Today in Tech History – September 2, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1859 – A unique combination of solar events including a magnetic explosion severely affected the young telegraph network in North America and Europe. Wires shorted out, fires started and some machines reportedly worked even when disconnected from batteries.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/23oct_superstorm/

1997 – IBM announced that its RS/6000 SP model parallel supercomputer, was now 58 percent faster than Deep Blue, the computer that beat Kasparov at chess.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IBM+Makes+RS%2F6000+SP+Even+Faster%3B+Performance+Gains+Announced+for…-a019735249

2001 – At ECTS in London, Blizzard announced an online RPG version of its popular Warcraft franchise, called “World of Warcraft”.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ects-2001-world-of-warcraft-announced/1100-2810134/

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DTNS 3108 – Can I Pay With a Smile?

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comWhy every major tech company is turning to original content, plus pay by smile at a high-end KFC in China and Facebook knows where everyone lives.
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Daily Tech Headlines – September 1, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Microsoft has a date for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Apple has a date for an event that likely will introduce new iPhones and Xiaomi has a date to kill all bezels.

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Today in Tech History – September 1, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1902 -Georges Méliès’ film Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) debuted in France. It is often considered the first real science fiction film.
http://www.euronews.com/2011/08/31/back-in-the-day-the-dawn-of-science-fiction
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1994 – The United States Library of Congress held the first of several meetings to plan the conversion of its materials to digital form and make them accessible by computer networks.

http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/September/1/

1996 – Apple released its Pippin game console in the US. The idea was to provide an inexpensive game-focused computer. Apple licensed third parties like Bandai to make Pippin consoles.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100527212315/http://web.mac.com/sebangulo/Pippin/About_the_Pippin.html

2008 – Google launched its Web browser called Google Chrome.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html

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DTNS 3107 – Time to Get Fit, Time to Get Smart

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comHot new phones from LG, Sony and even Motorola. Wearables refocus on fitness, but is that what we want? And the world’s first and largest drone delivery company expands to a new country.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Allison Sheridan.

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Daily Tech Headlines – August 31, 2017

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500LG finally unveils its new flagship phone, Zipline becomes the biggest drone delivery service int he world, and everybody has new wearables.

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Today in Tech History – August 31, 2017

Today in Tech History logo1897 – Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera, the forerunner of the motion picture film projector.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug31.html

1994 – Stockholders approved the merger of Aldus Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. It united the two driving forces behind desktop publishing software. Aldus Pagemaker became Adobe Pagemaker.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/01/business/company-news-adobe-and-aldus-stockholders-approve-merger.html

1997 – The developer release of Apple’s new OS, code name Grail1Z4 / Titan1U was released. It was known formally as Rhapsody and would evolve into OS X.

http://www.rhapsodyos.org/misc/rhap_timeline/Rhapsody_Timeline_1.html

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DTNS 3106 – Don’t Brick My Heart

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comCortana teams up with Alexa, iPhone may dump the home button and an inconcenient pacemaker firmware upgrade.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 185

Rick and Morty (306), Game of Thrones (707), Firefly (Our Mrs. Reynolds), Summer Movie Draft. 

01:03 – Summer Movie Draft
03:57 – Triage (Your emails to cordkillers@gmail.com)
05:49 – Rick and Morty (306)
11:44 – Game of Thrones (707)
25:56 – Firefly (Our Mrs. Reynolds)

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