Episodes
Dec
27
The Weekly Spin 90-December 27, 2010
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AOL Acquires About.me Four Days After Official Launch
How Microsoft Can Fix Windows 8, Part 1: User State Virtualization
Mozilla improves sync setup and WebGL in Firefox 4 beta 8
Android Market carrier billing comes to AT&T
Comcast + NBCU approval likely in January with some strings attached
Porn site: publicizing takedown notices is copyright infringement
MasterCard may cut off file sharing sites over piracy
How Wikileaks killed Spain’s anti-P2P law
Windows Phone 7 on Nokia? Not likely
It’s here: FCC adopts net neutrality (lite)
Republicans on new FCC net neutrality rules: kill!
Why everyone hates new net neutrality rules even NN supporters
Dec
20
The Weekly Spin 89- December 20, 2010
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Thanks Google, For the Free, Unusable Wi-Fi on Planes This Holiday
High-Tech Ads Create Super Hand Models
Google Chrome OS gets detailed
Google Books: The Worst iOS E-reader, But Still a Winner: Apple
Google Chrome OS: What You Need to Know: Tech News
Google unveils Cr-48, the first Chrome OS laptop
Netflix licenses even more TV for streaming from ABC/Disney
Hands on with Google’s Chrome Web Store
Obama Is Missing the Broadband Boat
OpenLeaks to mimic WikiLeaks minus the “political agenda”
Time to get the feds involved in ‘Net peering and transit ruckus?
Want to watch a first-run movie at home? $20,500 please
Chrome Web Store: a solution in search of a problem?
Mac App Store Will Launch January 6th
Yahoo Killing Or Merging Del.icio.us, Yahoo Buzz, People Search And More
The Best Services for Migrating Your Delicious Bookmarks
Yahoo Claims It’s Not Killing Delicious
Dropbox Grows Up With Version 1.0
Peering problems: digging into the Comcast/Level 3 grudgematch
The Men Who Stole the World
Google TV Faces Delays Amid Poor Reviews
Users get voice control, better movie results with Google TV update
Can ISPs charge more to make gaming less laggy? They already do
It ain’t heavy, it’s my e-reader: a review of the Nook Color
US calls for online privacy “Bill of Rights”
Judge kills massive P2P porn lawsuit, kneecaps copyright troll
Senator: New net neutrality plan worse than “doing nothing at all”
Is a UN Internet takeover looming? Not quite
T-Mobile keeps pushing 3G into 4G territory, up to 650Mbps
Google Demo Slam
Dec
04
The Weekly Spin 88-December 4, 2010
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Netflix formally launches $7.99 streaming-only plan, bumps unlimited DVD plans by a buck or more
iOS 4.2 to Be Released Today, ‘Find My iPhone’ Now Free
Verizon FIOS Available at 150Mbps (for $200 a Month)
Netflix Is Getting Rid of the Instant Queue
Verizon Wireless to launch 4G LTE Wireless Network Dec. 5
Xmarks Saved by Password-Syncing Service LastPass
Why Netflix Won’t Get What It Wants Most For Christmas
Video Barbie in FBI Cross Hairs
Viacom Says YouTube Ruling Will ‘Completely Destroy’ Copyright
WikiLeaks Attacks Reveal Surprising, Avoidable Vulnerabilities
Google Maps & Label Readability
Body Scanners Gone Wild
FTC wants “do not track” button on your browser, pronto
FCC chief backs some rationing of Internet traffic
EaCongress acts to stifle loud TV ads
Comcast: We bent over backwards to help Level 3!
Clear disses Verizon 4G data caps: why “count every megabyte”?
Nov
21
The Weekly Spin 87- November 21, 2010
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SPs on net neutrality: TV networks are the real villains
Dish Network Claims Hulu Will Destroy The TV Industry. So What?
Nicaragua Blames Google Maps for Accidental Invasion of Costa Rica
AirPrint may not print to shared printers out of the box
Facebook Announces New Messaging System: “It’s Not E-mail”
Google Voice Blog: Google Voice for iPhone
Hulu Cuts Price Of Paid Service To $7.99 A Month
Air Force warns troops about Facebook, Foursquare
Google Fashion Shopping Site Makes Debut
Chinese Scrutinized for Meddling With Web Traffic
Cellphone Signal Boosters Under Siege by Carriers
Nov
07
The Weekly Spin 86- November 7, 2010
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Dead Drops: An Art Project That Puts Memory Where Your Mortar Is
Q&A: Lawrence Lessig – Technology Review
Anti-cyberbullying 101: soon required at your public school?
