RossCode Weekly #032 - 01.11.2006

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Previously on RCW - 1:09
AT&T rolls out IPTV in San Antonio
Riya gets $15,000,000 in funding?(#027)
Google launches Google Earth for the Mac?(#029)

News & Views - 2:43
Google adding partner homepages
Google releases Google Pack
Mozilla released Thunderbird 1.5 final
Vista to ship with all version on the CD
Yahoo buys WebJay
Yahoo posts audio and videos from CES
Dateline NBC using Technorati to pick top blog stories
Apple launches Intel-based Macs
20,000,000 songs purchased between Christmas and New Years

The Cold Wars - 12:27
Verizon launches VCAST music downloads
Verizon music software disables MP3 playback, but it's not Microsoft's fault!
Vodaphone and Sony team up for mobile music?stations
iTunes to offer SNL skits
AOL buys Truveo
Google Video to offer paid video downloads
Google creates another DRM
MySpace to launch video downloads and IM service
E-Online to launch broadband channel
Fox to offer VOD shows a couple of days early
DirecTV teams with Microsoft for portable media
First Blu-Ray player announced
Sony and Phillips announce Blu-Ray players
External HD-DVD drive for XBox 360
Microsoft could offer Blu-Ray XBox 360 drive if it wins
Samsung to offer a HD-DVD / Blu-Ray combo drive
Samsung backs off on plans to offer HD-DVD / Blu-Ray combo
Retailers upset over format wars
Skype 2.0 final is released
Uniden announces a Windows Live Messenger phone

The Grapevine -?24:01
NHL close to deal with iTunes
XBox and PS2 could see price cuts in the near future
PS3 pricepoint to be $500?

Odds & Ends?- 26:13
CBS to launch a mobile soap opera
Apple, Intel and the stock price
Rolls Royce comes with lifetime Sirius subscriptions

Bonehead of the Week - 28:11
New version of iTunes phones home
Spammer fined $11,200,000,000
Qwest's Terms of Services a little restrictive

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