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Daily Tech Headlines – August 4, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / August 4th, 2016

US connections get faster, A CES intercom/video camera ships, Fantasy Sports gambling is no longer call gambling and is now legal.

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Today in Tech History – August 4, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 4th, 2016

1921 – The first facsimile was transmitted by radio across the Atlantic Ocean using the Belinograph invented by Edouard Belin. A message written by C. V. Van Anda, managing editor of The New York Times and addressed to the Matin in Paris, was sent in seven minutes.

1988 – A computer halted an engine test in preparation for the launch of the space shuttle Discovery. The flight would be the first since the Challenger explosion in 1986.

2007 – NASA’s Phoenix spaceship launched on its mission to survey the Martian Arctic in search of water, geological discoveries, and evidence of conditions for biological life.

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#264 – Will the Real Witcher Please Stand Up

Shows/ Sword and Laser / August 4th, 2016

We have an excellent conversation about great character names and revel in the news of rising print book sales. But the big question is, which Witcher is canon?

DTNS 2824 – iParent, uQuiet

Daily Tech News Show / August 3rd, 2016

A bus that drives over cars, video that lets you poke it and YouTube makes its Kids app ad-free. Is it OK to let kids use tablets? How young is too young? Peter Wells and Scott Johnson talk with Tom Merritt.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 131 (w/ Patrick Hester)

Cordkillers / August 3rd, 2016

Summer Movie Draft, Jason Bourne, Mr. Robot (204), Justified (303). With special guest Patrick Heston. Check out his show, Functional Nerds.

Patrick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/atfmb

01:34 – Summer Movie Draft

04:20 – Stranger Things (Follow-up)

07:18 – Preacher (Follow-up)

08:12 – Jason Bourne

11:14 – Mr. Robot (204)

23:36 – Justified (303)

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Daily Tech Headlines – August 3, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / August 3rd, 2016

Telegram denies attack, Hololens available for anyone, a bus that drives over traffic.

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Today in Tech History – August 3, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 3rd, 2016

1811 – Elisha Otis was born. He invented a safety brake that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable broke. Thank him every time you get in an elevator.

1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus became the first watercraft to reach the geographic North Pole. Commanding Officer, Commander William R. Anderson, announced to his crew, “For the world, our country, and the Navy – the North Pole.”

1977 – Tandy Corp of Texas held a New York press conference to announce that it would manufacture the TRS-80.

1995 – John Romero released the first screenshots of Quake on the Internet. They were 320 x 200 TIFFs.

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DTNS 2823 – The S Stands for Sleek

Daily Tech News Show / August 2nd, 2016

Should you get an Xbox One S? Lamarr Wilson has been playing with one. He’ll talk with Tom Merritt about who this upgrade is for.

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Daily Tech Headlines – August 2, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / August 2nd, 2016

Samsung leapfrogs to the Galaxy note 7, Instagram takes on Snapchat, and Washington state sues Comcast.

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Today in Tech History – August 2, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 2nd, 2016

1870 – The world’s first underground tube railway, (the Met had been the first underground non-tube railway) Tower Subway, opened in London, running from Lower Thames street to Vine Street. It closed after 4 months of operation.

1880 – Parliament officially adopted Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the official time of Great Britain.

1902 – Mina Spiegel Rees was born in Ohio and became one of the earliest female computer pioneers. She ran the Office of Naval Research, where she organized work on early computers like the Harvard Mark I.

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