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Today in Tech History – September 17, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 17th, 2016

1822 – Jean-François Champollion, permanent secretary of the French Académie des Inscriptions, presented his Lettre a M. Dacier, describing his solution to the mystery of the Hieroglyphic inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone. A nifty bit of decryption.

1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) was posted to a Finnish FTP server in Helsinki. Originator Linus Torvalds wanted to call the OS FreaX, but the FTP admin didn’t like the name and renamed it Linux.

2007 – AOL announced plans to refocus the company on advertising and relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York City.

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DTNS 2858 – A Tale of Two 7s

Daily Tech News Show / September 16th, 2016

How many people can name which Samsung product was recalled for fires caused by the battery? And how bad it will it be for the Samsung brand? Allison Sheridan and Tom Merritt discuss. Plus the iPhone teardown reveals interesting secrets.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 16, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 16th, 2016

What Apple put in place of the headphone jack in iPhone 7, SwiftKey gets smarter, News organizations sue FBI over iPhone hack info.

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Today in Tech History – September 16, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 16th, 2016

1890 – Louis Le Prince boarded a train to Paris at Dijon station. Neither he nor his bags ever arrived and his disappearance was never solved. In 188 he had patented a system for taking 16 pictures a second and playing them back as a moving picture.

1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, was introduced at the Sherry-Netherland hotel in New York City. One of them caught fire. The demo that was carried live on television did not catch fire.

1985 – Steve Jobs spent his last day as an employee of Apple after submitting his resignation to the board.

1997 – After purchasing NeXT the previous December, bringing Steve Jobs back to the company, the Apple Board named Jobs as interim CEO, replacing Gil Amelio.

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DTNS 2857 – Feeling Schwifty on Smartwatches

Daily Tech News Show / September 15th, 2016

Are smart watches already in decline? CNET notes few new Android watches are planned for 2016. Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt discuss.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 15, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 15th, 2016

iPhone 7 Plus sells out before launch day, Pandora launches new paid streaming radio service, NYC shuts down public Web browsing terminals.

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Today in Tech History – September 15, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 15th, 2016

1947 – The Association for Computing Machinery was founded as the Eastern Association for Computing Machinery, during a meeting at Columbia University in New York. It developed into the world’s largest organization of computer professionals.

1947 – RCA released the 12AX7 vacuum tube for public sale. The miniature dual triode vacuum tube with high voltage gain became popular with tube amplifier enthusiasts and has been in continuous production since. The tube is also known as the ECC83 in the European Union.

2008 – Electronics retailer Best Buy acquired the Napster music service for $121 million, preventing the once dominating music-sharing service from going out of business.

2014 – Microsoft announced they would purchase Mojang, makers of the Minecraft universe. Mojang’s founders, Notch, Carl, and Jakob, announced they would leave the company.

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#268 – "Underrated" is Not a Dirty Word

Shows/ Sword and Laser / September 14th, 2016

We praise the underrated and print books, and we get into the dog-eat-dog world of Fire Upon the Deep!

DTNS 2856 – The Eagle Has Landed On The Drone

Daily Tech News Show / September 14th, 2016

Uber launches their self-driving car test for passengers in Pittsburgh. Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt talk about how long before it becomes the norm. Plus eagles that take down drones in the Netherlands.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 14, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 14th, 2016

Uber goes autonomous Twitter brings live video to Apple TV, Amazon Echo turns white launches in UK and Germany.

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