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August 13, 2012
Frame Rate 89: Streaming Sports
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Andy Armstrong of BBC joins us to talk streaming, Fox sues TV streaming service, Amazon adds device specific parental controls, XBMC media manager for Ouya
Guest: Andy Armstrong
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Running time: 1:10:00
August 12, 2012
Tech History Today – August 13
In 1888 – John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He would grow up to invent the first working television system in the world.
In 1912 – The US Department of Commerce issued its first experimental radio license in compliance with the International Radio Convention and Radio Act of 1912. St. Joseph’s College received a license with serial number 1 to operate 2 kilowatts station 3XJ.
In 2004 – Adam Curry launched an RSS feed of audio recordings called “Daily Source Code” and podcasting became a thing.
Tech History Today – August 12
In 1877 – Thomas Edison sketched his idea for the phonograph, and may have even completed a model. The first working model wasn’t completed until December 6.
In 1960 – The first NASA communications satellite, Echo 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral. The satellite was a balloon of mylar polyester film.
In 1977 – The space shuttle Enterprise carried out its first free flight test, when the orbiter was released from the back of a 747 in flight.
In 1981 – IBM introduced the model 5150 personal computer. It had a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor and used Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system.
August 11, 2012
Tech News Today 562: Microsoft Cake
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Alex Gumpel
The Avengers of mobile payments assemble, Who’s buying RIM today? What happens when Googlers die.
Guest: Shannon Morse
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Running time: 46:08
August 10, 2012
Tech History Today – August 11
In 1942 – Hedy Markey and composer George Antheil received a U.S. patent for a frequency-hopping device. The technique has led to many advancements in wireless technology including Wi-Fi. Markey was better known under her stage name of Hedy Lamarr
In 1950 – Steve Wozniak was born in San Jose, California. He would grow up to invent the first successful personal computer, and revolutionize desktop computing.
In 1965 – Shinji Mikami was born in Japan. He grew up to become a video game designer for Capcom, revolutionizing survival-horror games with his popular series, Resident Evil.
FSL Tonight 2012 Week 9: Live long and GTFO
Tech News Today 561: Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Google adds your email to search results, Steam to carry accounting software, nobody wants an iPad Mini, and more.
Guest: Vlad Savov
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Running time: 54:10
August 9, 2012
Tech History Today – August 10
In 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail to find that pesky trade route that Columbus was looking for, and instead circumnavigated the globe. Well, at least his ship did.
In 1990 – The Magellan space probe, named after Ferdinand Magellan, reached Venus, beginning its mission to map the planet’s surface.
In 2004 – The iTunes Music Store library passed the mark of 1,000,000 songs available.
East Meets West 293 – Never trust a committee
Roger and Tom talk news, politics and weather. It’s like a local news broadcast but with more theory and less hyped-up kittens in trees.
