MASH TV Show

1983 – The last episode of M*A*S*H – Goodbye, Farewell and Amen aired to a record 125 million viewers (estimate). It became the most watched television episode in the US – where it stays today. Some even speculate this will never get bumped off due to Over the Top Television options like Hulu Plus and Netflix where people can choose to watch it later.

Still, the number of viewers was almost half the US population in 1999.

Feb 29, 2012 – The Raspberry Pi was released after 3 years of R&D.

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* PeopleSoft reorganizes

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Hasselblad Moto Mod

I was a big fan of the Lenovo Moto Z with projector Moto Mod. I felt it added something to a phone any business person would want. However, with the Hasselblad camera attachment, it doesn’t go where I would want a camera phone to go.

I took this phone to 3 major events for one job – to take photos and video. All three events I switched to my DSLR and iPhone because of how the overall performance was.

HasselBlad Moto Mod on Lenovo Moto Z

The first issue I had with the phone was simply the power that was behind it. The Moto Z was not as responsive as I wanted it to be. If you had to reboot the device, it simply goes through two videos introductions before the phone finally powered on. The phone had a hard time recognizing the mod at some points.

There were times I needed the camera to be ready for a once in a lifetime shot. It simply wasn’t.

HasselBlad was a Battery Drain

This was the most disappointing part of the mod. I charged it up overnight, then put it in my bag. A few hours later when I was ready to use it, the battery was dead. There is no extra battery on the camera to help it stay charged. It simply wasn’t there for the shots.

Not Even RAW Photos and Optical Zoom Could Save it

The camera does shoot RAW photos. 4000×2992 at 1.70 MB for a daytime photo. Using the zoom and light issues could change size. Still, these functions didn’t help the camera if I had a hard time trying to get the camera ready to start with.

I love any camera that has optical zoom. Digital zoom adds a pixelated grain. The iPhone 7 does a good job in adjusting that, but the Moto Z Android 7.0 was not handling anything on the photo well.

The Price is too High

The Mod itself costs $249.99. I can actually find a point-and-shoot with Android OS for less. The Sony DSC-QX100 was a zoomable lens attachment for iPhone that connected via Bluetooth. It worked way better than the Hasselblad

Overall – Not Worth It

I hate to give negative reviews, but this mod is really not worth it. It actually gives Hasselblad a bad name. The other mods in the series seem to fit the phone better. If you decide to get this mod, make sure you have the Lenovo Moto Z Force Droid or another device that has better processing and memory.

Thanks to Verizon Wireless for the review model.

 

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February 27, 1998: Apple Newton is discontinued

1998 – After Steve Jobs takes the role of Acting CEO (After the firing of Gil Amelio) he decides to trim some of the product fat. In result, the Apple Newton – it’s attempt at a PDA – was officially discontinued after 5 years.  But not all was lost off this, for the mobile applications got shifted into their other Mac OS technologies. Cyberdog and OpenDOC were two other Apple programs that were discontinued after Jobs took the helm again.

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* Netscape makes their source Code available

* Google relaunches Jotspot

In this podcast (http://www.radiofreehpc.com/audio/RF-HPC_Episodes/Episode134/RFHPC134BlockchainStorage.mp3), Radio Free HPC looks at a Startup called Storj (https://storj.io/), which will pay you to use your excess data capacity as cloud-based storage based on Blockchain technology."Our mission is to rethink cloud storage, to provide the security, privacy, and transparency it’s missing. That's why we are building an open-source cloud platform, that aim to fundamentally change the way people and devices own data."Download the MP3 (http://www.radiofreehpc.com/audio/RF-HPC_Episodes/Episode134/RFHPC134BlockchainStorage.mp3) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://bit.ly/WgEZzd) * RSS Feed (http://bit.ly/QXKy3V)(http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadioFreeHpcPodcast/~4/IdgZ_r99dLc)

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Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic

Hosts & Guests

* Stuart Clark

* Derek Silva

Topics

* Cineplex Entertainment encourages password changes following thefts on popular websites

* http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/02/24/cineplex-entertainment-passwords-change-cloudflare-security-breach/ (http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/02/24/cineplex-entertainment-passwords-change-cloudflare-security-breach/)

* Mobile World Congress this week

* Nokia 3310 is back – and it even has Snake

* https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/26/nokia-3310-is-back-and-it-even-has-snake (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/26/nokia-3310-is-back-and-it-even-has-snake)

* https://www.techook.com/news/nokia-hmd-global-takes-the-wraps-off-the-3310-makes-nokia-6-global-and-introduces-the-3-and-nokia-5/ (https://www.techook.com/news/nokia-hmd-global-takes-the-wraps-off-the-3310-makes-nokia-6-global-and-introduces-the-3-and-nokia-5/)

* http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/hmd-unveils-smartphones-redesign-of-nokia-3310-in-bid-to-attract-consumers/article34138265/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/hmd-unveils-smartphones-redesign-of-nokia-3310-in-bid-to-attract-consumers/article34138265/)

