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At The Nexus is the premiere weekly podcast of The Nexus featuring Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl with discussion on Apple, Google, Microsoft, lawsuits, software, hardware, trends and technology n... more

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March 09, 2013At The Nexus #66: So Very Angry
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the impending launch of BlackBerry handsets in America, how unlocked phones will be coming back soon, Facebook's huge new update that nobody can use yet, how Microsoft is appeasing its Office users and why Ubuntu is not for "leet" people anymore.

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Blackberry Z10 rumored for launch on AT&T on March 22 | Ars Technica
Preview: Ubuntu Touch on Galaxy Nexus 7 – Mir as Compositor – YouTube
Bill introduced to Senate to make cellphone unlocking legal again – Android Authority
Evernote resets user passwords after being hit by “coordinated” hack | Ars Technica
Twitter Kills Off TweetDeck for iPhone in Favor of Web Edition, Drops Facebook Integration – Mac Rumors
Sprint Won’t Be Offering BlackBerry’s Flagship Z10 Model – Bloomberg
Java zero-day malware ‘was signed with certificates stolen from security vendor’ | ZDNet
Google will cut 1,200 more jobs at Motorola Mobility – Network World
T-Mobile USA to start BlackBerry Z10 business sales on March 11 – Yahoo! News
Microsoft restores transfer rights for retail Office 2013 copies | ZDNet
Netflix Stops Issuing API Keys To New Developers, Effectively Ending Its Developer Program | TechCrunch
Facebook freshens up News Feed, brings bigger images, feed filtering and a uniform cross-platform UX
Facebook-HTC ‘Myst’ phone specs leak | 9to5Google
Ubuntu chief isn’t interested in ‘leet’ users, wants to bring Linux to the masses | The Verge
Nexus 7 official dock went up on Google Play for $29.99, quickly sold out
Google Snitched on Microsoft Who Must Now Pay a $732 Million Fine – Adam Clark Estes – The Atlantic Wire
MirSpec – Ubuntu Wiki
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1h 20min
March 03, 2013At The Nexus #65: Overflow Injection
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl stay away from Spain but still cover Mobile World Congress and its biggest attraction: Firefox OS, along with initial impressions of Six-Strikes, 3G in North Korea and why buying an airline to your own island is a cost effective purchase.

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First BB10 update addresses battery life, low-light photography, third-party app performance and more
Prepaid Kyocera Event Android Cell Phone | Virgin Mobile USA
Virgin adds first LTE smartphone to prepaid lineup with Jelly Bean-equipped Samsung Galaxy Victory for $299 | 9to5Google
“Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Starts Monday | TorrentFreak
For the First Time Since Napster, Music Sales Are Growing – Peter Kafka – Media – AllThingsD
The Pirate Bay Departs Sweden And Sets Sail For Norway and Spain | TorrentFreak
Firefox raises the online privacy bar with new cookie policy | ZDNet
Falcon Pro Hits 100K User Token Limit – Another Twitter Client Bites The Dust
After reaching Twitter token limit, Falcon Pro now priced at $132 to dissuade new downloads | The Verge
App.net adopts freemium model, now offering invite-only free accounts | The Verge
North Korea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners | Ars Technica
AMD Turbo Dock tech boosts performance of docked Windows convertible laptops | ZDNet
Oracle investigating after two more Java 7 zero-day flaws found | ZDNet
HTML5 browser exploit could let pranksters fill up your hard drive | The Verge
Vimeo introduces ‘Looks,’ gives users access to over 500 ‘Hollywood-style’ effects | The Verge
Leap Motion Controller For Mac Will Hit Best Buy May 19th, Come With Its Own App Store | Cult of Mac
Larry Ellison Buys Hawaii’s Island Air – Deal Journal – WSJ
Is The Google+ “Spam-Free” Sign-In Really That Different From Facebook?
Internet Explorer 10 now available for Windows 7 users | The Verge
Facebook Holding Event Thursday March 7 To Show Off A “New Look For News Feed,” Could Be Mobile Redesign | TechCrunch
Ouya confirms March 28 console shipping and hires ex-Journey developer Kellee Santiago | GamesBeat
Need Bitcoins? This ATM takes dollars and funds your account | Politics and Law – CNET News
[Phoronix] 64-bit ARM Version Of Ubuntu/Debian Is Booting
LKML: Linus Torvalds: Re: [GIT PULL] Load keys from signed PE binaries
Google’s CFO says they have to ‘drain the pipe’ of Motorola products before the ‘Wow!’ kicks in | 9to5Google
Barnes & Noble to ‘move away’ from Nook hardware, reports NYT (update) | The Verge
Microsoft preparing Windows Blue public preview with significant search improvements | The Verge
Meet the ZTE Open, The First Official Firefox OS Phone
HP goes Android with $169 Slate 7: low-end specs, Beats Audio, Jelly Bean
Unicomp, Inc. PC 122 Black 5250 Buckling Spring USB
Firefox OS – YouTube
Why Carriers Just Love Firefox OS – Ina Fried – Mobile – AllThingsD
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1h 52min
February 23, 2013At The Nexus #64: It’s Matte, Not Glossy
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, with Eight Bit host Ian Buck, discuss the advent of Google Glass, the ChromeBook Pixel and our early impressions of the next generation of consoles, the PS4 and whatever the next Xbox is, along with more BlackBerry news, Microsoft's "clarification" on Office, and yet another device running Ubuntu.

