Tom and Scott want fake chicken meat, night satellite based light, and more Harrison Ford as Han Solo. How about Toys R Us making a come back? Oh and get ready for sub-moons.
Today in Tech History – – October 23, 2018
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flew an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France. Some argue he should be credited with the first flight at all. But that’s a long controversy.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html
1995 – A federal judge for the first time authorized a wiretap of a computer network, leading to hacking charges against a young Argentinean for breaking into sensitive US government networks.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/10/1023first-computer-wiretap/
2001 – Apple announced their new music player, the iPod. Apple used PortalPlayer’s reference platform and hired Pixo to design and implement the user interface. The iPod became the first massively successful digital music player.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2001/10/23Apple-Presents-iPod.html
2012 – Apple announced the iPad Mini at 7.9 inches.
http://techland.time.com/2012/10/23/apple-announces-ipad-mini-for-329-fourth-generation-ipad/
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DTNS 3394 – A PC by Any Other Name…
As a greater share of professional-grade services and apps make their way to smartphones, tablets and cloud services is their a reason to own a PC anymore?
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HTC’s Cryptocurrency Phone Launches – DTH
Apple will solve Beautygate, HTC has a cryptocurrency phone and Qualcomm’s new mid-range processor packs a punch.
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Cordkillers 241 – Is a Dumb Pipe a Smart Move?
Netflix getting cocky, Roku’s back in Mexico, and The Real World is back All this and more on Cordkillers!
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DTNS 3392 – Anonymous Sources = Black Magic
Facebook is looking to acquire security companies it believes bolster the site’s security. Who are the possible candidates and what kinds of security expertise is Facebook specifically looking for?
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Facebook may Buy Security Company – DTH
Facebook may be shopping for a cybersecurity acquisition, Microsoft might have another windows 10 update flaw and Linus Torvalds is back.
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DTNS LABS INTERVIEW – David Malki
David Malki takes us through how he developed the Wondermark Web Comic, the benefits and challenges of using the Internet in creative enterprises and the history of the sick elephant storyline.
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East Meets West 370 – Food
Today in Tech History – – October 20, 2018
1975 – Atari filed for a patent on the sit-down “cockpit” arcade cabinet, literally putting you inside the game. The game Hi-Way with the slogan “Hi Way — All It Needs Is Wheels”, was the first Atari game to use the cabinet. It was a first-person driver in which you had to dodge cars and– well– drive.
1984 – The Monterey Bay Aquarium opened in Monterey, California. It not only provided a world-class place to learn about sea life, but inspired millions of screensavers and wallpaper images.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/about/our-history
2004 – Mark Shuttleworth sent out an email to Ubuntu developers announcing the first official release of the Linux-based operating system, Warty Warthog. Every six months since, a new version of Ubuntu comes out with a new alliterative animal-inspired name.
http://lwn.net/Articles/107267/
2016 – Nintendo released a video showing off the Nintendo Switch game console for the first time. It demonstrated the hybrid tablet nature of the console and showed off the Joy-Con controllers.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/10/nintendos-next-console-switch-is-a-consoletablet-hybrid/
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