill shows off his new toy, the ClearClick HDMI Recorder box! Recording the show with it, as he discusses it! Check out this quick, impromptu edition of the show! Links that pertain to this Netcast: TechPodcasts Network International Association of...
Dr. Bill.TV #453 – Audio – “The Always Doin’ Sumpthin’ Edition!”
March 20, 2019
Dr. Bill shows EVEN MORE TECH! Using a Rode NT-1 Mic, with NewTech NDI software to connect a Pixel 2 XL smartphone to the Open Source OBS software, he shows new lower thirds, his new Sony a5100 mirrorless camera,
Dr. Bill.TV #452 – Audio – “The How I Done Did It Edition!”
February 13, 2019
Dr. Bill shows you his new show tech! The new Rode NT-1 Large Condenser Mic, with the Rode AI-1 USB interface, the Elgato HD 60 Pro Video Capture Card to port the Canon EOS SL-2 DSLR HDMI video into a PC, and OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) to record i...
Dr. Bill.TV #451 – Audio – “The Rode Audio Edition!”
January 31, 2019
The Xiaomi foldable phone, the Rode NT-1 mic, 2019 CES, tiny Bluetooth sensor, PBS warming to streaming, Locast.org, ustv247.com, TVAnswers.org, the Rodecaster Pro video! Pinebook 64 Open Source Notebook, right on cartoon, the new Amazon FireTV App!
Dr. Bill.TV #450 – Audio – “The My Jacket’s Too Bulky Edition!”
January 08, 2019
Google Chrome wins the browser wars! Chrome extensions will work on the new Edge (when it debuts,) IPVanish VPN deal, bogus Roku activation scam, a Roku rumor, Chromecast hack, China lands on the Moon’s dark side,
Dr. Bill.TV #449 – Audio – “The Security for the Holidays Edition!”
December 06, 2018
Dr. Bill gives us ten things we can do to stay safe on the Internet and on-line this Holiday Season! Our sponsor this week is IPVanish VPN, your best way to stay safe on-line! Go to www.DrBill.TV/VPN to get a great discount!
Dr. Bill.TV #448 – Audio – “The Holiday Geek Gift and Bug Zapping Edition!”
November 21, 2018
Geek Gift List for 2018! Google Home Hub, Nintendo Switch, Oregon Trail Card Game, Death Star Popcorn Maker, Exploding Kittens Card Game, Star Trek ComBadge, Death Star Waffle Maker, Star Trek Pizza Cutter, Schrodinger’s Cat Decision Maker,
Dr. Bill.TV #447 – Audio – “The I’m Just So Confused Edition!”
November 11, 2018
Dr. Bill discusses Windows 10 Pro users seeing activation issues, Disney’s new Netflix rival will be called Disney+, YouTube arrives on the Nintendo Switch, the Alexa App is now available in the Microsoft Store on Windows 10,
Dr. Bill.TV #446 – Audio – “The Second Cord Cutting Special Edition!”
October 17, 2018
Dr. Bill discusses more Cord Cutting tips, with the free TitanTV schedule, AntennaWeb.org’s station locator and power finder, the ViewTV 150 mile OTA antenna, a through demo of Dr. Bill’s new 4 tuner Tablo OTA DVR,
Dr. Bill.TV #445 – Audio – “The Google Spying Edition!”
September 30, 2018
Change is coming to the Wireless Mic World, new this week: Roku Premiere and Premiere+, GSotW: Advanced YouTube Client, Facebook confirms major security breach affecting 50 million users, self solving Rubik’s cube, Apple,
Dr. Bill.TV #444 – Audio – “The Odd, Earth-Shattering Remote Edition!”
September 19, 2018
Windows file sharing (SMB) comes to Chromebooks, due to all the user uproar and complaints Google has decided to restore ‘www,’ Microsoft has reversed course on a Windows 10 warning, GSotW: Comodo One Remote Access and Control, GSotW Extra: AeroAdmin!
