Looks like your old bookstore is getting into fancy dinners, plus the rise of book-based card games and how Time Traders proves you live in the wrong time.
DTNS – 2802 – Vive Le Vive!
CNET’s Erin Carson joins Patrick Beja with hands-on reviews of HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR headsets. Which of the three fits and works the best?
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Daily Tech Headlines – July 5, 2016
Android malware from Analytics company? old people show up on Snapchat and iOS helps organ donation.
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Today in Tech History – July 5, 2016
1833 – Nicéphore Niépce died. He created the first permanent photograph in 1826– an image of the outside of his house.
1954 – The BBC broadcast its first daily television news bulletin. Richard Baker read the 20-minute bulletin billed as an “Illustrated summary of the news.”
1963 – Radio station WWVB began broadcasting standard frequencies in Fort Collins, Colorado for use by satellite and missile programs. Its time code was later used for synchronizing power plants and coordinating telephone networks and eventually for setting alarm clocks.
1994 – Jeff Bezos founded online book seller Amazon in Bellevue, Washington. It would eventually sell more than just books.
2001 – Rob Flickenger and friends posted details of their now legendary 12db Pringles-can antenna to boost WiFi signal distance.
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Cordkillers 127 – Declare Your Independence from Cable
Brian and Tom discuss what you need to consider and what services they use to cut the cord and keep it cut.
DTNS 2800 – Announcing New Headlines Show
It’s the Independence Day holiday in the US, so Tom is in alone with a quick announcement of a new option for keeping up on the headlines and a quick look at the news.
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Daily Tech Headlines – July 4, 2016
Celebgate hacker pleads guilty, Facebook called a Monster, end of an era for BlackBerry.
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Today in Tech History – July 4, 2016
1951 – Bell Labs held a press conference announcing the invention of the junction transistor. Dr. William Shockley was featured at the conference.
1956 – The five-year-old MIT computer Whirlwind added the ability to input data directly with a keyboard. Programmers began to enjoy independence from punch cards.
1996 – Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith launched a free web email service called HoTMaiL, a play on HTML. Microsoft bought it a year later, and called it Hotmail for years, but it’s now Outlook.com.
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No Day 6 Episode this weekend
Just a heads up that with the Australian election, the 4th of July, and hell, even Canada day, the international show won’t happen this weekend! But day six will go back to back the next two weeks.
Today in Tech History – July 3, 2016
1886 – Karl Benz drove his Patent Motor Wagen on Mannheim’s Ringstraße, reaching a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph) powered by a 0.75-hp one-cylinder four-stroke gasoline engine. It was the first public drive of what is considered the first purpose-built automobile.
1998 – Danielle Bunten Berry died of lung cancer. She was a pioneering game designer most famous for creating the multiplayer game M.U.L.E. in 1983.
1999 – At the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire, Billy Mitchell became the first ever to achieve a perfect score on Pac-Man.
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