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Tech News Today 829: Smiling Through the Pain
Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Is Microsoft getting a stake in Foursquare? More Galaxy Gear leaks, Microsoft keeps Surface price drops, and more.
Guest: Darren Kitchen
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Running time:: 0:48:14
TNT 829: Smiling Through the Pain
Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Is Microsoft getting a stake in Foursquare? More Galaxy Gear leaks, Microsoft keeps Surface price drops, and more.
Guest: Darren Kitchen
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Running time: 48:14
Tech History Today – August 30, 2013
In 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler received a patent for adding an internal combustion engine to a bicycle to make the first gasoline-driven motorcycle.
In 1963 – A direct line of communication between the leaders of the USA and USSR, dubbed “The Hotline” began operation.
In 1969 – BBN delivered the first Interface Message Processor (IMP) to the Network Measurements Center at UCLA. It was built from a Honeywell DDP 516 computer with 12K of memory, and would be used in October to make the first Internet connection with Stanford. Graduate students Vinton Cerf, Steve Crocker, Bill Naylor, Jon Postel, and Mike Wingfield were charged with installation.
In 1982 – A copyright was issued to 16-year-old V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai for a computer program he called “EMAIL,” short for “electronic mail.” While Ayyadurai may not be considered the inventor of email he definitely deserves credit for establishing the name.
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Tech News Today 828: MegaDreidel
Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Executives keep leaving Android, Skype’s going 3D, Twitter’s adding lines to your timeline, and more.
Guest: Dan Patterson
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Running time:: 0:48:40
TNT 828: MegaDreidel
Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Executives keep leaving Android, Skype’s going 3D, Twitter’s adding lines to your timeline, and more.
Guest: Dan Patterson
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Running time: 48:40
Tech History Today – August 29, 2013
In 1831 – Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction which is used in power generation and power transmission by generators, transformers, induction motors, electric motors, synchronous motors, and solenoids.
In 1965 – Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, orbiting 100 miles above the Earth in Gemini 5 talked with aquanaut M. Scott Carpenter in Sealab II, 205 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. It happened to be Cooper’s wedding anniversary.
In 1990 – The British Computer Misuse Act went into effect. The Act resulted from a long debate in the 1980s over failed prosecutions of hackers.
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Tech News Today 827: The Race to Self-Driving Cars
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Did Yahoo get uglier? How Twitter is safer than the NYTimes, Nissan wants to beat Google to self-driving cars, and more.
Guest: Jonathan Strickland
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Running time:: 0:45:32
TNT 827: The Race to Self-Driving Cars
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Did Yahoo get uglier? How Twitter is safer than the NYTimes, Nissan wants to beat Google to self-driving cars, and more.
Guest: Jonathan Strickland
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Running time: 45:32
Tech History Today – August 28, 2013
In 1845 – Scientific American began publication with the issue for this day. It would become the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.
In 1991 – The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis sent an electronic mail message using AppleLink. The message read: “Hello Earth! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is the first Applelink from space. Having a GREAT time, wish you were here!”
In 2009 – Apple released Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard featuring many minor improvements and integration with Microsoft Exchange.
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