Tom and Sarah sit down and take her new studio for a spin. Yes not all is perfect yet but we thought you’d enjoy the sneak peek anyway.
Daily Tech Headlines – September 7, 2017
Facebook hands over evidence to special prosecutor, EMAIL libel suit dismissed, and John Deere acquires an AI team.
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Today in Tech History – September 7, 2017
1927 – The first fully electronic television system was demonstrated by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in San Francisco.
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, ESPN, made its debut. It would become one of the main drivers of cable TV adoption and one of the main factors in the switch to Internet television.
http://espnfounder.com/how_it_started.htm
1981 – The first large parallel processing computer, ILLIAC IV, ended its nearly decade-long life at the University of Illinois.
http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/September/7/
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DTNS 3110 – Bond, iBond
The threat to the electrical grid in the US and Europe, Amazon trying to get James Bond and stealing baseball signs with an Apple watch.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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- News You Should Know
- More Top Stories
- Discussion
- (19:05) Malicious attacks on power grid networks
- Hackers Gain Direct Access to US Power Grid Controls | Wired
- Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities… | NY Times
- Dragonfly: Western energy sector targeted… | Symantec
- ‘State-sponsored’ hackers targeted…electricity… | Independent
- Attack on Critical Infrastructure Leverages..Injection | Talos Intelligence
- (19:05) Malicious attacks on power grid networks
- Thing of the Day
- (30:30) Matt – Hello World
- Message of the Day
- (31:10) Cody – Fitness trackers
- (32:30) t2t2 – Round up of Estonian ID card hack
Today’s Guest:
Scott Johnson
Daily Tech Headlines – September 6, 2017
Symantec warns power grid is vulnerable, Microsoft scheduled Surface announcement, Lenovo settles with US FTC.
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Today in Tech History – September 6, 2017
1947 – The aircraft-carrier Midway became the first US vessel from which a long-range rocket was launched. The rocket had a mishap though, and exploded at 5,000 feet.
1954 – US President Eisenhower waved a ceremonial “neutron wand” over a neutron counter in Denver, Colorado, to signal a bulldozer in Shippingport, Pennsylvania to begin construction on the first commercial nuclear power plant. It was part of the “Atoms for Peace” program.
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-heritage/atoms-for-peace-pennsylvania.html
1997 – The USS Grace Murray Hopper, guided missile destroyer, was commissioned by the US Navy in San Francisco, named after the computer pioneer.
http://navysite.de/dd/ddg70.htm
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DTNS 3109 – Q-Bits, not Cubits
Google’s Android store may be headed back to China, Tom’s first take on the Essential phone and Rob Reid let’s us know where quantum computing is at.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja and Rob Reid.
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- News You Should Know
- More Top Stories
- (02:25) Google Play Store now available in China
- (05:00) YouTube-MP3.org reached settlement with RIAA
- (09:15) Essential phone given iFixit repairability rating of 1
- (11:25) Estonian ID card chip found to have vulnerability
- (17:10) Nintendo Switch sales numbers estimated at 1.5 million
- Nintendo: Mario’s No Longer a Plumber | Fortune
- Discussion
- (19:45) Quantum Computers
- Thing of the Day
- (34:00) Tech In Travel Minute
- Message of the Day
- (35:15) Ryan – “After On” review
Daily Tech Headlines – September 5, 2017
YouTube MP3 site gives up fight against RIAA, Pixelmator announces new Pro image editing software coming soon, and Estonia fixing vulnerability in some ID card chips.
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Today in Tech History – September 5, 2017
1977 – NASA launched Voyager 1 after a brief delay. Although it was launched 16 days after Voyager 2, it’s faster flight path would take it past Jupiter first.
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/voyager.htm
1980 – The last IBM 7030 mainframe computer, AKA STRETCH, was decommissioned at Brigham Young University.
http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/September/5/
2007 – Apple introduced the iPod Touch, bringing multitouch functionality to its popular iPod line.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/05Apple-Unveils-iPod-touch.html
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DTNS Special – Happy Labor Day!
Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane talk about their plans for DTNS and give their special thanks for supporting us!
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