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Today in Tech History – September 10, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 10th, 2016

1990 – Peter Deutsch posted to comp.archives about the Internet Archive Server called “Archie” that he, Alan Emtage, and Bill Heelan had put together. It is often considered the Internet’s first search engine.

1991 – Paul Lindner posted to comp.unix.misc introducing “The Internet Gopher” a distributed information service. Before the World Wide Web, Gopher was the primary way to find and share documents online.

2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva,Switzerland, powered up on its quest to discover the secrets of particle physics, especially evidence of the Higgs Boson.

2013 – Apple announced two new phones, the iPhone 5S with a fingerprint scanner, and the iPhone 5C a cheaper and colored version of the iPhone 5.

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DTNS 2852 – Because You Might Get This Disease, We Thought You’d Like These Products

Daily Tech News Show / September 9th, 2016

Biotech companies like 23andMe are blazing a trail in personal genomics but what can they really do for you and are there risks? Justin Robert Young and “How To Defeat Your Own Clone … And Other Tips For Surviving The Biotech Revolution” co-author Terry Johnson discuss.

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Today in Tech History – September 9, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 9th, 2016

1940 – In McNutt Hall at Dartmouth College, George Stibitz demonstrated the first remote operation of a computer. He connected to his Complex Number Generator at Bell labs by telephone using 28-wire teletype cable.

1947 – While troubleshooting the Harvard University Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator, operators found a moth trapped between the points of relay #70 in Panel F. They affixed the bug to the log and wrote “First actual case of bug being found.” While this was not the first use of the term ’bug’ for a computer problem, ‘debugging’ became popular for fixing bugs after this case.

1995 – The Sony PlayStation went on sale in North America.

1999 – The Sega Dreamcast debuted in North America. However many were distracted by the supposed 9/9/99 bug that ended up being just as much of a non-problem as the Y2K bug.

2014 – Apple announced the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6+ along with Apple Pay, a system that used NFC for payments. The company also unveiled the Apple Watch.

2015 – Apple announced a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, a new Apple TV with a hard drive and remote with a touchpad and the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus with force touch capability.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 9, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 9th, 2016

Airbnb makes changes to address discrimination, the FCC is all about apps, and burrito drones.

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DTNS 2851 – Sky Chipotle and the Burrito Bowl of Tomorrow

Daily Tech News Show / September 8th, 2016

Is data a tangible or intangible asset? Scott Moulton joins Justin Robert Young to examine the answer and why it matters.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 8, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 8th, 2016

New PS4s, HP Enterprise and Intel spinoffs, and oh yeah the iPhone.

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Today in Tech History – September 8, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 8th, 2016

1930 – The first roll of waterproof, transparent, pressure-sensitive tape was sold. Its brand name “Scotch” has become synonymous with cellophane tape.

1966 – The TV show Star Trek made its network television debut with the episode “The Man Trap”. Star Trek would have a profound influence on future technology thought and design.

2004 – NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-landed when its parachute failed to open.

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DTNS 2850 – One less thing…

Daily Tech News Show / September 7th, 2016

Apple pulls the wraps off the much anticipated iPhone 7 and Apple Watch series 2. Plus Super Mario is making way the Apple Store! Scott Johnson is joined by Peter Wells and Loyd Case to discuss the highs and lows of the event.

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Today in Tech History – September 7, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / September 7th, 2016

1927 – The first fully electronic television system was demonstrated by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in San Francisco.

1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, ESPN, made its debut. It would become one of the main drivers of cable TV adoption and one of the main factors in the switch to Internet television.

1981 – The first large parallel processing computer, ILLIAC IV, ended its nearly decade-long life at the University of Illinois.

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Daily Tech Headlines – September 7, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / September 7th, 2016

ITT Tech shuts down, Microsoft gets a little Slack, and Volvo and Autoliv team up.

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