We wrap up A Canticle for Leibowitz and explore all its science and religion feels. Also we welcome a new Expanse series cover, a new Gaiman baby and we discover why Taylor Swift IS the Kwisatz Haderach.
DTNS 2592 – Schrödinger’s Television
OLED, 4K and quantum dots got your head spinning? Robert Heron talks TV tech and the best buys out there with Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt .
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 89
Rick and Morty (209), The Shield (707)
01:33 – Rick and Morty (209)
04:17 – The Shield (707)
Today in Tech History – September 30, 2015
In 1882 – Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.
In 1954 – The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, was commissioned at Groton, CT.
In 1980 – Xerox published the Version 1.0 specifications for Ethernet in conjunction with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
In 2014 – Microsoft announced its next operating system would be called Windows 10, not Windows 9 and would arrive sometime in 2015.
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DTNS 2591 – Magnets! They Work Like This.
Google announces new Nexus phones, new Chromecasts for video and audio and an enticing convertible Android tablet. Tom Merritt and Patrick Beja discuss.
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Today in Tech History – September 29, 2015
In 1920 – The Joseph Horne department store in Pittsburgh ran an advertisement in the Pittsburgh Sun, describing wireless Victrola music being picked up by radio. Amateur Wireless Sets were on sale for $10.
In 1954 – CERN officially came into being. In addition to countless advancements in science, it would go on to foster the invention of the World Wide Web.
In 1994 – Programmers first demonstrated the HotJava prototype browser to executives at Sun Microsystems Inc. It was an attempt to port the Java language to the Web. It worked.
In 1996 – The Nintendo 64 launched in North America spreading its 3D world controlled by an analog stick to a new contintent.
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Cordkillers 89 – Win-win-win-win When?
The cord-cutting pace is glacial in so many ways, Netflix knows you, why VR will be awesome for movies.
Cordkillers Winter Movie Draft 2015
Brian and Tom are joined by Justin Robert Young, Kristi Kates, Mulango Akpo-Esambe, and Brian Ibbott to bid on the 2015 Winter Movie Draft.
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DTNS 2590 – The Unbearable Politeness of Being Disconnected
Are we too obsessed with our phones? Studies suggest they may make us less empathetic and prevent substantive conversation. Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont talk about how to maintain a smart balance with your smart phone.
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Today in Tech History – September 28, 2015
In 1998 – Microsoft’s Internet Explorer passed Netscape Navigator as the Web browser with the greatest market share, according to a report from the International Data Corporation.
In 2008 – SpaceX launched the Falcon 1, the first ever private spacecraft to enter orbit.
In 2011 – Amazon shook up the tablet market, announcing the the Amazon Kindle Fire 7-inch tablet for $199.
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