RossCode Weekly #026 - Week of 11.13.2005

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Previously on RCW - 1:09
Grokster shuts down?(#019)
Grokster's assets purchased by Mashboxx?(#019)

News & Views - 1:54
Unsecured WiFi to be prosecutable
Firefox 1.5 RC2 released
Firefox 2 less than a year away
Thunderbird hits RC
Google adds referrer program for AdSense and Firefox downloads
Google does Newspaper Ads
Google adds Creative Commons license search
NBA launches ad-supported broadband service
Warner Music launches online music label
Pandora offers a free ad-based service
iTunes comes to the Palm OS

The Cold Wars - 9:27
TiVo and Yahoo team up
DirecTV will block Yahoo scheduling
TiVo offers subscription-based box
NBC to offer .99 VOD on DirecTV
CBS to offer VOD through Comcast
Skype hits 200,000,000 downloads
Feedster launches new ad networks
AOL buys MusicNow from Curcuit City
AOL and CBSNews.com in content deal

The Grapevine - 14:21
Microsoft ahead in AOL courting game
Yahoo drops out of running
Google to launch travel site soon?
Intel Powerbooks & iBooks by April?
UBS says Intel Apples by January 2006
Apple machines to be dual-OS?
Vista beta 2 delayed
Office 12 technical beta in a few weeks
Office 12 to include mobile version
XBox Portable by 2007?
PS3: Christmas 2006?
RIM to buy Palm?

Bonehead of the Week - 21:19
Sony and Mike's Words

A?Look Ahead?- 23:27
New Apple Hardware next week?

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