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Today in Tech History – July 8, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 8th, 2017

1908 – Charles Urban demonstrated Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion-picture process, at a scientific meeting in Paris attended by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
http://books.google.com/books?id=JGoLZrIqa_wC&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309&dq=july+8+1908+kinemacolor&source=bl&ots=txw5pg8N-G&sig=BXNkiUCZrOEpNgbV01fq80SiEwM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iwGnU6KlFoTZoATB_4KQBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=july%208%201908%20kinemacolor&f=false

1946 – The University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electrical Engineering began a summer school course on computing that inspired the EDSAC, BINAC, and, many other similar computers.

http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200208/history.cfm

2011 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on the final Space Shuttle mission.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/space-shuttle-atlantis-final-flight-launches-florida-struggling/story?id=14024251#.T87MB9VYvmI

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DTNS 3068 – The Insecurity of Cybersecurity

Daily Tech News Show / July 7th, 2017

Samsung’s riding high, Jawbone’s not and Dan Patterson’s adventures at a Ukrainian cybersecurity summit.

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Top Story
- (00:56) Uber permitted to depose Alphabet CEO Larry Page
More News
- (01:41) Samsung projects its highest operating profit ever
- (02:56) Jawbone enters Liquidation proceedings
- (04:13) Comma.ai launched toolkit to help car owners
- (06:37) Tesla will build Australian energy storage facility
- (07:52) Attackers targeting US nuclear power plant companies
Discussion
- (10:56) Ukraine is a test bed for global cyberattacks
Messages of the Day
- (23:44) Anonymous Amazon Employee
- (25:05) Brandon (via YouTube

Len Peralta’s “The Four Components of CyberDefense”

Daily Tech Headlines – July 7, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 7th, 2017

Microsoft lays off people to refocus on cloud, George Hotz sells a car toolkit and Samsung gets ready for its most profitable quarter yet.

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Today in Tech History – July 7, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 7th, 2017

1752 – Joseph Marie Jacquard was born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor created the first programmable power loom and the cards he used to program it would be adapted by Herman Hollerith and others for programming the first computers.

http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/July/7/

1936 – Henry F. Phillips received patents for a new kind of screw and the screwdriver used with it. Endless numbers of computer cases have been held together by it since.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=MINJAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1981 – The first solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, flew 163 miles from Corneille-en-Verin Airport north of Paris across the English Channel to Manston Royal Air Force Base south of London, staying aloft 5 hours and 23 minutes.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-054-DFRC.html

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DTNS 3067 – Bonfire Of The Inanity

Daily Tech News Show / July 6th, 2017

The new best hope for Moore’s Law, Google back to its old self in VR and why Amazon and Dish may be talking partnership again.

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#298 – Don’t Get Eaten By a Bear

Shows/ Sword and Laser / July 6th, 2017

George R. R. Martin has even more money coming his way, public domain books clean up nice, we love the Locus Award winners, and why Veronica is not allowed to let a bear eat her.

Daily Tech Headlines – July 6, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 6th, 2017

Snap gets links, Nokia partners with Zeiss, and Amazon and Dish may partner on IoT.

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Today in Tech History – July 6, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 6th, 2017

1920 – A US Navy F5L seaplane took off from Hampton Roads, Virginia, using a radio compass for the first time. The pilots located and flew to the Battleship Ohio about 94 miles offshore.
http://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/july-6.html

1947 – The AK-47 went into production in the Soviet Union– the name stands for Automatic rifle Kalashnikov model of 1947.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/07/dayintech_0706/

1996 – AOL settled lawsuits in California that accused the company of misleading subscribers about monthly service charges.

http://news.cnet.com/AOL-to-settle-class-action-suits/2100-1023_3-216681.html

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DTNS 3066 – Amazon Echo Show And Tell

Daily Tech News Show / July 5th, 2017

The last gas engine car? Ticketmaster wants to track your phone with ultrasonics, Scott and Tom’s review of the Amazon Echo Show.

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Daily Tech Headlines – July 5, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 5th, 2017

Nokia partners with Xiaomi, Volvo ends gas car production, Ticketmaster wants to track your phone by sound.

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