Author Archive
Apr
24
The Weekly Spin 100-April 23, 2011
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Rise in Online Classes Flares Debate About Quality
Dish buys Blockbuster for $320 million
Apple buys 12 petabytes of video storage for iTunes
Lion’s iChat adds web page sharing to iChat Theater
iPhone 5 rumors: what to expect
Justice Dept. to Congress: Don’t Saddle 4th Amendment on Us
Windows 8 Secrets: Internet Explorer Immersive
Google to Revamp YouTube With ‘Channels
RIP Google Video: Download Your Videos by May 13 or They’re Gone Forever
Facebook ‘open sources’ custom server and data center designs
Meet the senator blocking Big Content’s Web censorship plan
Adobe debuts Creative Suite 5.5, new Photoshop Touch SDK
Kindle now available for $114;with on-screen ads
CISCO KILLS THE FLIP CAMERA
Apple previews new $299 64-bit Final Cut Pro X to arrive in June
In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge
MagicJack Loses Some of Its Money-Making Mojo
Samsung sells HDD division to Seagate for $1.375 billion
Top Federal Lab Hacked in Spear-Phishing Attack
GameFly wins in USPS dispute
Next-generation Mac Pro rumored to feature rack mount, stackable drives
Apple Is Ready to Launch iTunes in the Cloud
Yahoo Board May Be Willing To Sell The Company
Amazon Malfunction Raises Doubts About Cloud Computing
‘Doctor Who’ U.S. Premiere Will Not Be Delayed
Apple’s iPhones and Google’s Androids Send Cellphone Location
iPhone Location File Not New, Not Secret – And it has Been Used By Law Enforcement for Some Time
iPad, iPhone users can protect themselves from disclosing location information
Amazon to Launch Library Lending Program for Kindle Books
No, iPhone location tracking isn’t harmless and here’s why
No, iPhone location tracking isn’t harmless and here’s why
North Carolina cities mobilize against anti-muni broadband bill
Ride the Firefox development wave with Aurora pre-release builds
DoJ, FBI set up command-and-control servers, take down botnet
Unity environment in good shape, on track for Ubuntu 11.04
Safari to join “Do Not Track” crowd, leaving Google behind
YouTube sending repeat infringers to copyright school
Campus copyright: publishers sue over university “e-reserves”
Apr
10
Episode 100 Delayed for 2 Weeks
Due to scheduling conflicts and Plaz traveling we will not be releasing episode 100 for 2 weeks meaning it will come out Sunday April 24th! We don’t want to rush this episode and think it is best to hold off to make sure we have all the time we need.
Apr
03
The Weekly Spin 99- April 3, 2011
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AT&T Will Cap Internet Use, Charge Overage Fees Starting In May
TSA Admits Bungling of Airport Body Scanner Radiation Tests
Visa lets people use plastic to pay one another
New .XXX Domain Approved for Porn Sites
YouTube – Innovation Gallery, Creating Federal Register 2.0
Internet explodes with snark, anger, despair over T-Mobile’s sale
Oh, Please — OF COURSE Verizon Wants Sprint
Quake in Japan Broke a Link in Global Supply Chain
Apple Sues Amazon Over Term ‘App Store’
Firefox 4 Has Arrived
Google and Sprint team up for deep Voice integration
As Phones Become Mobile Wallets, Businesses Want a Share
GameFly to USPS: higher postage than Netflix costs us $730K per month
Android openness withering as Google withholds Honeycomb code
Android apps on PlayBook tablet could be a mixed bag for platform
Motorola reportedly building new HTML-powered mobile platform
Amazon Appstore for Android surpasses Google in places
Hard drive search warrants: should there be any limits?
Mar
27
No Episode This Week- 3/27/11
There will not be an episode of The Weekly Spin this week, because Plaz is traveling back to MIT after Spring Break! We will be back next weekend with episode 99!
Mar
20
No Episode This Week- 3/20
There will be no episode this week because Mike is traveling back from LA. We will return next week 3/27 for episode 99!
Mar
13
The Weekly Spin 98-March 13, 2011
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Rumor: Apple to hold iOS 5 and MobileMe media event in April
Wireless Industry Group Says All Those Overages Are Actually Saving Us Money
Apple attempts to childproof its devices and apps
Twitter tells third-party devs to stop making Twitter client apps
Judge denies request to throw out order seeking WikiLeaks Twitter records
Son of ACTA: meet the next secret copyright treaty
Admit it, data hogs: you know you should pay more
webOS coming to the PC!
Chrome 10 brings Flash sandboxing and new settings UI
Mar
06
The Weekly Spin 97-March 6, 2011
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Apple iPad 2: What You Need to Know
Apple to Launch iMovie and GarageBand for iPad on March 11th
Internet security: A sense of false security
14-year old child pornographers? Sexting lawsuits get serious
Comcast’s Internet Television Strategy
Financial Times Digs Gold Out of Data
New music industry plan: halt flow of money to pirate music sites
DoJ looking into possible anti-WebM moves by MPEG LA
Illegal TV streamers, here’s how the feds will hunt you down
Hong Kong Company Moves Swiftly on Ultrafast Broadband
Japanese Phone Makers Look to Ride Android’s Surge
Republicans: No compromise possible on net neutrality
Feb
27
The Weekly Spin 96- February 27, 2011
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Windows Phone Marketplace bans the GPL, and the App Store should too
HP’s TouchPad Could Be Coming As Soon As April
Apple Releases Mac OSX 10.7 Lion Developer Preview with New Features
Apple removes MobileMe from online store, discontinues retail boxes
iFixit: “a donkey” could upgrade your Xoom tablet to 4G
Apple new subscription rules now upsetting developers, too
Feb
13
The Weekly Spin 95-February 13, 2011
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AOL Buys Huffington Post For $315 Million
Apple looking to purge boxed software from Apple Stores?
Airport security wait times based on trust?
HP to develop apps themselves for big-name partners
HTML Video Codec Support in Chrome
Hands-on with HP Veer’s funky headphone adapter and clever charging plug | PreCentral.net | The #1 Palm Pre and Pixi Community
MPEG LA starts the search for VP8 patents
Nokia CEO: company must jump from our “burning platform”
Capitulation: Nokia adopts Windows Phone 7
Hands-on: Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate
The real Internet censors: unaccountable ISPs?
How one man tracked down Anonymous and paid a heavy price
HP: webOS also coming to notebooks and desktop computers
Twitter user tricks Sony into posting “secret” PS3 code
Feb
06
The Weekly Spin 94-February 6, 2011
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Mozy Drops Unlimited Backups, Introduces New Pricing
Backblaze is committed to unlimited backup
Apps Customize How Users Read Content Online
Honeycomb is here: Google unveils Android 3.0, new Web-based Market
iPad newsstand “The Daily” finally makes debut at 99 cent; per week
How In-App iOS Subscriptions Will Work
Hulu CEO welcomes back The Daily Show & more from Viacom, lays out a battle plan for the future
Apple slow to respond to counterfeit app on Mac App Store
Derek’s Hierarchy of App Needs
No, Hackers Can’t Open Hoover Dam Floodgates
Chrome 9 goes stable with WebGL and Chrome Instant
Reverse class-action? It’s the latest tactic in the P2P wars
AT&T to some iPhone users: stay with us and get a free microcell
(Secret) US cables reveal: ACTA was far too secret
Xfinity TV offers on-demand video for the iPad
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