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January 21, 2013
Frame Rate 109: For Science!
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Netflix Super HD 3D Open Connect, YouTube stars fight back, the year of web series, Zombieland TV show on Amazon.com, and more.
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Running time:: 1:05:42
Tech News Today 673: Carve Out Their Own Path
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Kim Dotcom’s triumphant return, Sony’s getting thinner, Gigabit for everyone in the US, and more.
Guests: Dana Wollman
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January 20, 2013
Tech History Today – Jan. 21
In 1957 – NBC taped and broadcast President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration address, further popularizing the taping of video.
In 1981 – The first DeLorean DMC-12 sports car rolled off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. This one made no use of gigawatts in any way.
In 2004 – The Mars Rover Spirit abruptly stopped transmitting. Apparently too many files had been written to the flash memory and it went into fault mode.
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January 19, 2013
Tech History Today – Jan. 20
In 1929 -The movie In Old Arizona was released. It was the first full-length talking motion picture in the U.S. to be filmed outdoors.
In 1934 – Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., the photographic and electronics company known today as Fujifilm, was founded in Tokyo, Japan.
In 1981 – The inauguration of US President Ronald Reagan is the world’s first broadcast to feature live teletext subtitles for the hearing impaired.
In 2009 – The inauguration of US President Barack Obama became the most widely-streamed Presidential inauguration to that date. According to Akamai’s Net Usage Index, web traffic peaked at 5.4 million requests per minute — and 2 terabits per second.
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It’s warm. I finally feel like I’ve moved to Los…
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It’s warm. I finally feel like I’ve moved to Los Angeles and not some bizarre mirror universe San Francisco in July.
January 18, 2013
Tech History Today – Jan. 19
In 1883 -The first electric lighting system using overhead wires went into service in Roselle, New Jersey.
In 1983 – Apple released the Lisa, the second commercial computer with a graphical user interface (after the Xerox Star). It only cost $9,995 too!
In 1986 – Brain became the first computer virus released into the wild. It was a boot sector virus transmitted by floppy disks. The Farooq Alvi Brothers of Lahore, Pakistan created the virus.
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Tech News Today 672: Gleegally Speaking
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Google beats Apple in Japan, Cable ISPs admit caps not about congestion, Congress says your apps need privacy, and more.
Guests: Darren Kitchen
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Books, Brooks…And More Books: Our Interview with Terry Brooks!
Terry Brooks, the mastermind behind the world of Shannara, joins us to discuss what’s coming up in the Dark Legacy of Shannara, his ventures into standalone e-books, and the advice he’d give to new fantasy authors.
More about our guest, Terry Brooks:
On the Web: http://www.terrybrooks.net/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialbrooks
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialterrybrooks
On G+:https://plus.google.com/u/0/106756046894387044266/posts
On Goodreads:http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9629.Terry_Brooks
More on Terry’s Works:
Original Shannara Trilogy: http://www.goodreads.com/series/49525-the-original-shannara-trilogy
Heritage of Shannara: http://www.goodreads.com/series/40325-heritage-of-shannara
Voyage of Jerle Shannara:http://www.goodreads.com/series/42961-voyage-of-the-jerle-shannara
Word & Void: http://www.goodreads.com/series/44330-word-the-void
Genesis of Shannara: http://www.goodreads.com/series/40860-genesis-of-shannara
Legends of Shannara: http://www.goodreads.com/series/49107-legends-of-shannara
High Druid of Shannara: http://www.goodreads.com/series/44034-high-druid-of-shannara
Dark Legacy of Shannara:http://www.goodreads.com/series/74801-the-dark-legacy-of-shannara
Paladins of Shannara:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15743635-paladins-of-shannara
Landover: http://www.goodreads.com/series/41934-magic-kingdom-of-landover
“Exactly What You Wanted” by Aaron:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fDcSqVAUxo
January 17, 2013
Tech History Today – Jan. 18
In 1902 – Nikola Tesla filed a patent application for wireless energy transmission. The patent was granted 12 years later. We’re still waiting for the kinks to get worked out.
In 1903 – The first two-way transatlantic communication, and first wireless telegram was sent between North America and Europe. US President Teddy Roosevelt and King Edward VII. They wrote to each other how awesome the wireless telegraph was.
In 2012 – Many websites, led by Reddit, Wikipedia and others, conducted an Internet “blackout” to protest the US SOPA/PIPA bills.
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East Meets West 303 – We’re back
Sorry we took such a long break. Tom was moving. Roger was at CES. And we had to think about outsourcing. Also why stagnation without inflation is not all bad.
