Wide World of Tech

October 19, 2018

Wide World of Tech #35 - Getting Promoted

Welcome
Tech News
- CVS/Aetna
- Google+
Sports News
- NFL - Drew!!!
- MLB - Playoffs
- NHL - Records
Big Bet
- Who will be in the World Series?
Big Topic
- Factors getting promoted
This week/day in tech history
- 10/10/1980: Pac Man comes to arcades in the US
- 10/8/1982: Mortal Kombat comes to US arcades
- 10/7/1952: Barcode tech patented
- 10/3/1950: The transistor was patented
- 10/2/1955: ENIAC retired
Final Word

September 20, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- Walmart out of stock
- Data ownership
Sports News
- MLB -Cal's record
- NFL - New Campaign
- NCAA - New Season
Big Bet
- Who will win the CFB National Championship?
Big Topic
- VMWorld Recap 2018 & James News
This week/day in tech history
- 9/4/1956: 1st commercial hard drive - IBM 350 Disk Storage Unit Model 1
- 9/3/1995: eBay founded
- 9/2/1993: 1st search engine (W3Catalog)
- 8/29/1831: Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction
- 8/25/1991: birth of linux
Final Word

August 30, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- No more college requirements
- Ratings evereywhere
- AmazonHQ2 updated
Sports News
- NCAA -Urban
- Golf- Tiger vs. Phil
- LLWS - Fun times!
Big Bet
- Who will win the LLWS?
Big Topic
- Gina & Kong going to VMWorld 2018
This week/day in tech history
- August 22, 1987: The Legend of Zelda released
- August 19, 2004: Google IPO
Final Word

August 27, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- Ican getting into the Dell game
- Musk looking for cash
Sports News
- NFL -Ramsey calling out QBs
- Surfing -WHAT A WAVE!
Big Bet
- How many people with be at vBreakfast?
Big Topic
- Gina's readout from Defcon
This week/day in tech history
- 8/18/1947: HP Incorporated
- 8/17/1982: 1st CD press
- 8/16/1995: IE introduced
- 8/14/2006: Dell Hell
Final Word

August 17, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
Sports News
- NFL -Preseaon and "Grumpy Rodgers"
- NCAAB -New rules
Big Bet
- Update on VMWorld bet
Big Topic
- The idea of free information is extremely dangerous
This week/day in tech history
- August 8th, 1980 -Project Chess, aka the 1st IBM Personal computer, is approved
- August 3rd, 1977 - Radio shack introduces the TRS-80
Final Word

August 7, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- Slack buys HipChat
Sports News
- NBA -Labron opens a school
- NCAA -Ohio State troubles
Kong's big announcement
- Wait, what?
Big Topic
- Techies, tech, and social responsibilities
This week/day in tech history
- 8/1/1981: MTV debuts
- 7/31/1971: 1st man drives on the moon.
- 7/30/1979: Apple Lisa is born
- 7/29/1914: 1st transcontinental phone call
- 7/28/1981: 1st Apple desktop computer
Final Word

August 2, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
Sports News
- Tour de France
- Football update
Placing Bets
- Who will win the Hall of Fame game?
Big Topic
- Voting Machines
This week/day in tech history
- July 24, 1950: 1st rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
- July 23, 1903: 1st Ford Model A sold
- July 22, 1980: Microsoft - IBM alliance is born (aka history of DOS aka “birth of the unholy alliance”
Final Word

July 26, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- Amazon down during Prime Day
- Google Cloud down
Sports News
- NBA -trades/free agency
- MLB -homerun derby/all-star game/Mike Trout PR
Placing Bets
- VMWorld Musical Act
Big Topic
- Other's Privacy
This week/day in tech history
- July 18, 1968: Intel founded
- July 17, 1970: Magnavox “Brown Box” Demo’d
- July 17, 1850: First star photographed
- July 18. 1990: Final Fantasy released (the first one)
Final Word

July 19, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- AT&T buying AlienVault
- Broadcom buying CA
Sports News
- World Cup -WoW!!!
- MLB -boys of summer/All-Star game/Home Run derby
- NCAA Football -missing NCAA football video game :-(
Placing Bets
- Croatia vs France
Big Topic
- Social Connections
This week/day in tech history
- July 9, 1982: Tron released
- July 7, 1994: I3enc (aka MP3) released
- July 10, 1962: Telstar satellite launched
Final Word

July 13, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- Hackers compromised Gentoo Linux GitHub Page
- Exactis
Sports News
- NBA -Free Agency
- World Cup -Bracket Play
- College Baseball -Finals
Placing Bets
- NBA Rookie of the Year
Big Topic
- Google is officially warning its employees that its internal bulletin boards are not a free-for-all for nasty, negative, damaging posts
This week/day in tech history
- June 27, 1972: Atari founded
- June 26, 1974: UPC used at a grocery story for the first time
- June 21, 1981: Microsoft founded
- June 23, 1886: QUERTY typewriter patented
Final Word