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Your Kids Probably Know Your Passwords…And They’re Finding Some Really Interesting Stuff On Your Computer

May 22, 2013 at 8:54 am | Category: On-Air, Today's Show | Tags: , , ,

Your Kids Probably Know Your Passwords…And They’re Finding Some Really Interesting Stuff On Your Computer

According to a new survey, your kids probably know all your passwords and PINs, and if they don't, they can probably figure them out. Eight in 10 kids say they know the passwords for their parents' computers, phones, and tablets. One in...Continue

How Many Calories Do You Burn By Clicking Your Mouse?

March 12, 2013 at 6:28 am | Category: Previous Shows | Tags: ,

How Many Calories Do You Burn By Clicking Your Mouse?

This might be the laziest form of exercise we've ever heard of. Researchers wanted to figure out how many calories you burn each time you click your mouse. Based on the average volume and weight of fingers, they calculated that every...Continue

Watch Out: The Internet Scam That’ll Have You Thinking The FBI Is After You

January 25, 2013 at 7:21 am | Category: On-Air, Previous Shows | Tags:

Watch Out: The Internet Scam That’ll Have You Thinking The FBI Is After You

A coworker of The Bert Show who works at a sister station, Jason, had the freakiest thing happen to him while he was researching sports stats for work (sweet job, right?) - all of a sudden, his computer got the blue screen of death (yeah,...Continue

New Year’s Resolution Help: A New “Smart Fork” Will Help You Lose Weight By Monitoring Your Eating And Yelling at You

January 8, 2013 at 7:09 am | Category: Previous Shows | Tags: , ,

New Year’s Resolution Help: A New “Smart Fork” Will Help You Lose Weight By Monitoring Your Eating And Yelling at You

If you want a machine to yell at you (um, we mean keep you motivated) in your healthy New Year's resolution, the Consumer Electronics Show is going on right now in Las Vegas and a new device that's getting a lot of attention is the...Continue

Tech Round-Up: Instagram Backtracks On Selling YOUR Photos + Apple Maps are 300% More Likely to Get You Lost Than Google Maps

December 27, 2012 at 12:17 pm | Category: Previous Shows | Tags: , ,

Tech Round-Up: Instagram Backtracks On Selling YOUR Photos + Apple Maps are 300% More Likely to Get You Lost Than Google Maps

Instagram Bows to Peer Pressure and Goes Back to Its Old Terms of Service Looks like the mob won this one out - the company caved to the will of the masses! The Consumerist reports that Instagram did exactly that...and went back to...Continue

The WEIRDEST Car Trick That’ll Help You Find Your Lost Car In A Parking Lot…Although You Might Look Really Dumb Doing It

December 18, 2012 at 9:00 am | Category: On-Air, Previous Shows | Tags: , ,

The WEIRDEST Car Trick That’ll Help You Find Your Lost Car In A Parking Lot…Although You Might Look Really Dumb Doing It

Bert heard that you could extend the range of your car's alarm by projecting the signal through your skull. Sounds like a HUGE load of BS, right? Right. But watch this...it actually works: [jwplayer mediaid="94293"] ...Continue

The Biggest Complaint About Cell Phones Isn’t What You Might Think

December 3, 2012 at 7:29 am | Category: Previous Shows | Tags:

The Biggest Complaint About Cell Phones Isn’t What You Might Think

According to a new survey, the biggest complaint people have about their cell phones today is...their friends and family get mad at them for not checking their phones ENOUGH. (And you thought it was that people had their nose in their...Continue

Tired Of Chris Brown? Wanna Remove Him From The Internet? There’s An App For That!

September 20, 2012 at 8:47 am | Category: EBuzz | Tags: ,

Tired Of Chris Brown? Wanna Remove Him From The Internet?  There’s An App For That!

There are plenty of people who'd be happy if they never saw or heard about Chris Brown again.  And now, there's an app for that.  It's called the "Chris Brownout." It's actually a plugin for the Google Chrome browser, and it...Continue

Websites That Will Improve Your Life: No More Baby Photos On Facebook + Find Your Lost Phone

September 17, 2012 at 9:10 am | Category: Previous Shows | Tags:

Websites That Will Improve Your Life: No More Baby Photos On Facebook + Find Your Lost Phone

Baby pictures. Sure, you love your own kids, your friends' kids, and your nieces and nephews. What you don't love is seeing a gajillion and one pictures of them flooding your Facebook newsfeed. There's a time and a place, people, a time...Continue

Tech Round-Up: Who Gets Your iTunes & Kindle Libraries When You Kick The Bucket + Would You Buy A Washable Keyboard?

September 3, 2012 at 8:30 am | Category: Previous Shows | Tags:

Tech Round-Up: Who Gets Your iTunes & Kindle Libraries When You Kick The Bucket + Would You Buy A Washable Keyboard?

And Now For The Amazing Washable Keyboard: Several studies have tested the germs in office keyboards: the average keyboard contains 150 times the acceptable limit for bacteria and was five times as filthy as a typical lavatory seat....Continue

Tech Byte: Your iPhone Could Soon Replace Your Wallet

August 29, 2012 at 8:11 am | Category: Previous Shows | Tags: ,

Tech Byte: Your iPhone Could Soon Replace Your Wallet

The new iPhone could replace your wallet and allow you to pay at stores.  The next iPhone is expected to come with a built-in chip which can serve as your credit or debit card for small payments. The phone will have to just be waved...Continue

Make Sure Your Computer Isn’t Infected By An Unusual Virus That Will Limit Internet Access!

July 9, 2012 at 5:47 am | Category: On-Air, Previous Shows | Tags: , ,

Make Sure Your Computer Isn’t Infected By An Unusual Virus That Will Limit Internet Access!

The FBI says it's time for people to make sure their computers aren't infected by an unusual virus. Right now, hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide are infected and will be unable to surf the Web after July 9. The whole thing...Continue

Coming Soon To A Bathroom Near You: A Mirror That Tells You The Date, Weather, And Your Weight

May 15, 2012 at 9:12 am | Category: Previous Shows, Video | Tags:

Coming Soon To A Bathroom Near You: A Mirror That Tells You The Date, Weather, And Your Weight

Imagine getting the weather forecast in the bathroom! This smart mirror, made by tech company Seraku, integrates Android operating system technology to provide you information while you are primping/prepping for your day. The device...Continue

Is Cell Phone Use On Airplanes Safe? According To “inFact”…It Is!

May 1, 2012 at 6:55 am | Category: Previous Shows | Tags: ,

Is Cell Phone Use On Airplanes Safe? According To “inFact”…It Is!

Brian Dunning, the host of the web series "inFact", destroys that 'fact' that it's dangerous to use a cellphone on a flying...Continue

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