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Frame Rate 65: Ladies Love Web Video

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt

Netflix says bye to Starz, what Amazon streams most, UltraViolet deal imminent, and more.

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Running time: 1:05:45

Tech History Today – Mar. 1

In 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovered images of uranium rocks had appeared on a photographic plate without exposure to the sun. He had discovered natural radiation.

In 1995 – Jerry Yang and David Filo incorporate their website Yahoo!

In 2006 – English-language Wikipedia reached its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

Triangulation 42: Robert Llewellyn

Robert Llewellyn from Red Dwarf, talks about podcasting, Carpool, his new book News from Gardenia, details about Red Dwarf X, and more.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt

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Running time: 55:45

Tech News Today 446: Wireless Love Triangle

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Dear heavens the iPad announcement finally coming, Why Google + is a ghost town, Cisco wants to save wireless Internet, and more.

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Running time: 42:19

Tech News Today 445: The Needs Of The (HTC) One

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Nokia's huge camera sensor, Intel assaults the cheap hone market, Andy Rubin says fun stuff about Android things, and more.

Guest: Harry McCracken

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Running time: 45:09

Tech History Today – Feb. 29

In 1860 – Herman Hollerith was born. He would grow up to build the first punched-card tabulating machines as well as found the company that was to become IBM.

In 1880 – The bores which had begun to drill the St. Gotthard Tunnel from Göschenen and Airolo, met midway, linking Switzerland and Italy.

In 1940 – Ernest O. Lawrence delivered his 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics banquet speech in Berkeley, California, instead of the usual Sweden, so he could keep raising funds for his cyclotron research which got him the prize int he first place.

FourCast 110: Photography Becomes Archaeology

Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

We pick our pictures after the fact and take back control of publishing!

Guests: Patrick Hester and Chris Marquardt

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Running time: 51:19

We need help!!!

Hey folks! 

So Tom and I are looking for someone in the community to lend a helping hand around the farm. We'd like to hire (YES, HIRE) a production assistant to help us with guest booking, asset gathering, event coordination, and other tasks. 

We need someone who is extremely detail oriented, available around eight hours a week, and obviously has a love of science fiction and fantasy! 

You don't need to be local to SF, though it would be easier if you were in a timezone that lent itself well to collaboration. 

Please email us at feedback@swordandlaser.com with the subject line "Production assistant." This will be a paying gig, though we cannot shower you in gold (sorry). 

Serious inquiries only, and don't fret if we don't get back to you immediately! 

THANKS!!! 

Tech History Today – Feb. 28

In 1947 – The first closed-circuit broadcast of a surgical operation showed procedures to observers in classrooms at Johns Hopkins University.

In 1954 – The Westinghouse H840CK15 goes on sale in the New York area. It is generally agreed to be the first production receiver using NTSC color offered to the public. Only 30 sets were sold at $1295 a pop.

In 1959 – Discoverer 1 was launched on a Thor-Agena A rocket and became the first man-made object ever put into a polar orbit.

Tech History Today – Feb. 27

In 1932 – English physicist James Chadwick published a letter on the existence of the neutron, some say giving birth to modern nuclear physics.

In 1891 David Sarnoff was born near Minsk.. He would go on to befriend Marconi and rise to the Presidency of RCA and be integral in founding NBC.

In 1986 – The United States Senate voted to allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis. The trial was successful.