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Autopilot 05 – Mission Impossible

Mission: Impossible is a U.S television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin.

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt

NimbleTV, Hollywood is doomed? Original content on the web heats up, and more.

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Running time: 1:04:45

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Intel Ivy Bridge gets real, Microsoft arms Facebook for the patent wars, Cable TV comes to the Internet, and more.

Guests: Dana Wollman and Loyd Case

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Running time: 55:23

In 1970 – The Chang Zheng-1 rocket launched the first Chinese satellite, the Dong Fang Hong-1.

In 1981 – Apple introduced the portable Apple IIc. The machine came with 128 kilobytes of RAM and a 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drive.

In 1990 – The Space Shuttle Discovery launched with the Hubble Space Telescope on board. The following day, Hubble was released into space.

In 1827 – Mathematics student William Rowan Hamilton presented his “Theory of Systems of Rays” at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. It led to the development of the wave theory of light and led to the development of quantum mechanics.

In 1940 – A patent was granted to Herman Anthony for a leak-proof dry-cell battery. The patent was assigned to Ray-o-Vac.

In 2005 – At 8:27 PM, Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of YouTube, uploaded the video “Me at the zoo” making it the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube.

In 1592 – Wilhelm Schickard was born. He would grow up to create an early form of calculating machine called the “calculating clock”, that could add and subtract up to six-digit numbers.

In 1993 – NCSA Mosaic 1.0 was released, becoming the first web browser to achieve popularity among the general public.

In 2000 – The Big Number Change took place in the United Kingdom, changing how phone numbers were dialed in many areas. With the boom in mobile devices the UK had almost exhasuted all possible numbers, and needed the change to increase the pool of numbers to be assigned.

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Apple admits 4G is meaningless, why I call them Oh! Limb pics, 500-mile electric vehicles, and more.

Guest: Denise Howell

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Running time: 55:03

In 1962 – President John F. Kennedy opens the Seattle World’s fair by telephone from Palm Beach, Florida. He pressed a gold telegraph key which focused an antenna at Andover, Maine and a Navy radio telescope station in Maryland on a star to pick up a 10,000 year-old radio signal. That in turn set in motion various exhibits at the fair.

In 1964 – Satellite Transit-5BN-3 failed to reach orbit after launch. It dispersed 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source.

In 1988 – Tandy Corp. held a press conference in New York to announce its plans to build IBM PS/2 clones.

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

One data plan for many devices coming, government demands to spy on your car, Intel arrives on the cell phone, and more.

Guest: Patrick Beja

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Running time: 54:05

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Who has the fastest 4G, is there really a spectrum crisis? Hope for the Internet’s future, and more.

Guest: Danny Sullivan

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Running time: 49:32