Joel Michalec Show 169: Tech Throwback

Welcome to The Joel Michalec Show Featuring The Lovely Sharen. Tonight we review another type of scam to be on the lookout for..Sweepstakes Scams. Obviously, as with other scams, they use real world variables and maybe things you heard in the news to prey on you and make themselves sound as legitimate as possible. Be on the lookout and use your defenses to make sure that these and other scams do not catch you off-guard. We also updated the news on #Microsoft Windows 10 and how this may actually be the last version. Like Mac they will just come out with evolutionary changes to the system. Something they maybe should have considered with Windows XP.In our regular segment, we de-Geeked bits and bytes and what they mean. How can we understand what they are when talking about hard drives and storage? Well we took it all the way down to bits and ran through the calculations to the petabyte level including putting them into perspective. Can you decipher this word:01100111 01101001 01100111 01100001 01100010 01111001 01110100 01100101Links:BBB Consumer News Blog - http://bbb.org/blog/BBB Scam Stopper - http://bbb.org/scamJust Delete Me - http://justdelete.meTech Tips From Joel - https://www.tiktok.com/@techrsq Like, Follow, Share and Subscribe to The Joel Michalec Show on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jmtalk/Listen to the Joel Michalec Show on one of our Partner Stations:Sunday 11 PM ET on 920 WON: The Apple http://mixlr.com/920-won-the-apple/Daily on the Elevens (11AM & 11PM) on SRN One at https://c5.radioboss.fm/u/76Subscribe For Free:- JoelMichalec.com- iTunes https://tinyurl.com/ya9znnog- iHeart Radio: https://tinyurl.com/y9y8j4qu- Pandora https://tinyurl.com/r3t5796- Spotify https://tinyurl.com/yabz4tro- Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/161eaa1b-d184-4905-bf7e-df431c193fb8/The-Joel-Michalec-Show- Google Play https://tinyurl.com/y9wppcum- Podchaser https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-joel-michalec-show-904302- TuneIn Radio https://tinyurl.com/yc7vhhy6- Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=565812&refid=stpr- Blubrry https://www.blubrry.com/jmtalk/- Spreaker https://tinyurl.com/y9ms27l2- Castbox https://tinyurl.com/y9keg6fb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.