Today in Tech History – December 7, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 7th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1962 – Ferranti Ltd. switched on the Atlas, the UK’s first supercomputer. It was the most powerful computer in the world at the time and doubled the UK’s scientific computing capability.

http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2012/12/remembering-ferranti-atlas-uks-first.html

1963 – The CBS broadcast of the college football game between Army and Navy featured the first use of video instant replay during a sports telecast. Some people got confused and called to complain.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19727_7-57337961-10170017/the-birth-of-instant-replay/

1972 – The last Apollo moon mission, Apollo 17 was launched. The crew took the famous Blue Marble picture that now graces desktop background everywhere.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html

1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America sued 6-month-old Napster. The Industry refused to settle, thus insuring that digital music sales would remain low for years to come.

http://news.cnet.com/Recording-industry-sues-music-start-up,-cites-black-market/2100-1023_3-234092.html

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DTNS 3173 – Watts’ The Matter With Bitcoin?

Daily Tech News Show / December 6th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comAmazon comes to Apple TV, Facebook wins best place to work, you won’t believe who’s winning in smartphones in China? (Yes you will, it’s Huawei) but why isn’t Samsung? AND whether Bitcoin will ruin our power grid and climate.
With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Scott Johnson.

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Daily Tech Headlines – December 6, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / December 6th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Microsoft opens Whiteboard app public preview, Mozilla and Yahoo continue legal spat over Firefox browser, new emoji candidates announced.

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Today in Tech History – December 6, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 6th, 2017

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1877 – Thomas Edison tested out his new phonograph invention, by recording the first lines of the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” He recreated the event in 1927.

1957 – Responding to Sputnik, the United States launched the Vanguard TV3. The rocket only made it a little over a meter off the launchpad before it fell back and was destroyed. A fuel leak was thought to have caused the failure.

http://archive.org/details/GPN-2001-000008

2006 – NASA revealed photographs from the Martian Global Surveyor, of two craters called Terra Sirenum and Centauri Montes which appeared to show evidence that water existed on the surface of Mars, as recently as five years before.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mgs-20061206.html

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DTNS 3172 – The End of Burgergate

Daily Tech News Show / December 5th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comYouTube is adding 10,000 people in a new push to filter objectionable content from the site. Will it work? And what about other popular online social platforms? Plus the FCC is going full steam on head on dismantling FCC provisions on Net Neutrality.

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Daily Tech Headlines – 12/5/2017

Daily Tech News Show / December 5th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500YouTube staffing up for moderation, Fitbit brings more apps to Ionic watch, Honor 7X goes on sale.

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Today in Tech History – December 5, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / December 5th, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1766 – James Christie held his first sale on Pall Mall in London. Christie’s still operates auctions today and is much more civilized than EBAY.
http://www.christies.com/features/welcome/

1901 – At 2156 Tripp Avenue in Chicago, Elias and Flora welcomed their new baby boy into the world. They had no idea at the time that Mickey Mouse had also come into the world along with their son, Walt Disney.

http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/w_bio_short.html

1901 – Physicist Werner Heisenberg was born. We may not know both his precise position and precise momentum at the same time, but we are certain he was born in Wurzburg, Germany.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1932/heisenberg-bio.html

2014 – NASA’s Orion space capsule made its first successful test flight. The capsule was unmanned but made two orbits before successfully splashing down in the Pacific.

http://www.nasa.gov/content/orion-performance-showcases-exploration-abilities/#.VISRfqTF8ww

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DTNS 3171 – Am-Oz-On

Daily Tech News Show / December 4th, 2017

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comKittens are taking over Ethereum, Neil Young wants to take over streaming music and whether Anil Dash is right about hyphens ruining the Internet.
With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Veronica Belmont.

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Daily Tech Headlines – December 4, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / December 4th, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Facebook launches Messenger Kids, Broadcom gets pushy with Qualcomm, and Australia goes after Facebook and Google for hurting journalism.

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