This week we congratulate several more authors on TV deals, one author on getting to write more movie books, and another author on having too many potential movie deals. We also come to the conclusion that Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is all the genres.
DTNS 2543 – Don’t judge an OS by it’s stick
Paul Thurrott, Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt talk about what you need to know to be ready for Windows 10 next week. Plus why eSports just got legit.
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DTNS 2543 – Don’t judge an OS by its stick
Paul Thurrott, Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt talk about what you need to know to be ready for Windows 10 next week. Plus why eSports just got legit.
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A special thanks to all our Patreon supporters–without you, none of this would be possible.
If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting the show here at the low, low cost of a nickel a day on Patreon. Thank you!
Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme!
Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo!
Thanks to our mods, Kylde, TomGehrke, sebgonz and scottierowland on the subreddit
Show Notes
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Today in Tech History – July 23, 2015
In 1903 – Ford sold its first car to Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago. The two-cylinder Model A was assembled at Mack Avenue Plant in Detroit.
In 1985 – Commodore introduced the Amiga personal computer at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York’s Lincoln Center. Amiga cost $1,295 and shipped with a base configuration of 256K of RAM.
In 1996 – The first commercial HDTV signal was broadcast in North Carolina by WRAL channel 32 operating at 100 kilowatts with an antenna 1,750 feet above the ground. 200 members of the press watched the broadcast at WRAL.
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Week 7 Lines
Hot off the presses we have the Week 7 Lines for you.
As always, Bet Early & Bet Often
DTNS 2542 – Huawei’s On Their Wei Up
Scott Johnson, Justin Young and Tom Merritt kick around Google’s new timeline feature for maps that shows you exactly what it knows about where you live work and travel. Plus the ethics of road-testing car hacks.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 80 – True Detective, Ant Man, The Shield
Movie Draft Update, True Detective (205), Ant Man, The Shield (608)
00:47 – Movie Draft Update
11:42 – True Detective (204)
20:54 – Ant Man
30:56 – The Shield (608)
Today in Tech History – July 22, 2015
In 1933 – Wiley Post returned to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes after leaving, becoming the fastest person to circumnavigate the Earth by air and the first to do it solo.
In 1962 – The first Mariner space probe to Venus had to be destroyed shortly after lift-off because of “improper operation of the Atlas airborne beacon equipment.” The error was caused by a missing overbar in the program that must have disappeared during hand transcription.
In 1997 – Apple announced OS 8 for Macintosh computers. It added easier Internet integration and a 3D look to the OS.
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DTNS 2541 – It’s not unreasonable to be hacked by anyone….
Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt discuss the state of the mobile Web. can it be fixed? also your car can now be hacked wirelessly. So– come on car companies. Time to take this seriously.
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Today in Tech History – July 21, 2015
In 1975 – Xerox announced its withdrawal from computer mainframe manufacturing. The company did indicate it would continue activities in other computer-related businesses like computer disk drives, serial printers, and apparently giving away secrets to companies like Apple and Microsoft.
In 2002 – WorldCom filed for the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US history. It was the number two long-distance phone company, at a time when that still meant something. It would end up changing its name back to MCI, and its remains exists as Verizon’s business division.
In 2011 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 15, ending the US space shuttle missions.
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