DTNS 2574 – from DragonCon

Daily Tech News Show / September 4th, 2015

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Today in Tech History – September 4, 2015

Today in Tech History / September 4th, 2015

20140404-073853.jpgIn 1888 – George Eastman was issued US. patent No. 388,850 for his roll-film box camera.

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

In 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.

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

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DTNS 2573 – Headlines

Daily Tech News Show / September 3rd, 2015

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comSamsung steals the stage at IFA and North Carolina gets all the bandwidth. Just the headlines today as Tom travels to DragonCon.

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Today in Tech History – September 3, 2015

Today in Tech History / September 3rd, 2015

20140404-073853.jpgIn 1930 – An experimental electric engine was put in service by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad between Hoboken and Montclair, NJ. Thomas Edison served as engineer at the throttle.

In 1976 – Viking 2 landed on Mars and began taking high resolution pictures, measuring the atmosphere and surface, and looking for evidence of life.

In 1993 – Infogear filed an application for a US trademark on “I PHONE” for its “communications terminals. The company would later register “IPhone” as well. Cisco acquired Infogear in 2000 and later worked out a deal with Apple to share the name.

In 2013 – Nokia announced it would sell its devices and services unit, the division in charge of making mobile phones, to Microsoft for $7.2 billion.

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DTNS 2572 – Acer Detect

Daily Tech News Show / September 2nd, 2015

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comIt’s an avalanche of product announcements from IFA in Berlin, phones, watches and even a modular desktop PC. Plus, it’s the sequel to Fanmail Friday– What’s Up Wednesday?– where Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson read a bunch of your expert emails about Apple content, Nielsen ratings, smartphone glucose monitors and more.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 86

Cordkillers / September 2nd, 2015

Movie Draft Update, Mr. Robot Speculation, 500 Days of Summer, Rick and Morty (206), The Shield (703), Feedback (Rick & Morty)

01:07 – Movie Draft Update

03:31 – Mr. Robot Speculation

9:29 – 500 Days of Summer

14:01 – Rick and Morty (206)

17:36 – The Shield (704)

24:23 – Feedback (Rick & Morty)

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Today in Tech History – September 2, 2015

Today in Tech History / September 2nd, 2015

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In 1859 – A unique combination of solar events including a magnetic explosion severely affected the young telegraph network in North America and Europe. Wires shorted out, fires started and some machines reportedly worked even when disconnected from batteries.

1997 – IBM announced that its RS/6000 SP model parallel supercomputer, was now 58 percent faster than Deep Blue, the computer that beat Kasparov at chess.

In 2001 – At ECTS in London, Blizzard announced an online RPG version of its popular Warcraft franchise, called “World of Warcraft”.

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DTNS 2571 – Just Use a Bigger Tube

Daily Tech News Show / September 1st, 2015

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comDoes every tech company need to get into making TV shows and movies? Tom Merritt and Patrick Beja discuss the report of Apple’s original programming and more.

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Today in Tech History – September 1, 2015

Today in Tech History / September 1st, 2015

20140404-073853.jpgIn 1902 -Georges Méliès’ film Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) debuted in France. It is often considered the first real science fiction film.

In 1994 – The United States Library of Congress held the first of several meetings to plan the conversion of its materials to digital form and make them accessible by computer networks.

In 1996 – Apple released its Pippin game console in the US. The idea was to provide an inexpensive game-focused computer. Apple licensed third parties like Bandai to make Pippin consoles.

In 2008 – Google launched its Web browser called Google Chrome.

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