RossCode Weekly #029

posted on 12/10/05 at 12:33:54 am by Joel Ross

RossCode Weekly #029 - Week of 12.11.2005

Intro - 0:00
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Previously on RCW - 0:59
Cable companies to offer family tiers to combat a la carte?(#028)
CNN Pipeline service launches?(#027)
Playstation 3 still on track for Spring '06?(#026)
Google calendar was expected to be announced at When 2.0?(#020)
Microsoft hit with $32,000,000 fine in Korea anti-trust case?(#024)

News & Views - 7:23
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded to run McDonalds cash registers
Windows Live Favorites MSN Search plug-in hits beta
Windows Live Local hits beta
Mobile WiMax gets IEEE?approval
TiVo adds video blogging
CBS to stream NCAA March Madness games
NBA to create digital archive of all footage
Yahoo buys del.icio.us

The Cold Wars - 15:15
Yahoo adds phone dialing to Yahoo Messenger
Yahoo! Answers launches
Google adds clippings and mapping to gmail
Google Transit hits beta
Amp'd to offer over the air music downloads for $.99
Panasonic starts production on 50 GB Blu-Ray disks
CBS and Verizon team up to offer mobile video content
NBC offers 11 shows on iTunes

The Grapevine - 22:56
Fox has online content plans
AOL may not sell stake
Microsoft leads AOL sweepstakes
No IE7 beta 2 until Q1 2006
Google Earth to support OS X

Odds & Ends?- 27:17
Christmas display turned off

Bonehead of the Week - 29:04
Microsoft and the XBox 360 DRM woes
XBox 360 harddrives missing 7 GB
Bellsouth removes offer to help New Orleans Police Department

Next Time - 32:11
Schedule over the holidays:
?? Next week will be late
?? No RCW for Christmas or New Years
?? Could RCW be on a new day?

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