Surprise interview with Joe J. Thomas! Take a look below at this awesome body of work

Trotta began his television work appearing on Hunter in “Turning Point”(1987) with Valerie Wildman. Next for Trotta was the 1980′s TV remake of Dragnet in “The Payback”(1989) with Thalmus Rasulala. Trotta continued the crime series tradtion working on Equal Justice’ in “Cop’s Story”(1990) with Kamala Dawson,John Hostetter, Jack Kehler and Angela Paton. Trotta won his Sci-Fi debut guesting on Babylon 5 starring Andreas Katsulas and Bill Mumy in “Point of No Return”(1990) with Vaughn Armstrong, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry and Marshall Teague. Save for VOY, this was Trotta’s last television guest work for 10 years then Trotta was seen on the vampire drama Angel in “Guise Will Be Guys”(2000) with Brigid Brannagh and Patrick Kilpatrick. Trotta next was seen on the short-lived sitcom Stacked starring Christopher Lloyd in “Gavin’s Pipe Dream”(2005).

Trotta’s filmwork includes the 1990 telefilm I’m Dangerous Tonight with Madchen Amick, Jason Brooks and Juan García. Trotta then was seen in the high school drama Pump Up the Volume in which Christian Slater was the lead. Joinning them were Gregg Daniel, Alexander Enberg, Clayton Landey, Robert Schenkkan and John K. Shull. Trotta was cast in Huck & the King of Hearts(1994) with Joe Piscopo. That same year Trotta worked on The Hard Truth with Reg E. Cathey, Nicholas Cascone and Brian Markinson. Trotta joined the many Trek alumni who appeared in the lawyer comedy Liar, Liar(1997) joining Anne Haney, Don Keefer, Christopher Mayer, Randy Oglesby, Eric Pierpoint and Mitchell Ryan. Trotta was cast in the martial arts drama Inferno alongside Larry Drake, Bill Erwin, Evelyn Guerrero, Jeff Kober, Michael Papajohn, Vincent Schiavelli and Robert Symonds. In 2000, Trotta lent his voice to the video game Diablo 2 with Paul Eiding, Brian George, Frank Gorshin, Castulo Guerra and Nina Minton, then again for the Diablo franchise, Trotta voiced in “Lord of Destruction”(2001) withMichael Bell. 2001 also saw Trotta appearing in the thriller Soulkeeper with Brad Dourif and Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Jr.. Trotta followed this with A Little Crazy(2003) with Clay Wilcox. Trotta then acted in the comedy Guns Before Butter(2005) with Lawrence Monoson. Trotta’s fianl film role to date was in the spoof Extreme Movie(2008) withDennis Cockrum and Hank Harris.

Finn Jones from HBO’s hit series Games of Thrones interviews with Chris Pope today at 9am PST / 12pm EST live!

Listen to the live stream here!

I would like to take a moment and just salute my beautiful and talented co-host and friend Amy Elk.

This photo was made way before the murder of Amy’s sister Nique, so no one can say that this was drawn in light of the horror that has recently happened. In reality, who REALLY COULD argue it! To go through the amount of pain that this woman has gone through, and to step up to the plate and meet with news crew after news crew, reporter after reporter, answer question after ever pain stricken question.. who could argue that this is someone that truly deserves the title of a super hero in her own right.

A super hero that bares the weight of her grief stricken family on her shoulders… but, truly a super hero! You can donate in honor of her sister Nique by going to the following link.

This picture was made by the very talented Len Peralta

http://bit.ly/remembranceofniq​ue

Amy Elk on Twitter

Thank you so much everyone!

Chris Pope

Producer to The Tech Jives Network

UPDATED(7/21/11):

Dear Tech Jives Listeners, Fans, and Friends of Amy Elk.

As many of you know by now, Amy’s sister Nique was murdered. Saturday July 16th, 2011 the body of Nique was found not too far from where she lived here in Georgia.

I originally put this together to order flowers for Nique’s funeral cermony. Amy and her family have asked me to make the donation to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.  I think is a great idea and will be more than happy to honor it.

The donation will be made in Nique’s name and I’ll be putting together something to give to Amy and her family that will contain the names of the people who have donated as well as the comments you all have made.

If you would like to donate a little money via PayPal, we would greatly appreciate it. Please feel free to leave a comment for Amy and her family when submitting your donation.

If you prefer to send a check instead of PayPal, please send it to the following address.

P.O. Box 999

Powder Springs, Ga. 30127

Make the check out to Chris Pope and write the name “Nique” on the memo line. Also please email me to confirm you’ve sent it so I can document that it is on the way. Chris @ TechJives. Net

Thanks in advance!

Chris Pope

Producer of The Tech Jives Network

UPDATED(7/21/11):

Dear Tech Jives Listeners, Fans, and Friends of Amy Elk.

