Differences between the Boston bombing and the World Trade Center attack. What some reactions to the bombing says about racism. What is prejudice?
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Twitter music app arrives, Yahoo delivers its beautiful apps, Google won’t let you sell or even loan Google Glass, and more.
Guest: Ryan Shrout
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Running time:: 0:52:42
In 1925 – The first commercial radio facsimile transmission was sent from San Francisco, California to New York City. It was a photograph showing Louis B. Mayer presenting Marion Davies with a gift.
In 1930 – BBC Radio made the startling announcement that nothing terribly important had happened. Listeners who tuned in to hear the news bulletin were told, “There is no news.” Piano music began subsequently.
In 1986 – Newspapers reported that IBM had become the first to use a megabit chip, a memory chip capable of storing 1 million bits of information, in its Model 3090.
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Intel earnings mean cheaper Windows tablets, Can Google Play catch iOS App Store? Mayer’s next step to Yahoo success, and more.
Guest: Marshall Kirktpatrick
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Running time:: 0:51:27
In 1944 – Harvard University President James Conant wrote to IBM founder Thomas Watson Sr. to let him know that the Harvard Mark I was operating smoothly. It was used in conjunction with the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships.
In 1967 – The Surveyor 3 spacecraft was successfully launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida on its mission to the Moon. It was the first to carry a surface soil sampling scoop.
In 1970 – The Apollo 13 spacecraft returned safely to Earth after a frightening malfunction caused the team to orbit landing on the Moon and scramble to keep themselves alive.
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The specs on Google’s specs, Microsoft to bring back start button? Facebook and Twitter want more annoying video ads, and more.
Guest: Loyd Case
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Running time:: 0:49:43
It’s a show chock full of awards and TV shows based on books. Plus we have great news for fans of Joe Abercrombie and John Scalzi, and Veronica recommends a sexy book! Find out what happens when neither one of us have a drink.
QUICK BURNS
Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law (The Graphic Novel) – Interview
FINALISTS: 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award
FINALISTS: 2013 Prometheus Award
The real (?) “One Ring” Of The Hobbit
The Human Division has been renewed for a second season.
Something Electronic This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury eBooks Announced!
Haruki Murakami fans queue overnight for latest novel
Iain Banks, has terminal cancer and likely has less than a year to live.
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Game of Thrones’ sets record, gets fourth season
Syfy announces Childhood’s End and Ringworld miniseries
BBC America To Co-produce Small Screen Adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL
C.J. Cherryh’s MORGAINE Books Optioned for Film
BOOK CHECK-IN
Dragonriders of Pern: (just Dragonflight if you don’t have time for all three)
Next month: Wool by Hugh Howey
Veronica also recommends: Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher
BARE YOUR SWORD
Book Chain
ADDENDUMS
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In 1959 – The programming language LISP had its first public presentation. Created by John McCarthy, LISP offered programmers flexibility in organization.
In 1971 – Abhay Bhushan proposed FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in RFC 114.
In 1976 – The Helios-B deep-space probe made the closest controlled approach to the Sun to that date, at 43 million km or within 0.3 AU.
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CBS, Fox, considers subscription-only model, Dish bids on Sprint, YouTube iOS update, Roku hits 5 million sales, and more
Guests: Lamarr Wilson and Steve Saylor
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Running time:: 0:56:37
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Microsoft jumping back into wrist computers, Google changes search results for Europe, Mozilla makes any site collaborative, and more.
Guest: Fr. Robert Ballecer
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Running time:: 0:43:59