Episode 37 - 6-11-08

$5 G.C. giveaway - New Podcast rig - Playing Out - Job front - Taxes - uStream PC - Bring a Friend to a Podcast Week
On this day: Swiss Army Knife(1897), Clash of the Titans (81), 3Com US Robotics (97)
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This Week in Tech History - 6-09-08

Items talked about this week:
ENIAC
Ruputer
Steve Ballmer Joins MS
Apple Lays off 1200
Jaques Cousteau
IBM is formed
Davy Jones Locker closed
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This week in Tech History - 5-26-08

Historical tech items we talk about:
The tabulating machine
Fire Extinguishers
H-Bomb
First Jukebox
Wang Computers
Steve Jobs
Charles Geschke
Jello
Plasma
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No More Coffee - Bitstrips Friday

I went to my favorite coffee shop today and found it was closed down. I couldn’t believe it… So I wrote a strip about it.

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This Week in Tech History - 5-19-08

Items Discussed:
IBM 701
Star Wars and more Star Wars (movie releases)
First Flights of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart
Atom Bombs
MySQL
ToySmart.com
Disney and Mickey Mouse
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MicrOLPC, MySpace, jDome, 20% Never Sent Email, Car Color Confidence.

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Microsoft OLPC
Prosecute Fake Myspace Profiles
jDome
20% Never sent an email
Car Color Confidence Index
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This Week in Tech History - 5/12/08

Items Discussed this week:
Printing Press
Albert Einstein
George Lucas
Apple
Microsoft
IEEE
AMD
CentOS
Nintendo
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Episode 32 05/07/08

Posting the Show - Computer Fixin - Site redesign - TCT Podcast Guest - Live Show Monday 7PM EST - Need a Job - 
On this day: Millionaire calculating machine patent(1895), Gary Kasparov wins game 4 of 6 vs. IBM Computer (1997), Intel PII releases(1997), Rolling Stone 1000th issue(2006)
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