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BlackBerry Z10 teardown reveals a higher BOM than Apple’s iPhone 5 | ZDNet
YouTube no longer working on Blackberry 7 or 7.1 devices – SlashGear
Microsoft, EMC, NetApp join Oracle’s legal fight against Google on Java | ITworld
Google to open registration for Google I/O March 13 | Internet & Media – CNET News
Twitter Launches Ads API, So Marketers Can Run Campaigns Through Adobe, Salesforce, Others | TechCrunch
Optimus G2 to feature LG’s eight-core ‘Odin’ processor
Shuttleworth: Ubuntu tablets won’t be as “jarring” to users as Windows 8 | Ars Technica
Microsoft offers clarity on Office 2013 and Office 365 install rights – Neowin
Outlook Blog – Outlook.com leaves preview as the world’s fastest growing email service going from 0 to 60 million in just 6 months
Firefox Enables WebRTC, H.264 And MP3 Support By Default In Its Nightly Release Channel | TechCrunch
Firefox Notes – Desktop
Opera buys SkyFire, the company that brought Flash to iOS | ZDNet
GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline
Modded Nexus 7 shows why some phone and tablet loudspeakers are better than others (video)
Samsung Chromebook(XE303C12) | Samsung Chromebooks
Chrome Web Store – Secure Shell
Google Chromebook Pixel
Google’s new Chromebook Pixel Thinks Different about vertical touch surfaces, puts touch on the display | 9to5Mac
Chromebook Pixel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Storage plan pricing – Gmail Help
Chromebooks: Samsung Chromebook
Google’s new touchscreen Chromebook Pixel: A $1,299 laptop for cloud dwellers | Ars Technica
I used Google Glass: the future, with monthly updates | The Verge
PlayStation 4 tech specs revealed: AMD ‘Jaguar’ CPU, faster Blu-ray, 720p 3D camera | The Verge
Sony Reveals PlayStation 4 Controller: DualShock 4 – IGN
PC Gamer vs. PlayStation 4: How much does a comparable rig cost right now? | News, Tech, Tech News | PC Gamer
Sony tells Eurogamer: PlayStation 4 will not block used games • News • PlayStation 4 • Eurogamer.net
Microsoft likely to reveal Xbox 360 successor at April event | The Verge
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2h 10min
February 17, 2013At The Nexus #63: Defeating The Dash
Ryan Rampersad finally defeats the infamous dash, and with Matthew Petschl, discuss Ubuntu's phone release, Apple's lost trademark, Google's 4.2.2 update, Opera's rendering engine and the next American Space Race.

