| Scientist, Entrepreneur, and Pioneering Sound Engineer Ray Dolby Is Dead
Dr. Ray Dolby, founder and guiding force behind Dolby Laboratories from 1965 to 2009, died on Thursday at his home in San Francisco, CA, according to an announcement by the company. He was 80. The exact circumstances of Dolby’s death were not included in the announcement, but he lived with Alzheimer’s disease for several years and was diagnosed with acute Leukemia in July of this year. During those 80 years of life, he amassed a fortune of approximately $2.9 billion dollars, was awarded more than 50 U.S. Patents, and fundamentally changed how we watch and listen to media in the modern world.
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| The Drill Down 292: Future Watch
This week, Edward Snowden strikes again, this time with the U.S. spy “Black Budget,” a new Kindle, Samsung‘s watch, Microsoft buys Nokia, Tosin’s Pax Prime experience, and more…
...continue reading » Tags: AT&T, DEA, Edward Snowden, FISA, Galaxy Gear, Google, Kindle, Microsoft, National Security Agency, Nokia, NSA, PAX, PAX Prime, Penny Arcade, Samsung, Smart Watch, Spotify, Windows Phone | |
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| The Drill Down 291: The Hero Gotham Deserves
This week, it’s cyberwar, as Syrian hackers attack the NYT, Steve Ballmer‘s out at Microsoft, Google takes design of the self-driving car into its own hands, Kevin Spacey dresses down traditional media, and the internet goes into a tizzy over casting the next Batman.
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| Watch Walt’s Recording From ‘Breaking Bad’ Episode 5.11
During last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, titled “Confessions,” Hank and Marie go to meet Walt and Skylar at a restaurant to discuss some recent revelations. When it appears that Hank will not back down from his accusations about Walt being the drug kingpin Heisenberg, Walt goes with what he feels is his only option: He records a video confession and gives it to Hank. What happens next is a real shock to Hank and Marie. AMC has released a video of this most talked about scene from “Confessions,” which includes the entire confession scene. Watch it here below, along with two behind-the-scenes featurettes from the episode. Obviously, if you haven’t seen the episode, then… SPOILERS.
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| The Drill Down 290: Chilling Effects
This week, the man behind the biggest black market on the dark web, the biggest crowdfunding campaign ever, Mark Zuckerberg wants to give the entire world internet access, the iPhone in gold?, the Tesla Model S beats all safety records, our ongoing NSA surveillance coverage, and more…
...continue reading » Tags: Alan Rusbridger, BitCoin, Black Market, Bradley Manning, Canonical, censorship, corporate seppuku, David Miranda, Dread Pirate Roberts, Edward Snowden, Glen Greenwald, Groklaw, iPhone, iPhone 5S, iTunes Radio, Mark Zuckerberg, National Security Agency, NSA, open source, Privacy, Silk Road, smartphone, Surveillance, Tesla, Tesla Model S, The Guardian, Ubuntu Edge, WikiLeaks | |
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