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Daily Tech Headlines – September 7, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / September 7th, 2017

Facebook hands over evidence to special prosecutor, EMAIL libel suit dismissed, and John Deere acquires an AI team.

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Today in Tech History – September 7, 2017

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

1927 – The first fully electronic television system was demonstrated by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in San Francisco.
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm

1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, ESPN, made its debut. It would become one of the main drivers of cable TV adoption and one of the main factors in the switch to Internet television.

http://espnfounder.com/how_it_started.htm

1981 – The first large parallel processing computer, ILLIAC IV, ended its nearly decade-long life at the University of Illinois.
http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/September/7/

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DTNS 3110 – Bond, iBond

Daily Tech News Show / September 6th, 2017

The threat to the electrical grid in the US and Europe, Amazon trying to get James Bond and stealing baseball signs with an Apple watch.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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News You Should Know
- (00:45) MS Surface Chief will speak at Future Decoded in London
- (01:00) T-Mobile USA bundling Netflix with unlimited plan
More Top Stories
- (01:35) Google updated Street View cameras
- (03:35) SELF-DRIVE Act progresses to US Senate
- (06:00) Windows 10 S users get additional 3 months to upgrade for free
- (08:15) Apple and Amazon bidding on James Bond
- (13:15) Red Sox use Apple Watch against Yankees
Discussion
- (19:05) Malicious attacks on power grid networks
  - Hackers Gain Direct Access to US Power Grid Controls | Wired
  - Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities… | NY Times
  - Dragonfly: Western energy sector targeted… | Symantec
  - ‘State-sponsored’ hackers targeted…electricity… | Independent
  - Attack on Critical Infrastructure Leverages..Injection | Talos Intelligence
Thing of the Day
- (30:30) Matt – Hello World
Message of the Day
- (31:10) Cody – Fitness trackers
- (32:30) t2t2 – Round up of Estonian ID card hack

Today’s Guest:
Scott Johnson

Daily Tech Headlines – September 6, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / September 6th, 2017

Symantec warns power grid is vulnerable, Microsoft scheduled Surface announcement, Lenovo settles with US FTC.

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Today in Tech History – September 6, 2017

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

1947 – The aircraft-carrier Midway became the first US vessel from which a long-range rocket was launched. The rocket had a mishap though, and exploded at 5,000 feet.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Sr6JtOoWghkC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=september+6+1947+midway+rocket&source=bl&ots=gYyQ94UlMg&sig=sRfLUXouBxEu86ZmkjyFTr4iGhs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K-gWUPjzIYivqAG094DYDw&ved=0CHMQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=september%206%201947%20midway%20rocket&f=false

1954 – US President Eisenhower waved a ceremonial “neutron wand” over a neutron counter in Denver, Colorado, to signal a bulldozer in Shippingport, Pennsylvania to begin construction on the first commercial nuclear power plant. It was part of the “Atoms for Peace” program.

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-heritage/atoms-for-peace-pennsylvania.html

1997 – The USS Grace Murray Hopper, guided missile destroyer, was commissioned by the US Navy in San Francisco, named after the computer pioneer.

http://navysite.de/dd/ddg70.htm

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DTNS 3109 – Q-Bits, not Cubits

Daily Tech News Show / September 5th, 2017

Google’s Android store may be headed back to China, Tom’s first take on the Essential phone and Rob Reid let’s us know where quantum computing is at.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja and Rob Reid.

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News You Should Know
- (01:05) Xiaomi’s Mi A1 smartphone will run Google’s Android One platform
  - Xiaomi Partners With Google For Mi A1 Smartphone… | Forbes
- (01:30) iPhone users can now live stream directly to YouTube
- (02:00) WhatsApp targets business use
More Top Stories
- (02:25) Google Play Store now available in China
- (05:00) YouTube-MP3.org reached settlement with RIAA
- (09:15) Essential phone given iFixit repairability rating of 1
- (11:25) Estonian ID card chip found to have vulnerability
- (17:10) Nintendo Switch sales numbers estimated at 1.5 million
  - Nintendo: Mario’s No Longer a Plumber | Fortune
Discussion
- (19:45) Quantum Computers
Thing of the Day
- (34:00) Tech In Travel Minute
Message of the Day
- (35:15) Ryan – “After On” review

Patrick Beja
Rob Reid

Daily Tech Headlines – September 5, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / September 5th, 2017

YouTube MP3 site gives up fight against RIAA, Pixelmator announces new Pro image editing software coming soon, and Estonia fixing vulnerability in some ID card chips.

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Today in Tech History – September 5, 2017

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

1977 – NASA launched Voyager 1 after a brief delay. Although it was launched 16 days after Voyager 2, it’s faster flight path would take it past Jupiter first.

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/voyager.htm

1980 – The last IBM 7030 mainframe computer, AKA STRETCH, was decommissioned at Brigham Young University.

http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/September/5/

2007 – Apple introduced the iPod Touch, bringing multitouch functionality to its popular iPod line.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/05Apple-Unveils-iPod-touch.html

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DTNS Special – Happy Labor Day!

Daily Tech News Show / September 4th, 2017

Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane talk about their plans for DTNS and give their special thanks for supporting us!

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Today in Tech History – September 4, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 4th, 2017

1888 – George Eastman was issued US. patent No. 388,850 for his roll-film box camera.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=rAlvAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1956 – IBM introduced the IBM 350 disk storage unit for the RAMAC 305, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_350.html

1998 – Larry Page and Sergey Brin filed for incorporation of Google, allowing them to cash a $100,000 check Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun, had written to Google Inc.

http://time.com/3250807/google-anniversary/

2013 – Samsung announced a smartwatch called Galaxy Gear that could only be used with its own phones and tablets that ran Android 4.3.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/4/4693692/samsung-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-announcement

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