Episodes
Sep
12
The Weekly Spin 80- September 12, 2010
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iLife ’11 Family Pack shows up on Amazon
Google TV set to launch this year, Samsung considering Android for its TVs
Advertisers get hands stuck inside HTML5 database cookie jar
US government shouldn’t fear foreign participation in Forge.gov
FaceTime Set to Come to Mac OS X and Windows?
Ars reviews the 6th-generation iPod nano: all screen, all the time
Google Instant Tool to Speed Up Searches
Kno Raises $46 Million More To Build “Most Powerful Tablet Anyone Has Ever Made
Sep
05
The Weekly Spin 79- September 5, 2010
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Seven physical keys serve as the internet’s horcrux
Call phones from Gmail
Google Voice Phone Booths To Start Popping Up In Airports, Universities
US movie tickets get biggest price hike in history
E-Voting Machine Reprogrammed to Play Pac-Man
H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever, Mozilla Still Doesn’t Care
Hollywood Sues Advertiser at Movie Piracy Sites
Roku Slashes Prices Ahead Of Apple iTV Launch
Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
Trade groups: policing our digital copyrights is just too hard
Palm brings improved multitasking and Node.js to webOS 2.0
How do you spell device mandate failure? U-H-F
Obama administration: “Piracy is flat, unadulterated theft”
Don’t want to be linked to gay porn? Be careful with court filings
Cell phone bills fell 50% in last ten years
A roundup of today’s Apple news
The Problem With Ping
Samsung Officially Unveils Galaxy Tab
Aug
24
The Weekly Spin 78- August 24, 2010
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Google, Verizon warned not to “cable-ize” the Internet
No criminal charges in Pennsylvania MacBook spying probe
Verizon FiOS Wants to Put 600 Channels of Live TV On Your iPad
Google Releases Universal Search for Gmail, Docs and Sites
Verizon testing a $99 unlimited plan that simply matches Sprint’s famous offering
Intel acquires McAfee for $7.68 billion
Studios Giving Up on DVD, Pushing VOD Instead
Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU
Mark Zuckerberg is unblockable … at least on Facebook
Sprint addressing coverage problems with free femtocells
Facebook Places: Be your friends’ ‘Big Brother?
Aug
17
The Weekly Spin 77- August 17, 2010
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Ping – In School Systems, Slow Progress for Open-Source Textbooks
Skype Files to Go Public
Netflix Will Stream Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM Movies Starting September 1
Apple offers volume educational discounts for App Store purchases
Droid 2 Will Run Flash, Hits Verizon Stores This Thursday For $200
Overview of what’s new in Gmail
Flash 10.1 updated: hardware acceleration now available on newer Macs
New antipiracy countermeasures await returning students
The Future of Apple TV: iOS Apps, 720p and an ‘i’ Name
Google promotes Chrome 6 to beta
iPhone 5 Mobile Pay
A paper trail of betrayal: Google’s net neutrality collapse
Aug
08
The Weekly Spin 76- August 8, 2010
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Google Releases the Ultimate Experimental Version of Chrome
Official Google Blog: Update on Google Wave
Google and Verizon in Talks on Selling Internet Priority
UK government: Upgrading away from IE6 costs too much
Why Clear’s 4G iSpot is cheap: it’s limited to iOS devices
REPORT: New iPhone Coming In January, 7 Inch iPad On Its Way
Apple Launches “Try Before You Buy” Apps
Aug
03
The Weekly Spin 75- August 3, 2010
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Comcast PSP-Blocking Class Action Lawsuit Results in $16 Settlement
Amazon Hooks College Students With A Free Year Of Amazon Prime
French legislators have second thoughts on three strikes law
Sony the latest company to warn about its own 3D tech
PS3 first and only console to get Hulu Plus this year
Firefox Home For iPhone Approved, Lets You Sync Bookmarks, Open Tabs And More
Apple Releases iOS 4.0.1 to Fix iPhone Reception Issue
Apple Prepping 11.6” MacBook Air and New iPod Touch with 3MP Camera
Apple Does The Right Thing
Lost iPhone warrant withdrawn, Gizmodo agrees to cooperate in investigation
Google Discontinues the Nexus One Android Phone
Should broadband data hogs pay more? ISP economics say “no”
80% Chance iPhone Coming To T-Mobile This Quarter
Gmail Adding Fast Account-Switching, Phone Calls, and Better Contacts and Tasks Integration?
After spyware fails, UAE gives up and bans Blackberries
iLife ’10 book cover pulled from Amazon France, iWork ’10 book shows up on Amazon Germany
Netflix Users Watching More Movies and TV Shows Online
Android’s ascent in China might not elevate Google
G4 Channel to Become 4G to Promote Sprint
HP Turns Its Back on Windows Phone 7
Apple Delays White iPhone 4 Until Later This Year
iLife ’11 Coming in August with a New Mystery Application?
