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Today in Tech History – December 28, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 28th, 2016

1886 – Josephine Garis Cochrane of Shelbyville, Illinois received the first US patent for a commercially successful dishwasher. Dishes fit in compartments in a wheel that turned inside a copper boiler. Her company eventually became KitchenAid.

1895 – The first commercial presentation of the famous Lumière Cinématographe took place at the Salon Indien of the Grand Café in Paris. Invited payees got to see ten films.

1969 – In Helsinki, Finland Nils and Anna Torvalds gave birth to their son Linus. He would start out dabbling on his grandfather’s Commodore Vic-20 and end up developing the open source Linux operating system.

2005 – The European Space Agency and the Galileo Joint launched GIOVE-A the first test-bed satellite for the Galileo geo-location system.

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DTNS 2933 – Underrated Stories of 2016

Daily Tech News Show / December 27th, 2016

What are the most underrated tech stories of 2016. Nate Lanxon and Ian Morris from Tech’s Message join Tom Merritt and Roger Chang to give their perspective and listen to suggestions from the DTNS audience.

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Daily Tech Headlines – December 27, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / December 27th, 2016

Apple publishes AI research, Bridgewater Associates automates management, and 2017 Tech IPO candidates revealed.

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Today in Tech History – December 27, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 27th, 2016

1571 – In Well der Stadt, Wurttemberg of the Holy Roman Empire, Johannes Kepler was born. His theories like the laws of planetary motion came in handy for Isaac Newton.

1968 – Apollo 8 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first manned orbit of the Moon.

2007 – Warner Music Group became the third major music label to begin selling DRM-free MP3s through Amazon.

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DTNS 2932 – Best of 2016

Daily Tech News Show / December 26th, 2016

We asked for your favorite segments of 2016 and here they are, from history to chronicles to security.

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Daily Tech Headlines – December 26, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / December 26th, 2016

CyanogenMod discovers its Lineage, T-Mobile finds zero-rating isn’t free in the Netherlands, and Mozilla drops Windows XP support.

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The Killies 2016

Cordkillers / December 26th, 2016

Getting a new streaming device this holiday season? Here are our favorite shows and movies we discovered in 2016 (and a few we abandoned). With Cordkillers producer Bryce Castillo ( http://twitter.com/brycas )

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THE KILLIES FOR 2016:

Preacher (AMC, not streaming)

Polygon ( http://youtube.com/polygon )

Expanse (SyFy, Amazon)

Moana (movie)

Insecure (HBO)

La La Land (movie)

Doctor Strange (movie)

Terrace House (Netflix)

Mr. Robot (USA, Amazon)

Movies With Mikey ( http://youtube.com/chainsawsuitoriginal )

The Grinder (Netflix)

The Crown (Netflix)

Red Letter Media ( http://youtube.com/redlettermedia )

The Path (Hulu)

Zootopia (movie, Netflix)

10 Cloverfield Lane (movie, Epix)

Atlanta (FX)

Black Mirror (Netflix)

Narcos (Netflix)

Last Man on Earth (Fox, Hulu)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Documentary Now! (IFC, Netflix)

Better Call Saul (Netflix)

Downton Abbey (PBS, Amazon)

Ash vs Evil Dead (Starz)

Empire (Fox, Hulu)

Arrival (Movie)

Brian’s Abandie: The Profit

Tom’s Abandie: Agents of SHIELD

Bryce’s Abandie: Scandal

Today in Tech History – December 26, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 26th, 2016

1791 – At 44 Crosby Row, Walworth Road, London, England, (we think), Betsy and Benjamin welcomed their son Charles Babbage into the world. He would grow up to make a difference– engine.

1933 – Edwin Armstrong received a patent for his method of eliminating static in a radio broadcast using frequency modulation. He would license out the technology but many companies would embrace FM radio without his permission and he spent much of his later life battling in court.

1982 – Time’s January 3rd issue arrived on newsstands with the computer on the cover as Machine of the Year. It was the first non-human to gain the honor since the Man of the Year concept started in 1927 with Charles Lindbergh.

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DTH Sunday History Break – 12/25/2016

Daily Tech News Show / December 25th, 2016

DTH Weekend history break.

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Today in Tech History – December 25, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 25th, 2016

1741- In Uppsala, Sweden, Anders Celsius first used a Delisle thermometer he had marked up with 100 gradations between boiling and freezing. It was the first use of the centigrade scale of temperature.

1959 – Sony announced its first television set, the transistor-based TV-301. It would go on sale in Japan the following May.

1990 – Tim Berners-Lee with help from CERN computer scientist Robert Cailliau and others— set up the first successful communication between a Web browser and server via the Internet.

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