Tech News Today 824: Retirement! Retirement! Retirement!

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Alex Gumpel

Why Steve Ballmer’s leaving and who will replace him, Amazon testing wireless service, Apple pours more money into maps, and more.

Guests: Lamarr Wilson, Paul Thurrott, and Len Peralta

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Running time:: 0:48:32

TNT 824: Retirement! Retirement! Retirement!

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Alex Gumpel

Why Steve Ballmer’s leaving and who will replace him, Amazon testing wireless service, Apple pours more money into maps, and more.

Guests: Lamarr Wilson, Paul Thurrott, and Len Peralta

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Running time: 48:32

Tech News Today 823: Marissa Say Knock You Out

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Chad Johnson

How the NSA got caught violating US constitution, Ubuntu Edge’s failure is a success, Yahoo beats Google, and more.

Guests: Paul Fidalgo and Greg Sterling

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Running time:: 0:44:53

Tech History Today – August 23, 2013

In 1852 – The first time signals were transmitted by telegraph from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

In 1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.

In 1993 – Nintendo agreed to use Silicon Graphics Inc. technology in a video game player it was developing.

In 2012 – Microsoft unveiled a new logo for the first time in 25 years, opting for simple squares of color and block type with an overlapping ‘f’ and ‘t’.

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TNT 823: Marissa Say Knock You Out

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Chad Johnson

How the NSA got caught violating US constitution, Ubuntu Edge’s failure is a success, Yahoo beats Google, and more.

Guests: Paul Fidalgo and Greg Sterling

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Running time: 44:53

Tech History Today – August 22, 2013

In 1932 – The BBC began public television broadcasts.

In 1955 – The first computer user group, SHARE was founded by users of IBM’s Model 704 computer. The first meeting was held in the basement conference room of the RAND Corporation.

In 2007 – The Storm botnet sent out a record 57 million virus-infected emails.It failed to take down the Internet.

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Tech News Today 822: Are You Ready for Some Graphene?

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Chad Johnson

Zuckerberg’s plan to save the world, Google tries to get NFL rights, Internet of Things gets easier, and more.

Guest: David Spark

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Running time:: 0:43:47