Hey all. If you’re going to be at DragonCon this weekend in Atlanta, come see the show live!
We’ll be sitting down with author Jim Butcher for an hour of conversation and questions from the audience. (See the Author question section to submit a question for the show!)
The show is Saturday August 31 at 2:30 PM IN the Marriott Room A601-A602
And the word is we will have t-shirts and bookmarks. Yay!
Hope to see you there!
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
BlackBerry may spin off Messenger, long passwords now less secure, Apple TV gets more partners, and more.
Guest: Cali Lewis
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Running time:: 0:46:53
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
BlackBerry may spin off Messenger, long passwords now less secure, Apple TV gets more partners, and more.
Guest: Cali Lewis
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Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com.
Check out the full show notes for today’s episode.
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Running time: 46:53
Hey all, as has become my Labour Day tradition, I’ll be headed out to DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia for lots of geeky podcasty fun. Here’s my schedule if you’re going to be out there. Come track me down!
Friday August 30
1:00 PM – Podcasting Track Kickoff
Hilton – 203
4:00 PM – Producing Tech News Today and other Podcasts
Crystal Ballroom – Hilton
5:30 PM – FSL Tonight Season Finale
Crystal Ballroom – Hilton
8:30 PM – Fictional Writing and Skepticism
Hilton – 204-207
Saturday August 31
2:30 PM – Sword and Laser w/ guest Jim Butcher
Marriott – A601-A602
7:00 PM – Comics Coast to Coast interview about TenState Comic
Hilton – 203
10:00 PM – Quiz-O-Tron 2000
Hilton – 203
Sunday September 1
6:00 PM – Parsec Awards
Hilton Regency V Ballroom
10:00 PM – NSFW Show Live
Hilton – Crystal Ballroom
In 1962 – NASA launched the Mariner 2 unmanned space mission to Venus.
In 1989 – The first direct-to-home TV satellite launched from Cape Canaveral. Marco Polo I delivered the British Satellite Broadcasting service to homes in the UK.
In 2003 – Fairbanks, Alaska got the world’s biggest UPS backup. The city hooked up the world’s largest storage battery, built to provide an uninterrupted power supply of 40 megawatts.
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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood.
Kevin Spacey Goes All House of Cards on Hollywood, Maker Studios Buys Blip, and a Home Outside of YouTube, and more.
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Running time:: 1:05:32
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood.
Kevin Spacey Goes All House of Cards on Hollywood, Maker Studios Buys Blip, and a Home Outside of YouTube, and more.
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Running time: 1:05:32
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell
Who will replace Ballmer? Apple’s superfast iPhone processor, Facebook gets un-physical, and more.
Guests: Randall Bennett
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Running time:: 0:47:51
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell
Who will replace Ballmer? Apple’s superfast iPhone processor, Facebook gets un-physical, and more.
Guests: Randall Bennett
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Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com.
Check out the full show notes for today’s episode.
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Running time: 47:51
In 1938 – A New York radio station first used the Philips-Miller system of tape recording on a radio broadcast.
In 1984 – Miss Manners confronted her first computer issue. The columnist responded to a reader’s concern about typing personal correspondence on a personal computer.
In 1996 – Netscape Communications Corp. announced it had partnered with several other big companies to create a software company called Navio Corp. Navio was meant to create an operating system to compete with Windows.
Like Tech History? Purchase Tom Merritt’s Chronology of Tech History at Merritt’s Books site.