Mar 2, 2014

For the recently concluded Sochi Olympics, locally based Avaya Technologies were selected to handle the communications infrastructure underlying the whole event. To be clear, this means that they were tasked with building, managing and maintaining all facets of communications during the event: TV, phone, internet, scoreboards, and a whole lot more. In this...

Feb 28, 2014

Yes, that’s right, everybody’s heard about the new national privacy legislation that’s scheduled to come into play on March 12, right? What’s that? You haven’t? Not a problem: Tha Gadget Grill’s producer, Gary Stark, has been able to spend some time with AVG’s Michael McKinnon who explains it all. We also look at the...

Feb 28, 2014

I must be an old curmudgeon. I like to listen to music – in fact, I love to listen to music – but I like to have it on my device. But that is not how music is being bought today: when was the last time you bought a CD? There are now a great variety of different music streaming services available – delivering music direct to your device, from...

Feb 27, 2014

Technology in the home is becoming quite pervise today. But over the last few years – well, over the last 40 or so years – it’s been changing. In the 1970s, setting up your home stereo system was a very simple affair: two pairs of wires for your speakers, a pair of RCA connectors from your cassette deck, and another pair of RCAs for your...

Feb 25, 2014

This week’s show features a sunburned Maitre D’, Geoff Quattromani, Chef de Cuisine De De Cup Willis, Peter Worthington sitting in the high chair in the corner, and of course, producer (Prof. Steamboat) Gary Stark. Our main feature this week relates to the current state of technology in cars. Cars have come away over the last few years, and some of...