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July 10, 2012
Tech News Today 538: The Game of Phones
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Apple stops being green, Kindle Fire specs leaked, Microsoft announces new Windows dates, and more.
Guest: Erica Ogg
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Running time: 51:25
S&L Podcast – #105 – To Lem or not to Lem?
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Water
Veronica: Absinthe
QUICK BURNS
We’re coming to Comic-Con
Release a deadly monster: a DRM-free ebook crowdfunding startup
Summer School for Geeks: 11 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
10 Great Science Fiction Novels with Go-Back-To-Bed Depressing Endings
CALENDAR
BARE YOUR SWORD
Tor will serialize John Scalzi’s next Old Man’s War novel online
Ben Bova defends science fiction; asteroid mining
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Lack of Star Trek
GAME OF THRONES Season 3 news round-up
BOOK CHECK-IN
Does co-writing cause storytelling interruption?
That Zany Belter Patois!
Why is the Nauvoo a generation ship?
WHAT ARE WE READING
Veronica: Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James
Tom: Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons and The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
ADDENDUMS
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July 9, 2012
Tech History Today – July 10
In 1856 – Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Lika, Croatia, which was then part of the Austo-Hungarian Empire. His father was a Serbian Orthodox Priest and his mother an inventor of household appliances.
In 1962 – The world’s first communication satellite, Telstar, was launched into orbit from cape Canaveral on a Delta rocket.
In 1990 – The Electronic Frontier Foundation was formally founded, immediately coming to the aid of Steve Jackson Games, who’s BBS had been seized by the Secret Service.
Frame Rate 84: Words Have Meanings
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Time Warner Cable’s usage based billing, 4D coming soon, moral dilemma around HBO Go subscription, and more.
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Running time: 1:10:14
July 8, 2012
Tech History Today – July 9
In 1971 – Marc Andreessen was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He would grow up to develop the Netscape browser, which powered the explosion of the Web in the late 1990s.
In 1979 – Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter, coming within 570,000 kilometers of the planet.
In 1982 – Disney released the movie Tron, which used the most extensive computer-generated graphics and special effects to that time.
July 7, 2012
Tech History Today – July 8
In 1908 – Charles Urban demonstrated Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion-picture process, at a scientific meeting in Paris attended by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
In 1946 – The University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electrical Engineering began summer school course on computing that inspired the EDSAC, BINAC, and, many other similar computers.
In 2011 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on the final Space Shuttle mission.
Tech News Today 537: The New Sneaker Net
Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Why Amazon will rock at phones, Apple proves DRM still sucks, British Airways gets creepy, and more.
Guest: Nicole Lee and Darren Kitchen
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Running time: 45:22
June 8, 2012
Tech News Today 517: My keyboard is leaking
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Jason Howell
More passwords are getting hacked, possibly a new iPhone case, a touchscreen with disappearing physical keys, and more.
Guest: Ken Denmead
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Running time: 48:57
East Meets West 289 – No Doctors
More Doctor Who talk about why our favorite companions are our favorites and why the red shirts need a day to remember them.
June 7, 2012
Tech History Today – June 8
In 1637 – Rene Descartes published “Discourse on the Method for Guiding One’s Reason and Searching for Truth in the Sciences”, which formed the basis of the modern scientific method. It’s also the source of the quote “I think, therefore I am.”
In 1949 – George Orwell’s book 1984 was published. The book still affects notions of privacy and inspired the conic Apple commercial that introduced the Macintosh computer.
In 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee was born in London. He grew up to develop the World Wide Web.
In 2008 – Apple announced Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