As many of you know by now, Amy’s sister Nique was murdered. Saturday July 16th, 2011 the body of Nique was found not too far from where she lived here in Georgia.

I originally put this together to order flowers for Nique’s funeral cermony. Amy and her family have asked me to make the donation to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.  I think is a great idea and will be more than happy to honor it.

The donation will be made in Nique’s name and I’ll be putting together something to give to Amy and her family that will contain the names of the people who have donated as well as the comments you all have made.

If you would like to donate a little money via PayPal, we would greatly appreciate it. Please feel free to leave a comment for Amy and her family when submitting your donation.

If you prefer to send a check instead of PayPal, please send it to the following address.

P.O. Box 999

Powder Springs, Ga. 30127

Make the check out to Chris Pope and write the name “Nique” on the memo line. Also please email me to confirm you’ve sent it so I can document that it is on the way. Chris @ TechJives. Net

Thanks in advance!

Chris Pope

Producer of The Tech Jives Network

Voice Acting Related Interviews:

Rob Paulsen – Emmy and Annie award winner best known as Pinky from
Pinky and the Brain, Yakko from Animaniacs and more -
http://bit.ly/gVZJpk
Bob Bergen – Porky Pig, amongst other voice - http://bit.ly/hyLE4Y
Tara Strong – Best known as Timmy Turner from the hit cartoon “Fairly
Odd Parents” - http://bit.ly/kC1uhG
Jen Taylor – Best known as Cortana from the Halo games and princess
peach on the Mario series of games - http://bit.ly/dRsiFG
Robert Clotworthy – Voice/Film best known as Jim Raynor from StarCraft
and Narrater for the History Channels Ancient Aliens -
http://bit.ly/ggKHSp
Ellen McKlain – Best known as GLaDOS from Vailves Portal 1 and Portal
2 - http://bit.ly/i5EH5z
David Larence XVII – Best known as phone voice for AOL, amongst other
things - http://bit.ly/e8kgoA
Neil Kaplan – Best known as one of the voices of Optimus Prime, DIGMON
characters and Tychus Finley from Starcraft 2 - http://bit.ly/hssRVs
John Patrick Lowrie – Known for voicing “Sniper” on Team Fortress 2 as
well as the voice of Sherlock Holmes -
http://techjives.net/onvoxshow/?p=146
James Harper – Voice/Film Actor best known as Arcturus Mengsk in
Starcraft - http://bit.ly/gsZsDU
Lisa Biggs – Best known for voicing childrens commercial and video
games - http://bit.ly/peNfbe
Kat Cressida – Best known as the female voice of ESPN and Dee Dee from
Dexters Lab - http://bit.ly/eHiUIV
Brian Troxell – Character Voices/Comercial Voice - http://bit.ly/rdTawE
Jeffrey Umberger – Voice Agent - http://bit.ly/cOv5hA
Lliam O’ Brien – Known for video game voices such as World of Warcraft
- and commercial voice work. http://bit.ly/qVuQED
Scott Fletcher – Known for radio and podcast voice work. http://bit.ly/cW85iW
TJ Jones – Comercial Voice actor and host of the Rose Bowl -
http://bit.ly/pXI8x6

On Screen Acting/Producing/Directing Interviews:

Finn Jones – Best known as “Lorus Tyrell knight of Flowers” from HBOs
“Game of Thrones” - http://bit.ly/r4V61Y
Kristian Nairn – Best known as “Hodor” from HBOs “Game of Thrones” -
http://bit.ly/n0a7Rx
Sean Becker – Emmy Award winning director - http://bit.ly/cskyx0
Jeff Lewis – Best known from Glee and as “Vork” on the #1 web series,
“The Guild” - http://bit.ly/9sXdc2
Megan Lee Joy – Model and actress best known from Glee - http://bit.ly/eDmfLQ
Vince Caso – Best known as “Bladezz” on the #1 web series, “The Guild”
- http://bit.ly/drOFIX
Kim Evey – Producer of the #1 web series, “the Guild” - http://bit.ly/e2K0V2
Robin Thorsen – Best known as “Clara” on the #1 web series, “The
Guild” - http://bit.ly/aMXALB
Amy Okuda – Best known as “Tink” on the #1 web series, “The Guild” -
http://bit.ly/nIEKvH
Brett Sheridan – Best known as “My Wiggley” on the #1 web series, “The
Guild” - http://bit.ly/mZrOxW
Teal Sherer – Known from the HBO movie “Warm Springs” and as “Venom”
from “The Guild” - http://bit.ly/hdpcem
J. Teddy Garces – Known the TV show iCarly and as “Bruiser” from “The
Guild” - http://bit.ly/gU4XJT
Jessica Mills – Known from the web series “Awkward Embraces” -
http://bit.ly/egAMSY
Rob Paulsen – Spaceballs MacGyver - http://bit.ly/gVZJpk
Robert Clotworthy – Spaceballs, Green Lantern and more - http://bit.ly/ggKHSp

The Apptastic iGame Review will be interviewing Jet Set Games on Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010! Jet Set Games are the makers of some very popular titles dominating the Apple App store right now!

