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2015
03.25

Show Links March 25, 2015

Top Story

Now Algorithms Are Deciding Whom To Hire, Based On Voice

Other News

The X-Files is coming back to television

THANKS TO GOOGLE, TV ADS ARE ABOUT TO START WATCHING YOU

Try Buy or Fry

Blackphone 2 (privacy cell phone)

SodaStream is making a new machine that can carbonate basically anything

Swifty Teaches You to Code in Swift on Your iPhone or iPad

Weird Science

EARTH’S MOST POWERFUL PHYSICS MACHINE GETS BACK IN ACTION

NASA’s Opportunity rover just completed an 11-year marathon on Mars

Plugging a 1986 Mac Plus into the modern Web

First (Contraband) Corned Beef Sandwich in Space 50 Years Ago

2015
03.18

Show Links March 18

Top Story

Apple Rumored to be developing cord-cutter TV service

WSJ: Apple plans 25-ish channel TV service with backing from ABC, CBS, Fox
This would be a good chance to talk about cord-cutting as a topic

Other News

Wired: NO, REALLY, THE PC IS DYING AND IT’S NOT COMING BACK

T-Mobile guarantees it will never raise the price of your rate plan

THE DARK WEB’S TOP DRUG MARKET, EVOLUTION, JUST VANISHED

Try Buy or Fry

Taco Bell unveils its first shipping container store at SXSW

HP Stream Mini Review: A Deceptively Capable Tiny Desktop for Just $180

TILE TRACKING TAGS

Weird Science

Beyond the paleo: new trendy diets from science

Here’s What Could Happen If Antarctica’s Ice Is Melting From Below

New tech could double wireless data capacity

The first spacewalk was 50 years ago and was almost a disaster

2015
03.11

Show Links 3-14-2015

Top Story

Apple Watch and New MacBook

Hands-on with the Retina MacBook: One-port wonder
Retina display, single port (usb type C), dongles, force trackpad, butterfly keys (instead of scissor), stacked batteries

Apple Watch release date, price and features

Other News

Apple patches FREAK vulnerability on Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite

Apple quietly extends iPhone 5 battery replacement program into 2016

Google officially announces Android 5.1

Gigaom ceases operation

SXSW interactive March 13-17

Try Buy or Fry

Collapsible Magnetic ‘TextBlade’ Keyboard for iOS Devices

MEERKAT App for streaming video

BONDIC LIQUID PLASTIC WELDER

Weird Science

Scientists prepare to wake Philae lander from its deep sleep in the shadows of comet 67P

NASA Has Halted Curiosity’s Work to Investigate a Short Circuit 

Step Aside, Rockets – Ion Engines Are the Future of Space Travel

Intel: Moore’s Law will continue through 7nm chips

Stephen Hawking Says Humanity Won’t Survive Without Leaving Earth

2015
03.04

March 4, 2015 Show Links

Here’s what we’ll talking about tonight:

Top Story

WELCOME TO THE NEW WIRED

Responsive design

Other News

One year later, we’re no closer to finding MtGox’s missing millions

Rumor Suggests 12-Inch Retina MacBook Air Could Launch During March 9 Apple Watch Event

“FREAK” flaw in Android and Apple devices cripples HTTPS crypto protection

Android Lollipop won’t use default disk encryption due to performance issues

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links

The unstoppable rise of mobile gaming

Try Buy or Fry

Microsoft’s new foldable keyboard is designed for any mobile device

SanDisk Unveils the World’s Highest Capacity microSD™ Card

Air Drive Mounts Your Android Device Wirelessly as a Drive Letter

Bjork’s next music video will be available for Oculus Rift – It’s for her song “Stonemilker”

Weird Science

NASA Has Halted Curiosity’s Work to Investigate a Short Circuit 

Does the Sun Have a Heart of Dark Matter?

Intel: Moore’s Law will continue through 7nm chips

Stephen Hawking Says Humanity Won’t Survive Without Leaving Earth

2015
02.11

Nasa Probe Returns Clear View of Dwarf Planet Ceres

naked_dwarf

You can read more about it at: Discovery News

2014
12.18

Podcast for December 17, 2014

2014
12.10

What time is it? Krampus Time!!

2014
08.07

What is the future for Technology Bytes?

As many of you may know, KPFT just had a fund drive and we had 2 episodes of fundraising for Technology Bytes. We were not able to make our goal on either night and we barely made half of the goal on the second night. In 4 of the past 5 fundraising episodes of Technology Bytes we have fallen short of our goal.

I am growing more and more concerned that we do not have enough of an audience or enough support to continue to be worthy of a 2 hour primetime weeknight slot on KPFT. Our fundraising goals add up to pretty much what it costs KPFT to have the show on the air – when we don’t make the goals it means some other show is paying our way. It can’t be lost on station management when Technology Bytes can’t raise enough to cover its own airtime. They have been nothing but supportive of the show over the years and it is painful when the show doesn’t live up to that support.

So where do we go from here? Is there something we need to change about the show? Something that we are doing (or not doing) that prevents our listeners from supporting the show? It isn’t a passing comment when we say during fund drive that meeting our goals is a way that we measure how much you support the program. Is it time that we wind the show down and give up the slot to someone new?

If you want the show to continue and you didn’t pledge recently, you can still support Technology Bytes in the current fund drive by using the tip jar and making sure to note that this is a pledge for Technology Bytes. If you call in during a different show and pledge, I don’t know if it will get credited to Tech Bytes. You can make sure the volunteer notes it down and email us or use the contact form on this site to let us know when you pledged and the amount. I would think that if we raised about $1,000 through these alternate methods that it would show that Technology Bytes can still meet its goals and does have an audience that supports it. It would let us know that the show has something to offer for you. If not, do you really think it is time to bring it to a close?

Peter Hughes
Host, Technology Bytes

2013
12.23

More Christmas Cheer from Geekradio

Here Come Krampus…

Oh, Holy #$%ߦ

The Christmas Classic? – Enjoy! Click the play button below.

2013
12.16

Christmas tunes to get you in the mood for Technology Bytes X-mas Special this Wednesday!

If you “enjoy” our holiday music/guerilla war on Christmas, then at least a few of the songs in this Esquire article will be right up your alley! Many are NSFW, so you might consider earphones.

Esquire: The 30 Best Alternative Holiday Songs

Later in the week we’ll post Here Comes Krampus and Oh, Holy ????? for your X-mas “enjoyment”!