DTNS 3376 – The Epic Play On Sony

We take a look at curious trend from this year’s CEDIA. The overlapping of DIY Smart Home technologies and custom high-end Smart Home solutions and what it means for consumers and the companies developing the products.

Starring Tom Merritt, Richard Gunther and Roger Chang.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 237 – Better Call Saul (407), The Good Place (S1-2)

Jimmy gets split-screen on Better Call Saul and we talk The Good Place ahead of a new season. With special guest Megan Morrone. Winter Movie Draft this week! Find the stream in your feed or play along here.

00:44 – The Good Place (Season 1-2)

17:19 – Better Call Saul (407)

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Sony Allows Fortnite Crossplay – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Microsoft enabling mouse and keyboard support for Xbox, Google backtracks on auto-login to Chrome, and Sony gives in on cross-platform Fortnite play.

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CurrentGeek 187: Breaking Brad

Bob Iger has us all excited with stuff he said this week. Hey we found Vulcan! There is finally a new leader for Clan Buchanan. Aaron Paul joins Westworld and a whole lot more!

Today in Tech History – – September 25, 2018

1956 – The first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, TAT-1 was inaugurated, replacing slow telegraph and unreliable radio systems.

http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_First_Submarine_Transatlantic_Telephone_Cable_System_(TAT-1),_1956

2001 – Apple announced the release of Mac OS X 10.1 Puma, the first major upgrade to OS X.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2001/09/25First-Major-Upgrade-to-Mac-OS-X-Hits-Stores-This-Weekend.html

2012 – Blizzard launched its 4th World of Warcraft expansion, called Mists of Pandaria.

http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/07/25/mists-of-pandaria-releases-september-25/

2013 – Amazon announced the Kindle HDX tablets with a service called “Mayday” that promised to let users speak with a real person by video over the Internet within 15 seconds of tapping a button.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4767996/amazon-mayday-virtual-genius-bar-kindle-fire-hdx-remote-support

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DTNS 3375 – Is That Tech in Your Teeth?

Qualcomm accuses Apple of sharing their source code, Instagram founders are leaving Facebook, and Tinder tries to empower women.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Anthony Lemos, and Michael Wolf

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Instagram Founders Leave Company . – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Qualcomm accuses Apple of stealing trade secrets, Tinder India rolls out new tool, Sundar Pachai to meet with GOP lawmakers over bias concerns.

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Cordkillers 237 – Ritzy Kitchens (w/ Megan Morrone)

AppleTV doesn’t have any shows and they’re all bad. Also, new Roku and Amazon hardware and the Space Jam sequel. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Megan Morrone. Winter Movie Draft this week! Find the stream in your feed or play along here.

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Today in Tech History – – September 24, 2018

1979 – CompuServe began offering a consumer version of its dial-up online information service called MicroNET. The name would later be changed to CompuServe and offer public email among other online services.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/happy-30th-birthday-compuserve/24853

1993 – Broderbund Software released the game Myst, for the Macintosh computer. It became a record-setting bestseller and helped popularize CD-ROM drives.

https://www.giantbomb.com/myst/3030-3970/

1997 – Ultima Online launched, revolutionizing online gaming by supporting thousands of simultaneous players in a persistent shared world.

http://www.uo.com/article/Press-Around-Anniversary

2013 – Valve announced their new Steam OS, a free version of Linux built around the Steam video game service.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/23/4762370/steam-box-os

2014 – The shellshock vulnerability was made public. The way bash handled variables could allow malicious code to be run on computers running Linux and OS X. This meant routers, webcams and other connected devices were also vulnerable.

http://blog.erratasec.com/2014/09/bash-bug-as-big-as-heartbleed.html#.VCRaXildXA4

Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.