Dr. Bill.TV #443 – Audio – “The Phred Grumps Again Edition!”
September 09, 2018
Raspberry Pi-based ZeroPhone, Office 365 limits removed, Firefox anti-tracking, the ultimate answer is not 42, it’s cheese! GSotW: MX Linux, Chrome turns 10, new Tor Browser, Windows Enterprise long term support, GSotW Extra: Claws Mail,
Dr. Bill.TV #442 – Audio – “No On-Line Censorship Edition!”
August 15, 2018
Cord Cutters: Rescan to update channels, Chromebooks may get Windows 10 Dual Boot with ‘Campfire.’ GSotW: Malwarebytes Browser Extension! My view of Internet Censorship, Star Trek: Discovery’s Spock will be played by Gregory Peck’s grandson.
Dr. Bill.TV Netcast #441 – Audio – “The LONGEST Show Ever Edition!”
July 29, 2018
Our LONGEST Dr. Bill.TV Show EVER! Broken up into Bite-sized pieces for you! APTeK HD Video Capture Device Unboxing and Discussion – at 2:23, New Email Scam Overview (Security) – at 13:02, Geek Project of the Week: Linux on Your Chromebook – at 31:08,
Dr. Bill.TV #440 – Audio – “The Old Tech Giveaway Edition!”
July 18, 2018
Dr. Bill owns up to a BIG ‘oopsy!’ The new Dr. Bill Roku Channel is finally out! Roku’s new wireless speakers, GSotW: Cloudberry Remote Assistant! Amazon Prime Day on Monday came off OK, with issues! Our first ‘Old Tech Giveaway!’ at time stamp 29:02.
Dr. Bill.TV #439 – Audio – “The Your Best WAMP Stack Edition!”
June 30, 2018
Geek Software of the Week: Uniform Server, the new Dr. Bill Bailey.NET NETcasts Roku channel is on the way, Chromecast outage ends, SD cards with 128TB of storage, TaoTronics TT-BH07 wireless earbuds, Linux Mint 19 is released,
Dr. Bill.TV #438 – Audio – “The Fight Da Man Edition!”
June 13, 2018
Dr. Bill discusses recent issues with VLC, and how it led the GSotW: POT Player! Also VLC is back! Then, is your phone spying? A demo of Popcorn Time, Yahoo! kills its chat app, a box produces water! Microsoft buys GitHub!
Dr. Bill.TV #437 – Audio – “The Bright Lights Edition!”
June 02, 2018
Dr. Bill talks about shutting down the Chromest, VirtZine, and Hand Held Hack shows, a Windows Defender Chrome extension. Issues with the Windows April Update 1803, free VPN woes, GSotW: eM Client, new Super Smash Bros characters, a new GIMP,
Dr. Bill.TV #436 – Audio – “The Facebook Issue Rant Edition!”
April 11, 2018
Dr. Bill takes a brief time out of his normal netcast schedule to rant about the publicity around the Facebook data issue. There is NO expectation of privacy on Facebook! Come on, guys! Links that pertain to this Netcast: TechPodcasts Network Internati...
Dr. Bill.TV #435 – Audio – “The World Backup Day Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
March 31, 2018
World Backup Day, Cloudberry 50% Off! SUSE Enterprise Linux on Raspberry Pi, Under Armour MyFitnessPal hit by data breach, GSotW: JetBoost, SpaceX starts a ubiquitous WiFi project, demo of the Roav VIVA Alexa for your car device (at 20:46 into the show...