Come join Amy Elk, Chris Pope, and Justin Laura as we welcome Jet Set on our show! These guys have also graciously agreed to give away some promo codes while on the show with us! Rade Stojsavljevic and Joseph Hewitt will be hanging with the Apptastic crew for the interview.

Rade Stojsavljevic
Co-founder & President

Joseph Hewitt
Creative Director

You fans of awesome mobile games out there might known them as the makes of one of the be turn based games on the market, “Highborn”

Highborn is a casual, turn-based strategy game, perfect for gaming on the go, or for anyone looking for an intelligent, tactical experience without the frenetic play of a traditional real-time strategy game.

Another really fun game published by Jet Set is a game called “Whos Buying?”

Who’s Buying™ features three multiplayer games of skill and chance that determine who coughs up the cash to pay for your swingin’ lifestyle.

With a style and soundtrack straight from the South Pacific, Who’s Buying may even inspire a round of Mai Tais or Piña Coladas.

Okay, so first off, I’d like to thank everyone who has been in contact with me and been concerned about me. Thanks so much for the emails I got from fans as to my whereabouts and I apologize for any of those that I didn’t reply to…

The truth is, I’ve been virtually out of commission for around 3 weeks. Not to get to wordy with all this, but for those that don’t know me personally, I have a sleeping disorder that is pretty severe. It is a type of disorder that causes me to be EXTREMELY tired and withdrawn from everything and everyone including family. I’ve had issues with staying awake while driving before, even to a point of falling asleep and running into the back of someone before. All my life I’ve struggled with it at different times but always just figured it was normal to be sleepy all the time. My wife and I finally had me checked out 2 years ago in which they put me on a medication that doesn’t cure the problem but basically allows me to function and not be tired all the time.

About 3 weeks ago I went on a business trip and got real sick and my sleeping cycle got skewed, but on top of that, the medication I’ve been taking for about 2 years appears to not be working anymore. We assume that my body is getting used to it…

To make a long story short, I got a second doctors oppionion and he has me on something else that should replace my old medication. It has taken a few days for me to get used to it, but I’m FINALLY starting to feel better!

I apologize to everyone for not podcasting or twittering or facebooking or all the other things I normally do. I’ve also had to apologize to my job and family as this has of course taken its tole on them as well. But I am extremely happy to say that I’m back and ready to get moving again! So be on the lookout, Tech Jives and CED Solutions is about to start rolling out all kinds of new content!

Thanks again for everyone whos contacted me!

Chris Pope

Apple is quietly wrestling with a security conundrum. How the company handles it could dictate the pace at which cybercriminals accelerate attacks on iPhones and iPads. Apple is hustling to issue a patch for a milestone security flaw that makes it possible to remotely hack —or jailbreak — iOS, the operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch.

The patch is completed, Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said in an interview. But Kerris said on Friday that she was not able to give a time frame for its public release. Jailbreaking refers to hacking iOS to download Web apps not approved by Apple. This used to be difficult. This spring, a website came along called JailbreakMe.com that made it trivial to jailbreak your own iPhone or iPad. Last week, a technique for remote jailbreaking appeared on the site. It’s now possible to access the operating system of an iPhone or iPad owned by someone else.

An attacker would get “fairly complete control of affected devices,” says Michael Price, an operations manager for McAfee Labs. No such attacks are known to have happened yet, he says. For the moment, the most visible concern for Apple has been pranksters going into Apple and Best Buy retail stores and jailbreaking display models, according to tech blog Engadget. Yet, the security and privacy issues are serious.

Security experts expect the pattern that has come to dominate the PC world to begin to permeate smartphones. Bad guys continually flush out new security flaws in PCs, then tap into them to launch malicious attacks. Good guys, meanwhile, scramble to patch and block.

Now, cybercriminals are rapidly adapting PC hacking techniques to all smartphone platforms, including Symbian, Google Android, Windows Mobile, RIM BlackBerry and Apple iOS.

“It’s a brand new game with new rules,” says Dror Shalev, chief technology officer of DroidSecurity, which supplies protection for Google Android phones. “We’re seeing rapid growth in threats as a side effect of the mobile Web app revolution.”

IPhones, in particular, have become a pop culture icon in the U.S., and now the iPad has grabbed the spotlight. “The more popular these devices become, the more likely they are to get the attention of attackers,” says Joshua Talbot, intelligence manager at Symantec Security Response.

Apple’s problem is singular. The company has made a big deal about hiding technical details of iOS, allowing only approved Web apps to tie in. This tight control initially made it easier to keep iOS secure. But now Apple may have to share iOS coding with anti-virus firms, says Sorin Mustaca, development manager for anti-virus firm Avira.

Read more here…

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