Skaro sends Coruscant into a trap fit for a sanctuary moon, the Guardians fly high, but Cheyenne’s new acquisitions may hit the road.
DTNS 2544 – Driving Me Up the Firewall
Darren Kitchen and Tom Merritt talk about the best ways car manufacturers can fight attacks on car networks.
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Today in Tech History – July 24, 2015
In 1874 – Woodward and Evans Light filed a patent for “Artificial light by means of electricity” with the Canadian Department of Agriculture. Woodward later sold the patent to Thomas Edison, who patented a different and more successful version of the incandescent lamp in the US.
In 1950 – The Bumper 8, made of a German V-2 missile lower stage and WAC-Corporal upper stage launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was the first launch from what would become the Kennedy Space Center.
In 1969 – Apollo 11 arrived safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first manned mission to land on the Moon.
In 2013 – Google announced the Chromecast, a $35 HDMI stick, powered by USB, that streamed video from the Internet and other devices to a TV.
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S&L Podcast – #223 – Why Station Eleven Is Horror AND Science Fiction
This week we congratulate several more authors on TV deals, one author on getting to write more movie books, and another author on having too many potential movie deals. We also come to the conclusion that Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is all the genres.
DTNS 2543 – Don’t judge an OS by it’s stick
Paul Thurrott, Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt talk about what you need to know to be ready for Windows 10 next week. Plus why eSports just got legit.
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DTNS 2543 – Don’t judge an OS by its stick
Paul Thurrott, Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt talk about what you need to know to be ready for Windows 10 next week. Plus why eSports just got legit.
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Today in Tech History – July 23, 2015
In 1903 – Ford sold its first car to Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago. The two-cylinder Model A was assembled at Mack Avenue Plant in Detroit.
In 1985 – Commodore introduced the Amiga personal computer at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York’s Lincoln Center. Amiga cost $1,295 and shipped with a base configuration of 256K of RAM.
In 1996 – The first commercial HDTV signal was broadcast in North Carolina by WRAL channel 32 operating at 100 kilowatts with an antenna 1,750 feet above the ground. 200 members of the press watched the broadcast at WRAL.
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Week 7 Lines
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DTNS 2542 – Huawei’s On Their Wei Up
Scott Johnson, Justin Young and Tom Merritt kick around Google’s new timeline feature for maps that shows you exactly what it knows about where you live work and travel. Plus the ethics of road-testing car hacks.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 80 – True Detective, Ant Man, The Shield
Movie Draft Update, True Detective (205), Ant Man, The Shield (608)
00:47 – Movie Draft Update
11:42 – True Detective (204)
20:54 – Ant Man
30:56 – The Shield (608)