Dr. Bill.TV #434 – Audio – “The New DSLR Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
March 24, 2018
Canon SL2, Zuck and the FB scandal, Best Buy: no Huawei, alarm can’t detect smoke, YouTube bans guns, Android Wear now Wear OS, Chrome 66 blocks autoplay, laptop vs. tablet, GSotW: Autoruns, Mozilla drops FB, send money via Google Assistant,
Dr. Bill.TV #433 – Audio – “The Area 51 Demo Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
March 05, 2018
A new version of DirCaster! Amazon is buying Ring, Apple may release a new MacBook Air, Amazon to stop sales of Nest products, Alexa did lose its voice, Dropbox adds G Suite integration, GSotW: Linux Edition: Q4OS, more Cord Cutters,
Dr. Bill.TV #432 – Audio – “The Story Time Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
February 27, 2018
Samsung 30TB SSD, Intel’s Spectre fix, YouTube questions, Angry Birds Champions, Sling TV 47% growth, Intel, AMD face lawsuits, Harley’s ‘Project Livewire’ update, GWotW: Font Squirrel Matcherator, Dropbox IPO, Google and languages,
Dr. Bill.TV #431 – Audio – “The Very Special Cord Cutter’s Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
February 19, 2018
YouTubeTV, multiple Amazon Dots, Combining multiple OTA antennas, GSotW: TeaTV, Philo, NoCable.org, Microsoft Edge can be pwned! SlingTV and, be sure to tune in at approximately 29 minutes in for the ‘Marvel Movie after the credits’ scene on Leonflix!
Dr. Bill.TV #430 – Audio – “The I Finally Got It Right Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
February 11, 2018
Tablo DVRs on Samsung Smart TVs, OpenVMS security, Elon Musk’s launch, VLC 3 now on Android, Chrome, others with Chromecast, Nintendo Switch Linux hack, Intel’s ‘Smartglasses.’ CrossOver, Nvidia focuses on gaming, tablet sales down,
Dr. Bill.TV #429 – Audio – “The Keeping Alexa Quiet but Slightly Off Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
February 04, 2018
LibreOffice 6.0 is out! Podcast listeners tracked by Apple; it’s time for a bit of a rant! YouTubeTV starts streaming on Roku, GSotW: UrBackup! StarGate: Origins trailer, Windows 10 overtakes Windows 7 in usage,
Dr. Bill.TV #428 – Audio – “The Controversy Can Be Fun Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
January 30, 2018
Google Home ignores Jesus, Alexa loses her voice? A Geek Project for RSS Feeds, Malwarebytes product patch brings down PCs, GSotW: WebCam On-Off, Guru99 Linux tutorial, moving to Linux from Windows, kids learn Open Source,
Dr. Bill.TV #427 – Audio – “The I’m Not Dating, I’m Dated Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
January 25, 2018
Google broke Amazon’s workaround for YouTube on FireTV, DuckDuckGo adds tracker block, Android 8.1 can display Wi-Fi speeds before connecting, a 512GB microSD card, YouTube TV’s 300,000 paying users, Mosaic at 25!
Dr. Bill.TV #426 – Audio – “The Trying a Webcam Again Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
January 18, 2018
Kodak bitcoin miner on display at CES 2018, GSotW: iCast2, Intel security issue update: addressing reboot issues, Google: our brilliant Spectre fix dodges performance hit, so you should all use it! Think Media’s review of Marantz Turret camera,
Dr. Bill.TV #425 – Audio – “The Lots’o Stuff from CES Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
January 11, 2018
CES 2018 coverage from TPN, a 3 minute video from Red Hat on Meltdown/Spectre, Project Linda, Toyota announced Alexa in cars, Dell XPS 15, Kodak and Blockchain, Google Daydream camera, Facebook videophone, Microsoft on Meltdown/Spectre patch slowing PC...
