Andy Walker Biography

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This page refers to the Canadian TV presenter and journalist. For the Scottish footballer and broadcaster, see Andy Walker (footballer).

Andy Walker (born July 4, 1967 in Norwich, England) is a Canadian television personality and journalist.

He is best known as having been a co-host alongside Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur of Call for Help, a technology help television program on G4techTV Canada in Canada and the HOW TO Channel in Australia.

Walker is also the owner of CyberWalker.com[1], a technology advice website, and the author of The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware and Viruses from Que Books.

Walker, is also in the process of writing, Windows Vista Help Desk, which will be released sometime in January 2007.

Walker immigrated to Canada at the age of eight and was raised in Beaconsfield, Quebec. He studied journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto.

On August 31, 2005, after hosting Call for Help with Leo Laporte for over a year, Walker announced that he was leaving the show due to an unsatisfactory pay cut in his proposed contract renewal.

Currently, Andy Walker hosts two spin-offs to Call For Help called Web Gems and My Media.
Web Gems focused on tips and tricks on navigating the Internet.
My Media was focused on TV and living room technology. Both shows air on G4techTV Canada.
Walker also currently co-hosts an internet technology podcast called Lab Rats with Sean Carruthers.

External links

• Andy Walker at the Internet Movie Database
  
• Andywalker.com - Andy's personal information site
  
• Andy Walker's personal blog
  
• CyberWalker.com
  
• The Next Big Ping!
  
• Lab Rats TV (video podcast)
  
• Little Geeks Foundation
  

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