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Have you been Scroogled? Try Outlook.com for email that prioritizes your privacy.
Tim Cook never wanted to sue Samsung
Insight: Apple and Samsung, frenemies for life| Reuters
Dutch MP fined for hacking into medical file system | ITworld
Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu to be published on 21 February 2013 | Canonical
Microsoft Could Make Billions From Office for iPad – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD
Microsoft Could Make Billions From Office for iPad – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD
Python Software Foundation News: Python trademark at risk in Europe: We need your help!
BBC News – Apple loses Brazilian iPhone trademark ruling
Apple Closing 20 Retail Stores In Order To Expand Them, Accomodate More Customers | TechCrunch
Apple updates MacBook Pro, MacBook Air
Steam for Linux release celebration sale
Raspberry Pi Announces $25 Camera Module | Wired Design | Wired.com
Mojang Releases Minecraft For Free On The Raspberry Pi
First bionic eye gets FDA blessing
BlackBerry shares slip after former CEO Balsillie sells stake – Yahoo! News
Anti-Piracy Group Rips Off Pirate Bay Website, Faces Lawsuit | TorrentFreak
Android 4.2.2 brings Bluetooth audio fixes to Nexus phones and tablets [Updated] | Ars Technica
Surface Pro Teardown Reveals It’s Virtually Unrepairable | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Computer History Museum | @CHM : Adobe Photoshop Source Code
Oracle to Open Source iOS, Android Ports of JavaFX Soon – ParityNews.com: …Because Technology Matters
Haavard – 300 million users strong, Opera moves to WebKit
COBOL will outlive us all | ITworld
Don’t open that PDF: There’s an Adobe Reader zero-day on the loose | ZDNet
Developer Chris Lacy Takes Tweet Lanes Open Source
President Obama calls for a new ‘Space Race’ in R&D funding, but don’t expect a moonshot | The Verge
Does your copy of Office 2013 die with your computer?
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1h 38min
February 09, 2013At The Nexus #62: Active Perusal
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the dissolution of Dell's public company, why hard drive revenue is down, HBO's self-troll, a review of Ryan's Nexus 4 and an extended discussion on the Chromebook Pixel and HP's Chromebook.

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Michael Dell to Staff: “Exciting New Chapter” – Deal Journal – WSJ
Hard Disk Drive Market Revenue Set for Double-Digit Decline This Year – The IHS iSuppli® Memory & Storage Industry portal keeps you updated with the latest memory & storage industry news. To learn more, call us at 310-524-4007. at iSuppli
Windows apps coming to Android courtesy of Wine | ZDNet
Fixing ‘too-big-to-fail’ | The Great Debate
iOS 6.1 Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
What Does Google Chromebook Momentum Mean for Windows?
Pay-As-You Read TotalBooX Sells eBooks By The Page
Chromium Blog: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling!
Hello Chrome, it’s Firefox calling! ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
Python gets a big data boost from DARPA | ITworld
[Phoronix] AMD Has Open-Source Driver For HD 8000 Series
HBO Wants Google to Censor…. HBO.com | TorrentFreak
The Chromebook Pixel: leaked Google product, or clever hoax? | The Verge
Carbon for Twitter – Android Apps on Google Play
What Does Google Chromebook Momentum Mean for Windows?
Megan Brenner — See the hearts
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1h 35min
February 03, 2013At The Nexus #61: What If I Had One Right Here?
The the biggest week so far this year, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl with guest, Sam Ebertz, discuss Microsoft's Windows 8 and Surface decline, streaming video bonanzas, legal piracy, more Java issues, and more BLACKBERRY news than ever before with some hands on time with an amazing phone.

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Windows 8 Grabs 2.36% Market Share, Windows 7 Drops
Microsoft Launches Modern.IE To Help Developers Test Their Web Apps For Legacy And Modern Versions Of IE | TechCrunch
Firefox Moves To Block Java, Silverlight, Adobe Reader – Security –
Microsoft’s 64GB Surface Pro will only have 23GB usable storage | The Verge
Verizon rolls out new prepaid wireless plans, but only for 3G smartphones | The Verge
T-Mobile confirms trials for GoSmart Mobile prepaid, may take it US-wide in 2013
Netflix launches all 13 episodes of ‘House of Cards’ | Internet & Media – CNET News
Amazon scores Downton Abbey as a subscription streaming exclusive from June 18th (update: timing leak)
Sony Is Teasing Something PlayStation-Related for February – Digits – WSJ
Apple to discontinue Mac Pro in Europe March 1st over new regulatory standards | 9to5Mac
Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB – MarketWatch
New York Times says targeted by China hackers after Wen report| Reuters
Twitter Hacked, 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised – Mike Isaac – Social – AllThingsD
Antigua’s Legal “Pirate Site” Authorized by the World Trade Organization | TorrentFreak
Facebook Might Owe You $10
Amazon Responds To Outage, Confirms Offline For 49 Mins, AWS Unaffected, Outside Groups Uninvolved | TechCrunch
Canonical might dump interim releases by 14.04, switch to rolling releases | ExtremeTech
Oracle Releases Java 7 Update 13 to Address Security Issues, Reenable Web Plug-in on OS X – Mac Rumors
UPnP Flaw Leaves Millions of Networked Devices Vulnerable to Attack | Maximum PC
Backdoor accounts found in networking and security appliances from Barracuda Networks – Network World
Inconsolata
Courier Prime – A Courier made for screenplays. | Quote-Unquote Apps
Minicom – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BlackBerry Z10 official: 4.2-inch 1,280 x 768 display, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus, LTE, BB 10 for $200
BlackBerry Z10 Camera: The Worst Low-Light Performance We’ve Seen in a Long Time
RIMM Falls 12%: Bears Take First Crack at BB10, Z10 Prospects – Tech Trader Daily – Barrons.com
RIM’s BlackBerry Rebranding Is Much More Than a Name Change | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
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1h 47min
January 26, 2013At The Nexus #60: Blood Is Inside Of You For A Reason
Despite recording late after adventure, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss school and studying, RIM's poor timing, Skype interception, Twitter's Vine, quarterly results, terminal plugs and a special feature of jOBS.