iPhone gives Europe extra hour of sleep
Google puts bounty on security bugs
Google Docs to soon get cloud printing, device sync
Apple Will Give You 90-Second Song Previews In iTunes Soon
Gawker to move away from blog format
Here’s Everything Facebook Just Announced
Xmarks: Alive and Kicking
ICANN set to open top-level domain floodgates
Apple’s Xserve hits end of life, order yours before Jan, 31
When the Tech Guy Is 13 (or Even 10)
Google points finger at Facebook hypocrisy, blocks Gmail import
Hands-on: latest Firefox Mobile beta is svelte and smooth
$42 German P2P fine stark contrast to seven-figure US judgments
Third P2P verdict for Jammie Thomas: $1.5 million
Oct
24
The Weekly Spin 84-October 24, 2010
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How to use, abuse, and leave Facebook Groups
Netflix Streaming on Wii No Longer Requires a Disc
HP introduces feature-packed webOS 2.0
Interop gives back a month’s worth of IPv4 addresses
Facebook app breach gets the attention of Congress
Facebook touts encryption as solution to security flaw
Amazon jumps on e-book lending bandwagon with the Kindle
Microsoft Office Now Available On iPads
Apple’s “Back to the Mac” Event: All the Announcements
Mac App Store: boon or bust for developers?
Apple to sell iLife, iWork apps individually via Mac App Store
Hulu Plus Could Get a Price Cut
Adobe announces HTML5 Video Player widget
Netflix Tests Streaming-Only Subscriptions in the U.S.
Oct
17
The Weekly Spin 83- October 17, 2010
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Windows Phone 7 launching in US exclusively with AT&T
The “legal blackmail” business: inside a P2P settlement factory
Palm Pre 2 Revealed
Peer-to-peer tech now powers Wikipedia’s videos
As USPTO evaluates Bilski, Red Hat says end software patents
You May Not Buy Cisco’s Umi, But Thousands In Korea Will Have One
Tired Of Facing ‘Brand Insanity,’ MSNBC.com Considers Name Change
Apple to Host ‘Back to the Mac’ Media Event on October 20th
iPad comes to Verizon!
School settles laptop spying case to “protect taxpayers”
Libya’s domain “morality” crackdown worries URL shorteners
Why the CBC banned Creative Commons music from its shows
US, Canada have priciest cell phone plans in the world
Go Sisyphus, go! Here come more CableCARD rules
Oct
03
The Weekly Spin 82- October 3, 2010
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Plaz’s Subsonic Server
US busts Google, Apple, Intel over secret employee poaching pact
Is that Bill Gates staring back at you from Outlook 2010?
HomeGroup: A practical guide to domestic bliss with Windows 7
New FCC white space rules: inside the Satanic details
European Union closes Apple investigation
U.S. Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet
Sharp Announces Two Android-based Tablets for December
Confirmed: Hulu Coming To Roku Streaming Boxes
BlackBerry Playbook, RIM’s iPad Clone
The Buried Threats in That Tweet
Apple Has Already Approved The Official Google Voice App For iPhone, Expect It Soon
Bookmark Syncing Add-on Xmarks Is No More
Office for Mac 2011 Releases October 26
New Apple TV Offers 8 GB of Internal Storage, 256 MB RAM
iLife ’09 Discounted by 44% on Amazon Suggests iLife ’11 is Near
Google’s new VP8-based image format could replace JPEG
Chris Anderson
Sep
26
The Weekly Spin 81- September 26, 2010
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Above the Law – Russia Uses Microsoft to Suppress Dissent
Verizon Is About To Kick Google In The Apps With Its Own Apple-Like App Store
Creepy Google stalker proves your privacy is an illusion
Apple Announces ‘AirPrint’ Wireless Printing for iOS Devices Coming in November
Apple To Announce A Newspaper Subscription Plan For Its App Store
What’s faster than rural Internet uploads? Carrier pigeons
Craigslist: adult services dead; good luck with other guys
Broadcasters hail sponsored poll claiming public wants mobile FM-chip
Cor blimey! British ISPs must fund P2P copyright crackdown
Twitter.com redesign mirrors useful parts of iPad client
Test networks offer glimpses of “white space” future
AT&T Looking To Launch LTE (4G) Network by Mid-2011
Google Music Rumors Emerge: $25 Yearly To Stream Your Music From the Cloud
iPad has halved laptop sales, claims Best Buy CEO
Intel confirms HDCP key is real, can now be broken at will
Google Voice apps returning to iPhone app store
Google Docs Editing Coming to iPad and Android
Napster app available for iOS
VLC Media Player for iPad now available, your video codec worries decidedly lessen
Intel Tests Chip Unlock Upgrades
Licensing agreement means live Apple TV might be on the way
New Roku Units Aim Straight at the Apple TV
Dell Confirms 7″ Android Tablet In the Works
NBC a Holdout for 99-Cent iTunes Rentals
Verizon CEO Crushes Hopes of 1.4M AT&T Subscribers
Search Is Coming To Netflix On The Wii
Blockbuster finally gives in, files for bankruptcy
Verizon CEO confirms plans for tiered data pricing
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