Poll of the Week:  What type of cell phone do you use?

Tip of the Week: The Greatest Windows Tips of All Time

If you don't know every one of these 26 classic tricks, utilities, and shortcuts for XP, Vista, or Windows 7, you're not getting your money's worth out of Windows.

Headwhack of the Week: Keeping up with the Social buzz

The world is beginning to understand that searching for information via social media sites can provide much more relevant information especially for time sensitive queries.

The problem is that social media sites are so numerous that it's too time consuming to search each one manually.  Google recently introduced live search as an addition to topical searches, but if you really want to search the social universe for a specific topic, check out Addict-o-matic!

Geek Speak of the Week: Forklift Upgrade

An upgrade to a computer or computer network that requires a substantial investment in hardware. Originally coined when mainframe computers required a forklift in order to replace them.

Security: Cybercrooks stalk small businesses that bank online

A rising swarm of cyber-robberies targeting small firms, local governments, school districts, churches and non-profits has prompted an extraordinary warning. The American Bankers Association and the FBI are advising small and midsize businesses that conduct financial transactions over the Internet to dedicate a separate PC used exclusively for online banking.

News: Twitter founder takes aim at mobile payments

Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.

News: The ultimate guide to fake security software

We talk about the fake virus alert problem virtually every week on the radio show and can hardly keep up with all the newly formed scams that pop up almost daily.

ZDNet.com has put together a portfolio of screen shots for the most common fake security programs that you will likely encounter while surfing the web these days.

Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Dealing with 'scareware'

Earlier in the year the Conficker worm was getting a lot of attention in the media, but 2009 was really the coming out party for 'scareware' programs that scare or trick folks into installing malware into their systems.  Here's our video advice on dealing with this problem.

Opinion:  Facebook's fantasy games cost more than time

Helen A.S. Popkin warns Facebook users "Games like 'FarmVille' and 'Pet Society' serve up players on a silver platter"!

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Weekly Advice Column: Troubleshooting WiFi problems 

Wifi networks are great when they work and the source of pain when they stop working or become intermittent at best.  Read this week's advice column for tips on how to troubleshoot common WiFi problems.

This Week's Show: Tech to watch for in 2010

It's the beginning of a new year and that means it's time to talk about what might be around the corner in the world of technology in the coming year.

Will 'the Cloud' finally become the primary storage device for most of us?

Will Apple finally release a tablet computer that is actually useful?

Will the Internet become even more dangerous?

Will robots become commonplace?

Will 2010 be the year of "augmented reality"?

Listen in as the Data Doctors discuss the various predictions from around the web in what we might be able to expect in 2010.

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