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Matthew’s Blog » Blog Archive » Big week world!
Cisco Catalyst – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RIM renames yearly conference BlackBerry Live, schedules its birth in the shadow of Google I/O | The Verge
Microsoft Grows Surface Family
Dell Said to Near Buyout as Microsoft Talks Deal Financing – Bloomberg
[Phoronix] Alan Cox Calls Fedora 18 “The Worst Red Hat Distro”
Linux Kernel Developer Alan Cox Leaves Intel, Slams Fedora 18
Does Skype share user data with the feds? Privacy advocates demand to know | Internet privacy – InfoWorld
Skype calls purportedly being tapped, Skype-based malware spreads – TechSpot
Cisco Exits The Consumer Market As It Sells Linksys To Belkin
Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday | TechNewsDaily.com
Twitter Launches Vine Video Sharing App
View Demo Vine Video/Gif –Twitter / danbenjamin: Yeah! http://t.co/4tKbbu5p
AnandTech – The End of an Era: Intel’s Desktop Motherboard Business to Ramp Down Over Next 3 Years
4,300 new jobs on cards as Intel gets planning permission to build US$4bn 14nm chip plant in Ireland – Careers – Careers | siliconrepublic.com – Ireland’s Technology News Service
AMD suffers Q4 loss: A rough end to a rough year | ZDNet
Samsung reports Q4 2012 financials: $8.27 billion in operating profit on $52.45 billion in revenue | The Verge
Groupon Has Canceled All Of Its Gun-Related Deals – Business Insider
Apple Earnings: What’s Next? – Seeking Alpha
Atari U.S. operation files for bankruptcy – latimes.com
Google testing new wireless network, asks FCC to keep details secret | Ars Technica
Source Comics
WarGame 2
mpg321, a simple and lightweight command line MP3 player
mpg123, Fast MP3 Player for Linux and UNIX systems (e.g. not this one)
jOBS “Garage Conversation” Clip Offical – Ashton Kutcher [1080 HD] – YouTube
Woz On What’s Wrong With Kutcher’s Steve Jobs Movie (Update 2)
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1h 33min
January 19, 2013At The Nexus #59: Nothing Happens Intentionally
After CES fever, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl return to talk about the new WarGame and discuss BlackBerry UI and apps, Windows 8's true price, why Java sucks, a new browser from Opera, and remember Aaron Swartz.

