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The Weekly Spin The Weekly Spin feedback@theweeklyspin.com No no http://www.theweeklyspin.com/logo.png The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com 144 144 The Weekly Spin 59- March 7th, 2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-59-march-7th-2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-59-march-7th-2010#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:51:29 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=287 Hosts:

Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

Finding Untainted Jurors in the Age of the Internet

FTC crams a major crammer as phone fraud goes global

Olympics give NBC well-timed boost

Hulu, the free site, facing some difficult choices

Google Buys Flickr Photo Editor Picnik

Ubuntu dumps the brown, introduces new theme and branding

Hands-on: a close look at Ubuntu’s new non-brown theme

Google Beats ‘Em AND Joins ‘Em With DocVerse Acquisition

Apple iPad may stall move to SSDs

iPad launches on April 3rd, pre-orders begin March 12th

Switched On: Why it’s time for an iTunes TV subscription

The Fans Are Disappointed, but Is That a Crime?

Horizontal scrollbar prompts EU gripe from 6 browser makers

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no No The Weekly Spin 58- February 28th, 2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-58-february-28-2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-58-february-28-2010#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:45:59 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=283 Hosts:

Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

Wal-Mart to buy digital movie provider Vudu

Networks hesitant on Apple’s push for 99¢ TV episodes

Applicants to Tufts University Turn to YouTube

China Hacking Inquiry Puts Jiaotong University in New Light

Macmillan’s DynamicBooks Lets Professors Rewrite E-Textbooks

White House “IP Czar” demands good data from rightsholders

Wilmington, NC takes white spaces to swamp, ballparks

Gmail Acting Up? It’s Not Just You

TV stations asked to yield 500MHz of spectrum for broadband

Ogg Theora vs. H.264: head to head comparisons

Stryde Hax: The Spy at Harriton High

Larger Threat Is Seen in Google Case

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no No The Weekly Spin 57-February 21, 2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-57-february-21-2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-57-february-21-2010#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:53:56 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=275 Host:

Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

Apple putting the kibosh on soft-core porn app screenshots

Adobe Flash and AIR Coming Soon to Android

Is Apple Banning iPhone Hackers?

Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now

Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 7 Series hotness

Who Needs TV? HBO Joins MTV’s New Era Without ‘Television’

HBO Go streaming video coming to Verizon this week

Comcast To Rebrand Cable Products `Xfinity’

FCC wants 260 million people on 100Mbps broadband by 2020

iPad seen cutting Kindle’s e-book share from 90% to 35%

Steve Jobs to WSJ: ditch “dying” Flash technology

Format shifting, low damages put Canada on IP watch list

Users will pay for content online, with a few catches

Warner succeeds in bullying Redbox into 28-day release delay

Carriers band together for cross-platform apps, manufacturers laugh heartily

Your Facebook profile: An open invite to crime?

RIP Google Gears

Google has gotten the official thumbs up from federal regulators in its drive to become an electric power marketer

Video Chat Coming to iPad and iPhone?

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no No The Weekly Spin 56-February 14, 2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-56-february-14-2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-56-february-14-2010#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:47 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=272 Hosts:

Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

Apple Already Talking About Cutting Prices On The iPad

Some Carriers To Offer Subsidized iPads With 2-Year 3G contracts?

Facebook | A Guide to Facebook’s Home Page

Hulu Could Still Launch On The iPad

Aperture 3, Apple’s prosumer photo manipulation and management tool, is unleashed!

iBooks App Won’t Come Standard With The iPad

Microsoft: Office For the iPad Is Something That We’re Looking At

May YouTube Clone Veoh Rest in Peace

Mixed responses to Google’s 1Gbps fiber play

Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows Activation Technologies Update for Windows 7

Pakistan, Iran, and… Australia? Let’s censor Google!

Microsoft to Introduce Windows Phone 7 Monday at MWC

Google Buzz

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no No The Weekly Spin 55-February 7, 2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-55-february-7-2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-55-february-7-2010#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:33 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=264 Host:

Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

Current Crop of E-Readers Compared: iPad vs. the Rest

Rumor: Apple Has Another Tablet In The Works. More Like A Mac Than An iPhone.

