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The FCC reprimands Comcast. Homeland Security threatens your laptop. And Facebook cracks down on Scrabulous. It's the first Tuesday of the month and The Computer Guys are back to update you on the world of technology and answer your questions.
John Gilroy, WAMU Computer Guy; and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers
Allison Druin, WAMU Computer Gal; and Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland
Bill Harlow, WAMU Computer Guy; and Hardware & Software Technician for MACs & PCs at Mid-Atlantic Consulting, Inc.
Longtime Washingtonians know the signs -- a lame duck is in office, and the city and Federal government are readying themselves for a transition of administrations. We start a series of conversations that explores how transitions affect our region's workers, economy, and the city itself.
Max Stier, President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service
His stand against Soviet Communism landed him in prison, and the annals of literary history. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who exposed the tyranny of Soviet rule in classics such as "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "Gulag Archipelago", died this week at the age of 89. We speak with legendary broadcaster Marvin Kalb about Solzhenitsyn's legacy.
Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow Professor Emeritus, The Kennedy School of Government and The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University
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