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Today in Tech History – August 28, 2015

Today in Tech History / August 28th, 2015

In 1845 – Scientific American began publication with the issue for this day. It would become the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.

In 1991 – The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis sent an electronic mail message using AppleLink. The message read: “Hello Earth! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is the first Applelink from space. Having a GREAT time, wish you were here!”

In 2009 – Apple released Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard featuring many minor improvements and integration with Microsoft Exchange.

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Playoffs 1st Round Lines

FSL Tonight/ Shows / August 28th, 2015

The playoffs are upon us. This year Shecky has decided to offer some additional propositional bets to make the games even more interesting this week. Without any delay here are your Playoff Lines.

As always, Bet Early and Bet Often!

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East Meets West 337 – Violence

East Meets West/ Shows / August 27th, 2015

Perceptions of ages, the pace of change, violence across time, treating the systems, making a system where good emerges.

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DTNS 2568 – The Force Touch Is Strong(ly Rumored)

Daily Tech News Show / August 27th, 2015

So we have a fact about the next Apple announcement which will happen September 9th. Allison Sheridan, Jeff Cannata and Tom Merritt take their best guesses at what will be announced. Also, robots that make pizza.

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Today in Tech History – August 27, 2015

Today in Tech History / August 27th, 2015

In 1962 – NASA launched the Mariner 2 unmanned space mission to Venus.

In 1989 – The first direct-to-home TV satellite launched from Cape Canaveral. Marco Polo I delivered the British Satellite Broadcasting service to homes in the UK.

In 2003 – Fairbanks, Alaska got the world’s biggest UPS backup. The city hooked up the world’s largest storage battery, built to provide an uninterrupted power supply of 40 megawatts.

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S&L Podcast – #226 – Embrace The Manic Pixie Dream Witch

Shows/ Sword and Laser / August 27th, 2015

We’re happy for the Hugos, sad for the last Terry Pratchett novel, and J.R.R. Tolkien has a new book. Plus, we wrap up Uprooted by Naomi Novik and make our peace with a trope.

DTNS 2567 – YouTube Can Play At This Game

Daily Tech News Show / August 26th, 2015

YouTube takes on Twitch in game streaming. Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt gauge their chances of success.

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Today in Tech History – August 26, 2015

Today in Tech History / August 26th, 2015

In 1938 – A New York radio station first used the Philips-Miller system of tape recording on a radio broadcast.

In 1984 – Miss Manners confronted her first computer issue. The columnist responded to a reader’s concern about typing personal correspondence on a personal computer.

In 1996 – Netscape Communications Corp. announced it had partnered with several other big companies to create a software company called Navio Corp. Navio was meant to create an operating system to compete with Windows.

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DTNS 2566 – You’re S-Penning It Wrong!

Daily Tech News Show / August 25th, 2015

Microsoft is just the latest company to show off 3D scanning software for a consumer phone. With MIT’s new 10-material printer, Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt discuss far we are from being able to replicate things with our phone.

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Cordkillers 85 – Let’s! Do! The Time-Shift Again!

Cordkillers / August 25th, 2015

The children are our time shifters, NBC wants to change Web video, Apple TV needs a comeback.

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