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Tech News Today 572: One More Fruitful Year
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
What’s Amazon cooking up? Facebook forces Android on employees, Post PC era gets Post-PC-ier, and more.
Guest: Darren Kitchen
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Running time: 45:53
Tech News Today 571: It’s Raining Ants
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Why Facebook got Instagram, why Twitter is cutting off APIs, why US hates 4G, and more.
Guest: Patrick Beja
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Running time: 53:45
Tech History Today – Aug. 24
In 1456 – According to a handwritten note by illustrator Heinrich Cremer, the final binding of the Gutenberg Bible took place.
In 1995 – Microsoft released Windows 95. During development it was referred to as Windows 4.0 or by the internal codename “Chicago.”
In 2001 – WebKit received its first commit of code from Apple. The Safari browser appeared two years later and WebKit was open sourced in 2005.
Tech News Today 570: Alligator-proof Cameras
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
PayPal fires back at Square, Samsung and Apple re-enactments, Techlection 2012, and more.
Guest: Lon Seidman
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Running time: 51:09
Tech History Today – Aug. 23
In 1852 – The first time signals were transmitted by telegraph from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
In 1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1993 – Nintendo agreed to use Silicon Graphics Inc. technology in a video game player it was developing.
Tech News Today 569: The Last Word in Passwords
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Passwords have never been weaker, Google on the ropes in iOS, next trip to Mars, and more.
Guest: Dan Goodin
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Running time: 52:21
Tech History Today – Aug. 22
In 1932 – The BBC began public television broadcasts.
In 1955 – The first computer user group, SHARE was founded by users of IBM’s Model 704 computer. The first meeting was held in the basement conference room of the RAND Corporation.
In 2007 – The Storm botnet sent out a record 57 million virus-infected emails.It failed to take down the Internet.
Tech History Today – Aug. 21
In 1888 – William Seward Burroughs received four patents, including one for a ‘Calculating Machine’. It would lead to the creation of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company.
In 1973 – Sergey Brin was born in Moscow. His family emigrated to the US in 1979. He would grow up to co-develop a search engine with Larry Page and co-found Google.
In 1993 – NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer three days before it was supposed to enter orbit. As it began to pressurize fuel tanks, the spacecraft’s transmitters went silent and it was never heard from again.
S&L Podcast – #108 – Ye olde dragon phylogeny
We have essential info for Wheel of Time fans, dragon fans, and we debate the best SciFi weapons. Also, Veronica claims to be able to hear Tom’s face.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Boont Amber Ale
Veronica: Carolans Irish Liqueur
QUICK BURNS
Forbes reveals list of 2011’s top-earning authors
Adam Whitehead gets back to his summary of the Wheel of Time series
The evolutionary history of dragons, illustrated by a scientist
All 29 editions of Year’s Best Science Fiction anthologies coming as e-books
Great writing advice from this year’s Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy writing workshop
Digital Book World aims for a more accurate ebook bestseller list
BARE YOUR SWORD
Coolest Sci-Fi Weapons
We’re Number 2!
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Ciarán Hinds is Mance Rayder in GAME OF THRONES
BOOK CHECK-IN
A Question About Shrewd’s command -spoilers!
Ending Questions (Very Spoilery)
What else are we reading?
VOICEMAIL
We’re going to DragonCon!
Sword and Laser Podcast – LIVE
We’ll do a live version of our audio podcast with a special guest author and take your questions. So get to reading!
Time: Sat 02:30 pm Location: Crystal Ballroom – Hilton (Length: 1 Hour)
Parsec Awards
The Parsec Awards are the yearly awards for speculative fiction podcasts. I’ll be presenting, and Veronica Belmont will be hosting!
Time: Sun 04:30 pm Location: International North Room – Hyatt
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