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DTNS 2885 – If It Quacks Like A Duck, Run!

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comMore on the great Dyn DNS Outage, AT+T Officially buys Time Warner, and AirBnb Strikes Back

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DTNS 2884 – The Internet Stops On A Dyn

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comMultiple websites got knocked off the Internet Friday because of a DDoS against Dyn. What’s that even mean? Darren Kitchen explains to Tom Merritt while Len Peralta illustrates.

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DTNS 2883 – Switch Way is Up for Nintendo?

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comNintendo trickles out some info and video about its tablet/console hybrid the Nintendo Switch. Plus Razer puts all the specs in its new gaming laptop. Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt discuss along with Nintendo insights from Patrick Beja.

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DTNS 2882 – Side Lazers!!!!!

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comChina’s LeEco announces everything it can think of in push to sell products in the US and the idea of e-ink keyboards has Scott Johnson. dreaming Tom Merritt tries to wake him.

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DTNS 2881 – VR IS AWESOME!!!! Don’t get it.

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comWhat folks are saying about the Google Pixel phone plus firsthand experience with PlayStation VR from Patrick Beja, Brian Ibbott and Tom Merritt. Is this the VR headset to get? Are any of them?

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DTNS 2880 – Cold Hard Cache

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comTim Cook hopes Apple can be the catalyst to a cashless society? Do we really want to replace cash with digital? Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt discuss that plus a way to let you feel your robotic arm, and why Tesla should just drop the word autopilot.

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DTNS 2879 – IoT SSH SOS SOL

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.com Are IoT devices the new backdoor for cyber attacks, criminals and miscreants ? Shannon Morse joins Scott Johnson  to discuss.

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DTNS 2878 – Asgardian Space Pirates

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comSamsung is only the latest company bitten by the volatile nature of lithium ion batteries. Could hydrogen fuel cells bring us stable, longer-lasting power? Maybe, maybe not. Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt discuss why.

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DTNS 2877 – I Put on My Robe and VR Hat

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comNolan Bushnell is behind a company that wants to sell football field size VR to the enterprise. Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson discuss that and whether they want to pay $4 to quote lyrics to their Amazon Echos.

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DTNS 2876 – The French Connect Things

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comCan we use the Internet of Things to make our cities smarter? Laetitia Gazel Anthoine joins to explain. Plus Tom Merritt and Patrick Beja discuss the fallout from Samsung abandoning the Samsung note 7.

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