Tech News Today 819: Let’s Get It Arted in Here

Shows/ Tech News Today / August 16th, 2013

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

NSA caught by self breaking own privacy rules, Sony signs Viacom to Internet TV, Samsung might win smartwatch race, and more.

Guests: Darren Kitchen and Len Peralta

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Running time:: 0:52:34

S&L anthology acceptance emails have been sent!

Shows/ Sword and Laser / August 15th, 2013

Hello everyone! 

After many months of reading, arguing, fighting, blood oaths, sacrificing to the gods of literature, shoot-outs at dawn, etc… we have picked our twenty selections for the Official Sword & Laser Anthology!

If you have received an email from us, congrats! If you have not (by the time of this blog posting) then you didn’t make this round. But let us just say that this task was nearly impossible, considering the amazing talent and writing skills that so many of you exhibited with your submissions. We are truly awed by all of you, thank you. 

Also thanks to our crew of intrepid submission readers, including Josh, CJ, Becca and Aaron. The final judgments came down from Tom and me, so please direct all of your hate mail to us specifically 😉

Again, I can’t stress enough how difficult it has been to make these choices. We all became very protective over our favorites!

If you want to discuss more, please head over to Goodreads. Congrats again to our anthology contributors!

 

 

Tech News Today 818: Build Fences, Not Friends

Shows/ Tech News Today / August 15th, 2013

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell

Why Lenovo wins, app makes any surface into a touch screen, Facebook makes you miserable, and more.

Guest: Rene Ritchie

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Running time:: 0:41:32

Tech News Today 817: Eat Your Heart Out

Shows/ Tech News Today / August 14th, 2013

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

How you can save Samsung, Facebook institutes class structure, Wall Street raider targets Apple, and more.

Guest: Randal Schwartz

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Running time:: 0:48:31

Tech News Today 816: Putting the Soft in Microsoft

Shows/ Tech News Today / August 13th, 2013

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

How crazy is the Hyperloop? Xbox One drops another restriction, Sony to sell lenses for smartphones, and more.

Guests: Denise Howell

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Running time:: 0:46:49

Tech News Today 815: Yes! Tech!

Shows/ Tech News Today / August 12th, 2013

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

Can Iron Man save HTC? BlackBerry is up for sale, NBC News buys citizen journalists, and more.

Guests: Dan Benajamin

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Running time:: 0:49:34

Catch Tom on the SF Signal podcast!

Shows/ Sword and Laser / August 12th, 2013

Patrick Hester from SFSignal was nice enough to have Tom on the excellent (and Hugo-nominated!) SF Signal podcast this week. we had a fun time talking about what you’d expect, science fiction and fantasy, and a few things you might not expect!

Get the episode here.