RossCode Weekly #034

posted on 01/25/06 at 11:37:00 pm by Joel Ross

RossCode Weekly #034 - 01.25.2006

Intro - 0:00
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Previously on RCW - 1:36
MillionDollarHomepage back up and running
FeedDemon 2.0 - Very nice!

News & Views - 2:53
DOJ Search request
AOL didn't comply with DOJ request
MSN submits data for DOJ request
Google refused to submit data to DOJ request
Gmail has a bug!
Google News leaves beta
Google's caching is fair use
Microsoft licensing portions of Windows source code
Office 12 - No more personalized menus!
Imation acquires Memorex
Disney buys Pixar for $7,000,000,000+
UPN and WB merge
TiVo adding "undelete"
NBA adds broadband content to premium subscriptions
LiveJournal hacked

The Cold Wars - 18:28
Google refuses to pay for priority service
Connect Google Talk to AIM and MSN
Google blocking search results in China
Yahoo concedes search wars to Google, then?says fight is on
Yahoo Answers to allow ads for users who answer
MSN Spaces to partner with Kanoodle for ads on Spaces blogs
Supreme Court won't hear RIM case
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will have crippled outputs

The Grapevine -?29:51
Vista to support Blu-Ray?
Google uses custom operating system internally
MacBooks coming February 15th
Intel-based iMacs pack a $400+ profit
IE 7 beta 2 leaked to the web
NFL may be putting games online
Wal-Mart and CostCo considering fingerprint payment systems
Yahoo trying to buy Digg.com

Odds & Ends?- 38:01
Run a web server on your phone!
JackTracker

Bonehead of the Week - 41:00
Online cocaine ads not a good idea
Vatican copyrights Pope's words
RIAA says making files available is illegal
MPAA's double standards

Listener Homework - 45:27
Will Steve Jobs ever be CEO of Disney? If so, how long until that happens?
How concerned are you about the government getting queries from search engines?

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