This Week in Tech

Apr 12th 2009

This Week in Tech 190

Gripping Jobs

Hosted by Leo Laporte

Skype buyback, San Jose fiber cut, Twitter hacked, Steve Jobs, Yahoo/Microsoft, IBM/Sun, and more.

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Category: News

Skype buyback, San Jose fiber cut, Twitter hacked, Steve Jobs, Yahoo/Microsoft, IBM/Sun, and more.

  • Dell's refurbished computers
  • Skype creators want to buy Skype back from eBay
  • Joost, Hulu, ChannelFlip and other online video sites.
  • Spitfire Club pub dropped from Microsoft campus, 22 employees fired.
  • Fiber optic cables cut in San Jose.
  • Twitter hacked again.
  • Steve Jobs expected to return in June.
  • Yahoo and Microsoft's possible search partnership?
  • IBM-Sun at it again?
  • Palm Pre coming out in May?
  • Zune HD
  • Girl overcharged for SMS
  • Google cant get visas for their employees
  • Best career to be in now? Journalism.
  • Monster Cable suing again
  • Tier pricing for bandwidth?

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