Daily Tech Headlines – July 28, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 28th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Buzzfeed sells a hot plate, YouTube Red folding into itself and Self Driving car talk takes Washington.

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Today in Tech History – July 28, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 28th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1858 – The first use of fingerprints as identification took place in India. William James Herschel, magistrate of Nuddea, India requested local businessman Rajyadhar Konai make a handprint on the back of a contract. Herschel wanted to “frighten [Konai] out of all thought of repudiating his signature.”
http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/dcjs/html/nyidbur2.html

1997 – Dell announced its entry into the workstation market with the Dell Workstation 400.

http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-07-1997/swol-07-eyeoncomp.html#0

2000 – Ted Kekatos celebrated the First System Administrator Appreciation Day. He had been inspired by an HP ad showing people bringing gifts to their System Administrator. The day is celebrated annually on the last Friday of July.

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/149581-interview-with-the-founder-of-system-administrator-appreciation-day-ted-kekatos

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DTNS Special – Human-Machine Teaming

Daily Tech News Show / July 28th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comSteve Grobman, Senior VP and CTO for McAfee talks about using AI for what it does best and humans for what they do best to improve security and more.

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DTNS 3082 – Amazon Prime-ary Physician

Daily Tech News Show / July 27th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.com What is Amazon’s secret Healthcare “Skunk Works” all about? And can AMD’s budget Ryzen chips compete with Intel’s? Justin Robert Young and Paul Spain discuss in today’s show!

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Daily Tech Headlines – July 27, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 27th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500 Record earnings for Samsung, good news for Facebook and mixed bag for Twitter.

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Today in Tech History – July 27, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 27th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1949 – The first jet-powered airliner, the de Havilland Comet, made its first flight. Previously jet engines had only been used to power small fighter aircraft.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-jet-makes-test-flight

1981 – Microsoft bought the rights for QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) from Seattle Computer Products for $25,000.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/91202-ms-dos-is-30-years-old-today

1993 – Microsoft released Windows NT 3.1, completing its attempt to build an advanced 32-bit operating system from scratch.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history?SignedIn=1

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DTNS 3081 – In The Year 2021!

Daily Tech News Show / July 26th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comGoogle stops instant search, Apple partners for cochlear implants and why 2021 is predicted to be amazing.
With Rachel Metz, Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt

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Daily Tech Headlines – July 26, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 26th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Goodbye Flash, Hello Kaspersky Free, and good news for Nintendo.

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Today in Tech History – July 26, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 26th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1989 – Cornell student Robert Tappan Morris became the first person indicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after releasing a worm on the Internet. Morris claimed his worm was just measuring the size of the Internet.
http://books.google.com/books?id=lB4PAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA455&lpg=PA455&dq=july+26+1989+computer+fraud+and+abuse&source=bl&ots=3UIT1O0ZdL&sig=1DtUHSOAhBXD4MtmdrGpCs-LN4I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YHC9U4PHB5HuoAS644CIBw&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=july%2026%201989%20computer%20fraud%20and%20abuse&f=false

1996 – Microsoft released Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 3.0, touting customization options like parental controls and the ability to handle shared applications and Web phone calls.

http://knowledgeway.org/news/96stories/new9607.html#ie3

2004 – Motorola announced that its next generation of cell phones would be iTunes-compatible. This first Apple phone, the Rokr, was not to meet with much success.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/07/26Motorola-and-Apple-Bring-iTunes-Music-Player-to-Motorolas-Next-Generation-Mobile-Phones.html

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