* BlackBerry officially reveals its next TCL-manufactured Android smartphone, the ‘KEYone’

* http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/02/25/blackberry-keyone-mercury-android-canada/ (http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/02/25/blackberry-keyone-mercury-android-canada/)

* http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/02/25/blackberry-keyone-registration-canada/ (http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/02/25/blackberry-keyone-registration-canada/)

* Mossberg: TV is changing, but not fast enough

* http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/22/14693300/mossberg-tv-is-changing-but-not-fast-enough (http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/22/14693300/mossberg-tv-is-changing-but-not-fast-enough)

* Instagram now lets users add up to 10 photos or videos into one post to share more complete ‘experience’

* http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/personal-tech/instagram-now-lets-users-add-up-to-10-photos-or-videos-into-one-post-to-share-more-complete-experience (http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/personal-tech/instagram-now-lets-users-add-up-to-10-photos-or-videos-into-one-post-to-share-more-complete-experience)

* Canadian space company makes $3 billion bet on satellite imagery market

* http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/canadian-space-company-makes-3-billion-bet-on-satellite-imagery-market (http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/canadian-space-company-makes-3-billion-bet-on-satellite-imagery-market)

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Intel Pentium III

1999 – Intel introduces the Pentium III processor. This is based on the sixth generation P6 microarchetecture. The 32-bit x86 “Katmai” (code-name) had a 250 nanometer core, added 2 million more transistors (9.5 million total), improved the L1 cache and followed the cartridge architecture of the Pentium II.

Pentium III processors included Coppermine in 2000, and Tualatin in 2001. Processor speeds went from 450 MHz to 1.4 GHz with a 100-133 front side bus. It also ran IA-32, MMX and SSE instruction sets.

The processor was ultimately was replaced with the Pentium 4 in 2000.

Editors note: This was first thought to be an event on Feb 10, 1999 but proven incorrect. We have made necessary changes with the correct date. 

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* 3Com announces they will acquire US Robotics

* WorldWideWeb is born

* Yahoo launches Buzz

Facebook

2014 – After several attempts to get people onto their own @facebook.com email system, Facebook throws in the proverbial towel. They issue a statement announcing their email service will be discontinued by March.

The email service was implemented in November 15, 2010. It was part of their messaging campaign and a rival to Gmail, Yahoo mail and Outlook. Alas, they were not able to ween enough of those off the other free services. Add to it a lack of updates and Facebook trying to hide other email addresses which brought enough complaints already.

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* IBM releases Object REXX

* Macbook Pro with Multitouch trackpad

Ruby Programming Language

1993 – Yukihiro Matsumoto posts to a ruby-talk mailing list about building the language. His post stated the following:

I was talking with my colleague about the possibility of an object-oriented scripting language. I knew Perl (Perl4, not Perl5), but I didn’t like it really, because it had the smell of a toy language (it still has). The object-oriented language seemed very promising. I knew Python then. But I didn’t like it, because I didn’t think it was a true object-oriented language — OO features appeared to be add-on to the language. As a language maniac and OO fan for 15 years, I really wanted a genuine object-oriented, easy-to-use scripting language. I looked for but couldn’t find one. So I decided to make it.

Ruby was chosen way before the project begun. It didn’t really have significance to the project – just a name.

The first public release of Ruby happened on December 21, 1995 with version .95. Ruby is a cross-platform language influenced by Perl, Python and other code. It continues to be a major programming language – version 2.2.0 is the latest (Dec 25, 2014).

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* Borland unveils the Delphi Development Tool

* EA acquires Dreamworks

* Google sells Clearwire for $47 million

Hasbro Interactive

1998 – After a merger with JTS (Jugi Tandon Storage) in 1996, Atari couldn’t keep afloat. Their new Jaguar gaming system was not selling and losses were mounting. Therefore, JTS sold all Atari intellectual properties to Hasbro Interactive for $5 million.

The only item not sold was the Atari name, for that was owned by THQ.

Hasbro held the rights until 2001 when they sold Hasbro Interactive (and all assets) to Infogrames. Hasbro bought back Atari in 2005 for $65 million. This included games like Dungeons and Dragons, Monopoly, Scrabble, Battleship, the Game of Life, Clue, Risk, Candyland and many other games.

JTS eventually went bankrupt.

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* Texas Instruments recalls the TI-99/4a for a short in the system

* Comcast OnDemand is launched

“Hey, Apollo – Houston, this is Apollo 10. Look, I know you ran some studies, but by golly, we can see Snoopy, and he isn’t too far away! He’s catching up with us. Can you talk to the FIDOS? He’s right down below us. We can occasionally see him tumbling end-over-end down below there, and he’s coming in closer each pass. That’s Snoopy’s descent stage. We can see him right down below us now, and he’s right – I thought he was a little out-of-plane, but now he’s looking more in-plane with us.” Tom Stafford Apollo 10

Relative Orbits of the Command Module and the Descent Stage

Cernan, Stafford & Young arrive on the Carrier USS Princeton

Apollo 10 Command Module at the Science Museum in London