Tech News Today 793: Baby Browsing eBay

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 11th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Can Moto X minimize bloatware and be a hit? Is the Nokia’s Lumia 1020 just for photographers? Microsoft’s reorg is slashing departments, and more.

Guest: Sannon Morse

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Running time:: 0:50:32

Tech History Today – July 11, 2013

Today in Tech History / July 11th, 2013

In 1976 – K&E produced its last slide rule, which it presented to the Smithsonian Institution. While slide rules continue to be made, especially for marine and aviation uses, K&E had been the dominant manufacturer, and this signaled the end of an era, and the rise of the electronic calculator.

In 1979 – The US space station Skylab returned to Earth scattering debris over the Indian ocean and Western Australia.

In 2008 – Apple’s second phone, the iPhone 3G went on sale, featuring 3G data connectivity.

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Tech News Today 792: Yelp is on the Way

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 10th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Can we throw enough money at Tizen to make it attractive to devs? Yelp’s rolling out food delivery, Apple’s testing out slo-mo video, and more.

Guest: Ron Richards

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Running time:: 0:48:13

S&L Podcast – #136 – Nerdtacular 2013!

Shows/ Sword and Laser / July 10th, 2013

We record an episode live in front of an audience of awesome folks from at Nerdtacular 2013.  Since we’re still just getting into Ringworld, we save more substantive discussion of that for later this month and talk about what else we’re reading.  get ready to enlarge your reading lists because we had some amazing suggestions from the audience! 

 QUICK BURNS

Help Seattle to name a park after Octavia Butler
You Can Explore Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley on Street View Now

Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named After Him

CALENDAR

BOOK CHECK-IN – What else we’re reading!

Veronica

Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis

Tom

Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton
Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey

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Tech History Today – July 10, 2013

Today in Tech History / July 10th, 2013

In 1856 – Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Lika, Croatia, which was then part of the Austro-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.

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Tech News Today 791: Dot Whatever

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 9th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Do we need top level domains for cities? Executive musical chairs at Barnes and Noble, Nintendo partners aren’t happy with the Wii U, and more.

Guest: Scott Johnson

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Running time:: 0:51:55

Tech History Today – July 9, 2013

Today in Tech History / July 9th, 2013

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.

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Tech News Today 790: Vine is Fine

Shows/ Tech News Today / July 8th, 2013

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Who will buy Hulu? Shazam’s taking over latin america, tech workers are really young, and more.

Guest: Nicole Lee

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Running time:: 0:47:33