RealVideo: going, going, gone

Cisco’s wiretapping system open to exploit, says researcher

Studios crushed: ISP can’t be forced to play copyright cop

The Electronic Systems That Make Modern Cars Go (and Stop)

Tablet PC – Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial Co., Ltd

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no No The Weekly Spin 54- January 31, 2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-54-january-31-2010 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-54-january-31-2010#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:05:13 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=255 Hosts:

Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

Plaz’s Trip To China, Pictures, and Trip Impresions

Google’s Nexus One Launch: Everything You Need To Know

Skype Coming to HDTVs for Video Calls from the Couch

Current Crop of Smartphones: A Cost and Feature Comparison

Skype going HD

France considering “Google tax” to support dying media

Samsung to Launch App Store For HDTVs

Apple’s Lala acquisition leads to 30-second song previews on the web

Windows 7 the “Fastest Selling Operating System in History”

Palm’s webOS Plug-In Development Kit Enables Better Games

Netflix CEO: Chances of Nintendo Wii Support Are “Excellent”

Microsoft to patch Word for Mac as per court order

This Will Be The Year Adobe’s 2 Million Flash Developers Come To The iPhone

Google Docs Adds Support for File Storage

Amazon to Launch App Store for Kindle

YouTube Launches Support for HTML5

Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus now on Verizon’s site

Verizon simplifying plans, cutting voice costs, requiring data packages this month?

Google Voice Arrives on iPhone With HTML5-Powered Web App

FCC asked to probe AT&T treatment of public access channels

Comcast in full salesman mode to FCC over NBC Universal deal

Apple iPad: Everything You Need to Know

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no No Hiatus http://theweeklyspin.com/hiatus http://theweeklyspin.com/hiatus#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:43 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=247 The Weekly Spin will be on a hiatus for the month of January, while Plaz travels to China. New episodes should resume in February, if that changes I will let you all know. We will talk to you in February!

Mike Gdovin

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Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

Palm’s In-Browser App Factory Is Open For Business

Court orders Microsoft to stop selling Office 2007 by January 11th

VLC creators working on a cross-platform video editing app

Apple to Host Event in Late January, Possibly (Yeah, Yeah) Tablet-Related

Progressive Offers Discount To Those Who Let Company Spy On Them

Big wireless to FCC: be consistent—except when it benefits us

WTO: China violates int’l trade law by limiting media imports

AT&T Mobility CEO rebuts tiered iPhone data pricing claims

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Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

SFLC launches GPL enforcement smackdown on 14 gadget makers

US government looks to expand scientific open access policy

22 million missing Bush White House e-mails found

Protect yourself from COFEE with some DECAF

EU Drops Browser Antitrust Charges Against Microsoft, Won’t Fine

McDonald’s Adds Free Wi-Fi to the Menu

Operation Chokehold: AT&T Users To Protest Slow Network By Simultaneously Running Data-Intensive Apps This Friday, 3pm Eastern

VLC for Mac Might Die, Unless You Save It

Predator drones use less encryption than your TV, DVDs

Is Netflix “borking” lesbians with subscriber data releases?

Psystar to shut down ‘immediately,’ world shrugs

Palm’s In-Browser App Factory Is Open For Business

Google In Discussions To Acquire Yelp For A Half Billion Dollars Or More

Google Relaunching Google Answers As Google Guru?

Palm Pre Plus on tap for CES?

Yelp Turns Down The $500 Million Google Deal

Google to buy DocVerse, introduce Microsoft Office doc collaboration

SFLC launches GPL enforcement smackdown on 14 gadget makers

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no No The Weekly Spin 51- December 13, 2009 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-51-december-13-2009 http://theweeklyspin.com/the-weekly-spin-51-december-13-2009#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:01:55 +0000 The Weekly Spin http://theweeklyspin.com/?p=239 Hosts:

Mike Gdovin

Michael Plasmeier

Stories:

“So, Verizon, about those doubled early termination fees…”

Mark the Spot Lets You Tell AT&T Exactly Where Your iPhone Crapped Out

Google Chrome for Mac and Linux Finally Hits Beta; Very Fast, Pretty Stable

Google Chrome Extensions Go Live!

Ogi-directive

Barnes & Noble e-reader is dual-screen mess

Apple files for new ‘Think Different’ trademark

Amazon lets you stream some videos with purchase of DVD or Blu-Ray disc

Google makes it easy to download all your Docs files

Managed Copy on Blu-ray little more than serial nos., prayer

Apple Loosens The Reins A Bit, Sends Handslaps Rather Than Rejections

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