Has Arianna Huffington Figured Out the Future?
Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are “fair use”
Court: breaking DRM for a “fair use” is legal
Apple Selling New Gadgets! Magical Trackpad And More!
Privacy Lawsuit Targets Net Giants Over ‘Zombie’ Cookies
Payola! (or, How to undermine your own argument to Congress)
Apple Releases Safari 5.0.1, Turns on Extensions Gallery
Amazon rolls out smaller, lighter, WiFi-only Kindle for $139
Aug
01
Episode 75 Delay
Episode 75 will be delayed until Tuesday because Plaz is in Venice for the weekend. We will have a great show that will fill you in on all the news that happened while we were on break.
Jul
11
The Weekly Spin 74- July 11, 2010
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Apple Sold 1.7 Million iPhone 4s In Three Days
Windows 8 to Feature Kinect-Like Features, Instant On/Off, More
White House drafting plan for cyberspace safety | Politics and Law
Amazon Adds Embedded Audio and Video to iOS Kindle Apps
Hulu Plus to Deliver Shows to iPad, iPhone, PS3 and More
Report: Verizon iPhone to happen for real this time in 2011
AOL Shines-Up Mapquest For Sale
Microsoft Is Bold And Brilliant To Kill The Kin
Extra! Extra! Google News redesigned to be more customizable and shareable
Bye Bye, HDMI! There’s a New A/V Cable Standard in Town
HP Confirms webOS Tablets Are in the Works
Tapulous Acquired By Disney
Kindle DX gets better E-Ink screen, lower price
EU caps mobile roaming bills at €50
Pirate Bay soon to be hosted within Swedish Parliament?
US Could Learn From Brazillian Hindering of Fair Use
Distribution pact brings better streams to Netflix users
Google bringing accelerometer support to Chromium
How Not to Release Data
User interface overhaul arrives in Firefox 4 beta
Woot To AP: You Owe Us $17.50 For Copying Our Content
Pennsylvania introduces first wine ‘kiosks’
Apple’s new iPod touch rumored to have 5MP camera, FaceTime
Gmail Introduces Rich Text Signatures
Patent Troll NTP Sues Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, AND Motorola Over Email Patents
Apple Targeting $0.99 TV Show Rentals As It Moves iTunes to the Cloud
Jun
27
The Weekly Spin 73- June 27, 2010
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HTTPS Everywhere Encrypts Connections Whenever It’s Possible
Verizon FiOS Offers Reduced Rates Contract-Free
Google Docs adds OCR, converts images and PDFs to text
Microsoft Lists Kinect for Xbox 360 at $150
Adobe Audition for Mac Confirmed, Beta Release in Late 2010
81% of Downloaded iOS Apps Are Free
Google triumphant, beats back billion dollar Viacom lawsuit
Testers get first Windows 7 SP1 beta build
Verizon testing next-gen 10Gbps FiOS
IE9 Platform Preview 3: video, audio, canvas, and fonts too
Virgin Mobile launching prepaid MiFi offering
Verizon’s Officialy Now A GSM Carrier – Well, assuming you don’t look at the actual network (yet)…
Confirmed: iPhone 4 gives fewer bars for lefties
Lefties: beware iPhone 4 reception problem
How Jimmy Kimmel Recorded Tonight’s Show With a Laptop
Google Remotely Removes Apps From Android Phones For Security Reasons
Hulu Plus Subscription Service May Launch Next Week
.xxx Domain Approved
Apple Considering Rebranding Mac OS X Under New ‘iOS’ Umbrella?
Google Social Search
Microsoft Office Professional Academic 2010
Jun
20
The Weekly Spin 72- June 20, 2010
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French ISP-provided anti-P2P tool has gaping security hole
Obama Orders Govt To Pay You Via Direct Deposit
Mac Mini Gets an Aluminum Unibody Update
Additional iMovie iPhone App Details Slip Out
Starbucks to offer free Wi-Fi to all on July 1
Apple launches the Apple Store app
Apple says “Sorry” while selling 600,000 pre-orders for iPhone 4
How AT&T Take iPhone 4 Pre-Orders
YouTube Video Editor Cuts Uploaded Clips Together
Verizon-Ready iPhone Said To Ship This Year
Verizon: Comcast P2P blocking was wrong, we won’t do it
Will the cloud have its own Deepwater Horizon disaster?
WordPress 3.0 Is Now Available
MobileMe Mail updated, Find My iPhone becomes an iOS app
The Motion Control Video Game War Has Only Just Begun
iPad MiFi Conversion for Verizon
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