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Wondercon is in Anaheim this year, and I’m extremely pleased to be invited on Felicia Day’s panel about her new web series channel Geek and Sundry The panel is on March 17th from 2-3pm in room 204. Ms. Day will be announcing her slate of series for the year. My co-host and pal Veronica...

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Tech News Today 458: The Junior Johnnies In The Corner

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell Sparrow alights on iOS, Nokia working on a tablet, Kevin Rose merges his DNA with Larry Page, or maybe something less dramatic, and more. Guests: Wil Harris Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. We...

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Someday the population will stabilise or decline. So what happens then? http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest280GrowthForever/eastmeetswest280.mp3

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In 1926 – Robert Goddard conducted his first successful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. In 1999 Sony released Everquest the Massively multiplayer 3D world where you could play as a wizard, rogue or knight. It followed two years after Ultima Online would be followed several years later by World of Warcraft....

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Tech News Today 457: Patents, Pimps, And Pi

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell Britannica quietly wins the digital transition, AT&T tries to silence small claims winner, why Google has become too ‘corporate’, and more. Guests: Randall Bennett Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. We invite you to...

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Tech News Today 456: When The Pig Hits The Foam

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell New ARM design has years of battery life, is the Apple TV set in production? Most backwards digital upgrade scheme ever, and more. Guests: Loyd Case Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. We invite you to...

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In 1813 – John Snow was born to a labourer’s family in York. He would go on to develop a ‘germ theory’ that helped combat cholera, and made great advances in anesthesiology. In 1959 – The first atomic reactor built in the US for medical research, achieved criticality at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton,...

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Frame Rate 67: How To Go Viral

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt Kony2012 gets big, Hulu gets original, Barry Diller gets bold, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/fr. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:01:04

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Triangulation 44: Matthew Flannery

Matthew Flannery co-founder of Kiva.org an organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries around the world. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tri. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to Cachefly...

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Current Geek Episode 195: TNG season 8 on twitter!

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  • @WizChic I loved it! Felt like a whole season in one episode.
  • @oldman916 Lots of headlines mis-stating that the release date is Oct. 25. It's the media that's confused.
  • Frame Rate begins soon, right now we're talking about squirrels and pigeons in the TWiT chat room http://t.co/KgxxBdQb
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