Dr. Bill.TV #424 – Audio – “The Meltdown Over Security Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
January 08, 2018
ASUS Chromebook Flip, CES 2018, Nintendo Switch fastest-selling video game console, Meltdown and Spectre, Ajit Pai gets death threats, Apple confirms vulnerability, HP recall, GSotW: SpecuCheck, check if your AV blocks Microsoft patch,
Dr. Bill.TV #423 – Audio – “The Somewhat After Christmas Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
December 28, 2017
Tricking Windows face unlock, belated techie gifts, LibreOffice V6, Google turns on ad-blocking, Microsoft removes Chrome from the Windows Store, a Bill to save Net Neutrality, Apple slows down old iPhones, GSotW: Unchecky,
Dr. Bill.TV #422 – Audio – “The Doctor Stirs Up Controversy with Phred Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
December 12, 2017
Amazon vs. Google: Turf Wars, Dr. Bill stirs up controversy, Disney might buy Fox, Stargate: Origins, Bitcoin’s going crazy, GSotW: Handy File Tool, a good tip for your router, HP and bloatware that’s malware, Microsoft Edge on Android,
Dr. Bill.TV #421 – Audio – “The Great Adventure with Fading Lights Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
December 02, 2017
Hackers exploit Word vulnerability, BIG Cyber Monday, CloudBerry Backup 5.8, Holiday shoppers buy phones, a county in Georgia builds a spaceport, Linux Mint 18.3 ‘Sylvia.’ Amazon’s Silk Browser for FireTV, GSotW: BOOTICE,
Dr. Bill.TV #420 – Audio – “The Lower Thirds and Pixel 2 Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
November 16, 2017
Ransomware that will grab your PC screen, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: Don’t rush it, Streaming is more popular than Cable, Voodooshield, SetTVNow, Space Channel, Mozilla launches Firefox 57, no ‘Freemium’ Prime Video,
Dr. Bill.TV #419 – Audio – “The Sad, Sorry (Sideways) Security Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
October 18, 2017
Cryptocurrency miners infect Dr. Bill’s PC, Dr. Bill orders a Google Pixel 2 XL, Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, Nintendo NES Classic, Amazon’s waterproof Kindle, Severe flaw in WPA2, PIA VPN, Google adds antivirus to Chrome, Securi Firewall hacked.
Dr. Bill.TV #418 – Audio – “SetTVNow: Cable Cutter’s Dream!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
October 10, 2017
Dr. Bill discusses and demos SetTVNow, a company that offers cord cutters 500 cable channels for only $20.00 per month! Use this link: http://setvnow.com/#59da7b39bd174 to get a three day trial on three separate devices! Check it out!
Dr. Bill.TV #417 – Audio – “The I Wannacry at Alexa Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
May 16, 2017
Despite ‘Wannacry’ security risks, older Windows versions plague thousands of businesses, an Open Source AI Voice Assistant called ‘Mycroft,’ GSotW: Etcher, the new Amazon Echo Show, Seth Macfarlane’s Star Trek spoof ‘The Orville’ Links that pertain to...
Dr. Bill.TV #416 – Audio – “The Privacy and Security Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
April 09, 2017
Dr. Bill discusses protecting your privacy and security on-line with VPN, and uBlock Origin, a Plug-in for Chrome, a blocker that can load and enforce filters, then, the Chrome Plug-in from the EFF called ‘Privacy Badger’ that blocks spying ads tracker...
Dr. Bill.TV #415 – Audio – “The Mars, Backup, with Solar Flowers Edition!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
March 31, 2017
Apple patents an iPhone/Macbook dock, GSotW: Remix OS, German scientists create an artificial sun, World Backup Day, Mars has ice! Japanese scientists develop more efficient solar panels, a Solar Flower for your house,
Dr. Bill.TV #414 – Audio – “The No Christmas Content (Except a Little) Edition” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
December 22, 2016
Dropbox is available on the Xbox One, Paralyzed Connecticut man walks with a Exoskeleton, Hololens to teach doctors, GSotW: KeepVid! Three web browsers for the Linux command line, Ubuntu Linux desktop bugs found and fixed, Update for LibreOffice!
Dr. Bill.TV #413 – Audio – “Open Source Projects and Surface Rumors!” - Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
December 10, 2016
The Libreboot C201: an Open Source laptop, AsteroidOS: an Open Source OS for your smartwatch, OnlyOffice: a new, clean looking, Open Source Office Suite, GSotW: Winstep Nexus, Microsoft Surface Pro 5 rumors,