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Tech News Today 561: Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Google adds your email to search results, Steam to carry accounting software, nobody wants an iPad Mini, and more.
Guest: Vlad Savov
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Running time: 54:10
Tech History Today – August 10
In 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail to find that pesky trade route that Columbus was looking for, and instead circumnavigated the globe. Well, at least his ship did.
In 1990 – The Magellan space probe, named after Ferdinand Magellan, reached Venus, beginning its mission to map the planet’s surface.
In 2004 – The iTunes Music Store library passed the mark of 1,000,000 songs available.
East Meets West 293 – Never trust a committee
Roger and Tom talk news, politics and weather. It’s like a local news broadcast but with more theory and less hyped-up kittens in trees.
Tech History Today – August 9
In 1859 – US Patent no. 25,076 was issued to Nathan Ames of Saugus, Mass. for the first escalator-type moving staircase.
In 1927 – Computer pioneer Marvin Minsky was born in New York City. Minsky grew up to become a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence research and wrote the book “The Society of Mind.”
In 1995 – Netscape Communications staged an IPO. Shares opened at $28 and shot up to $75 per share in one day, becoming one of the indicators of the beginning of the dot-com boom.
Tech News Today 560: Square-bucks
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Square comes to Starbucks, BitTorrent releases millions of legal movies, Microsoft Surface 2, and more.
Guest: Julio Ojeda-Zapata
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Running time: 54:10
Tech News Today 559: FaceBookies
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Acer tells Microsoft to stop, Samsung’s crisis of design, Facebook allows gambling, and more.
Guest: Lauren Goode
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Running time: 50:08
Tech History Today – Aug. 8
In 1876 – Thomas Edison received a US patent for a mimeograph, which combined with an invention by A. B. Dick led to the first widely successful mimeograph machine.
In 1908 – For the first time in public, Wilbur Wright showed off the Wright Brothers’ flying machine at the racecourse in Le Mans, France. French doubts about the Wright Brothers’ claims to flight were put to rest for the time being.
In 2007 – Barbara Morgan became the first educator to safely reach space on the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Tech News Today 558: Eight Burrito Cores
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Mars Curiosity landing, what if Zynga loses to EA, eBay tests same day shipping, and more.
Guest: Jonathan Strickland
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Running time: 53:28