TechByter Worldwide 2016.04.24: Power Director, a Fast but Crash-Prone Video Editor; Short Circuits; and Spare Parts.




TechByter Worldwide (formerly Technology Corner) with Bill Blinn show

Summary: I've been looking at a low priced, but uncommonly robust, video editor that unfortunately crashes a bit too often. Still, it might be a good choice for some. In Short Circuits, Maybe Microsoft has finally convinced Intel to fix the video device driver crashes that have plagued Surface users. It appears that Amazon has just challenged Netflix to a duel. Western Digital and Veritas have a private cloud backup system and some high-performing disk drives in a new Gold line. Listening to FM radio on your smart phone is about to get better. In Spare Parts, only on the website: If you're hungry and you're in one of 24 cities served by DoorDash, you can have food delivered from many local restaurants. Scotch maker Johnnie Walker wants us to learn more about the carbon footprint Web surfing creates (yeah, I'll have to explain that). And a couple of acquisitions caught my attention this week.