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DTNS 2662 – A Node to Joy

Daily Tech News Show / January 8th, 2016

The Dark Web is not just for porn and crime. Darren Kitchen and Tom Merritt discuss non-profit news outlet ProPublica’s launch of a version of their site as a hidden service on Tor.

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Today in Tech History – January 8, 2016

Today in Tech History / January 8th, 2016

In 1889 – Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electronic tabulating machine. His Tabulating Machine Company would go on to merge with three others and be called International Business Machines, known today as IBM.

In 1973 – Less than a month after the last manned Moon mission, Apollo 17, the USSR launched space mission Luna 21 carrying lunar rover Lunakhod 2.

In 1982 – The United States vs. AT&T settlement was finalized with AT&T agreeing to divest itself of local exchanges in exchange for being allowed to start AT&T Computer Systems. Like Voltron, the behemoth would eventually reassemble.

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DTNS 2661 – Ads Kill the Messenger

Daily Tech News Show / January 7th, 2016

Facebook wants to kill text messaging. Do we want it to? Can messaging apps even make money? Justin Young and Tom Merritt discuss. Plus VR for the blind.

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Today in Tech History – January 7, 2016

Today in Tech History / January 7th, 2016

In 1714 – Henry Mill patented a machine for transcribing letters “one after another, as in writing.” Sadly, he died before he perfected the first typewriter.

In 1839 – Louis Daguerre made the first announcement of his photographic system at the Académie des Sciences in Paris, though details were not presented until August of that year.

In 1954 – In New York at IBM headquarters, IBM and Georgetown University showed off their joint project on machine translation. More than 60 sentences were translated from Russian to English using eight grammar rules.

In 2003 – Apple released the public beta of its new browser, called Safari.

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DTNS 2660 – Virtual Makeouts

Daily Tech News Show / January 6th, 2016

Is the Oculus Rift too expensive? Netflix releases for almost the entire planet. CES continues to spill forth announcements and Patrick Norton and Jennie Josephson help Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson make sense of it all.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 102

Cordkillers / January 6th, 2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Fargo (210), Master of None (Season 1), Making of a Murderer (Season 1)

01:40 – Winter Movie Draft

5:43 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

14:20 – Fargo (210)

18:26 – Master of None (Season 1)

22:56 – Making of a Murderer (Season 1)

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Today in Tech History – January 6, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 6th, 2016

In 1838 – Samuel Morse, with his partner, Alfred Vail, gave the first public demonstration of their new electric telegraphic system at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, NJ. They used Morse’s specially designed code to send the message “A patient waiter is no loser.”

In 1851 – Leon Foucault proved the rotation of the Earth experimentally. He wrote in his journal that he made the discovery at 2:00 AM working with his famous pendulum in the cellar of his house.

In 2004 – Apple debuted the iPod Mini, a diminutive 4GB version of the iPod available in five colors at $249.

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#240 – Wish We Were There

Shows/ Sword and Laser / January 5th, 2016

Over the break, we took a little time out of vacation to talk about our holiday reads, from ancient history to Chewbacca. Sigh. No Star Wars spoilers we promise. We’re not there anymore. But we can pretend we are in this episode.

DTNS 2659 – Alexa, where are my keys?

Daily Tech News Show / January 5th, 2016

Supercomputers in cars, cars that talk to Alexa, cars controlled by fitness bands. Tim Stevens cuts through the exhaust to tell Tom Merritt, Patrick Beja and Jennie Josephson what the real scoop on cars at CES 2016 is.

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Today in Tech History – January 5, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 5th, 2016

In 1948 – Warner Brothers showed the very first color newsreel, featuring the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football game.

In 1972 – President Richard M. Nixon announced that NASA would develop a space shuttle system, emphasizing its reliability, reusability and low cost.

In 1984 – Richard Stallman began working on the GNU Operating system, a free UNIX-like OS. GNU/Linux is seen as the most successful outgrowth of that project.

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