Two Guys Tech Podcast Show 056: Mercurial Tech

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May 20, 2009 Show 056: Mercurial Tech

Computer History
May 21 1952 - IBM Announces Model 701, "Defense Calculator."
May 22 1973 - Xerox Researcher Proposes "Ethernet."
May 23 1994 - Java development begins in earnest
May 24 1961 - MIT's Clark Begins Work on LINC Computer
May 25 1994 - First International World Wide Web Conference
May 26 1995 - Gates Declares Internet "Most Important Single Development"

The computer history segment is brought to you by The Computer history Museum, where computing history lives. Visit them at  computerhistory.org .

Fake Commercial
SneekKleeks Pub from Sci Fi Surplus

New and Interesting
- Opt in for the Starcraft 2 Beta which should happen in the coming months (Starcraft 2 site)
- EU Slaps Intel
- Microsoft Breaks their own responsible disclosure practices.
- Google struck with major outages . - Reminds everyone how much the depend on Google.
- WolframAlpha ? New Search Engine? They describe it as "the ultimate computational knowledge engine"
- Coldplay releases a free downloadable album
- U.S. Trustee Moves to Convert SCO Bankruptcy to Chapter 7
- Blocked Ads, Clean Conscience
- FTC finally cracking down on the car warranty robocalls after Senator Schumer received one.
 
Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo
The Failed Cities Monolouges by Matt Wallace
Sigularity by Bill DeSmedt

The Segmentish Type Thing
Stellarium

"Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go." from http://www.stellarium.org/

Also see CalSky.

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