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WarGame 2
BlackBerry 10 sees 15,000 app submissions in less than two days | The Verge
Microsoft Security Essentials fails anti-virus certification test, Redmond challenges results | The Verge
Windows 8 Pro upgrade pricing will jump from $40 to $200 on Feb. 1 | VentureBeat
Microsoft Office 2013: What to expect on the pricing front | ZDNet
Amazon Launches MP3 Web Store For iPhone and iPod touch
America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’ | The Verge
Oracle Java 7 Update 11 is Out
Java Security ‘Fix’ Is Disguised Malware Attack – Security –
Latest Java Update Broken; Two New Sandbox Bypass Flaws Found | threatpost
Ting to Reimburse Early Termination Fees for Those Who Switch – Bonnie Cha – Mobile – AllThingsD
Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers
Dish Network Asks FCC to Pause Sprint-Softbank Review – Bloomberg
Lenovo announces ThinkPad Chromebook for schools | ZDNet
Google to build $1bn UK headquarters at London’s King’s Cross | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Instagram Reports 90M MAUs
Kim Dotcom Reveals Mega Will Offer 50GB of Free Storage
Opera unveils new ‘Ice’ mobile web browser for iOS and Android
AMD+friends forge ‘Roadrunner’ Open Compute server mobo • The Register
Mosh: the mobile shell
Dolphin Browser Adds One-Tap Sharing, Evernote Clipping and More
Press (Google Reader) – Android Apps on Google Play
Adblock Plus – Surf the web without annoying ads!
BlackBerry 10 Browser Preview at BlackBerry Jam Americas – YouTube
Aaron’s Law: Violating a Site’s Terms of Service Should Not Land You in Jail – Lawrence Lessig – The Atlantic
The Truth about Aaron Swartz’s “Crime” « Unhandled Exception
U.S. Attorney issues statement defending prosecution of Aaron Swartz – Boston Business Journal
House bill wants $5,000 fine for video games without ESRB rating | Ars Technica
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1h 34min
January 12, 2013At The Nexus #58: Great Dried Mangos
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl close up on CES news, and discuss sales from Microsoft on Xbox and Windows, Redbox Instant's new release date, a hardware revision to USB3, Verizon's implementation of Six Strikes, automated Gun Sights, and so much more!

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C beat Java
Google’s Schmidt Kicks Off Trip to North Korea | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
USB 3.0 specification set to hit 10Gbit/s throughput – IT News from V3.co.uk
Microsoft: 60 million Windows 8 licenses sold to date | ZDNet
Oracle Knew of Latest Java 0-Day Security Hole in August 2012
Google Gives Up Censorship Warnings In China
Xbox Lands 24th Month of Top Sales
IDC: Total PS3 sales top Xbox 360 | ITworld
Wii U sells 890,000 units in U.S. in first six weeks | VentureBeat
Microsoft Messenger kill-date set for March 15th – TrustedReviews
Amazon Prime comes to Canada with free two-day shipping, but no Instant Video | The Verge
Firefox 18 Gets JavaScript IonMonkey, WebRTC, Retina Support
Next-Generation iPad and iPad Mini Rumored for March Launch – Mac Rumors
Apple Now Locking Screenshots for Submitted Apps, Shutting Down Popular Scam Tactic – Mac Rumors
Redbox Instant by Verizon launching out of beta in March | VentureBeat
CES 2013: Kingston’s HyperX Predator Flash Drives Go to 1TB – Yes, 1TB – Techgage
Micron and Crucial introduce next-gen M500 SSD – The Tech Report
LEGO.com About Us New smarter, stronger LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3
Ax-Man Surplus Stores
Make guns smart – CNN.com
$17,000 Linux-powered rifle brings “auto-aim” to the real world | Ars Technica
Verizon’s “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Measures Unveiled | TorrentFreak
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1h 5min
January 05, 2013At The Nexus #57: The Semi-Biggest
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad look upon CES with trepidation and discuss yet another BlackBerry leak, Microsoft's Windows 8 deal, Sprint's latest joke, how Google broke Maps on purpose for Windows Phone 8, the Ubuntu Phone and why scanning documents will bankrupt you.

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BlackBerry Z10 leaks for Verizon and AT&T – SlashGear
Microsoft reportedly acquires home automation startup R2 Studios for Xbox team | The Verge
U.S. Department Of Defense Signs New Deal With Microsoft To Bring Windows 8 To 75% of Employees | TechCrunch
Leap Motion and Asus Will Team Up and Bundle Products Together | GadgeTell
Amazon Prime Instant Video adds A&E, History, and Lifetime after Netflix’s deal falls through | The Verge
Sprint to offer its own pre-paid smartphone plan with unlimited data | The Verge
Android Jelly Bean Passes 10%, Gingerbread Falls Under 50%
Sprint to Offer Contract-Free ‘As You Go’ Plans: Report
Android SDK is now proprietary, Replicant to the rescue « Torsten’s FSFE blog
Google Maps Never Supported Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 8
Amazon Web Services Blog: AWS Management Console Improvements – Tablet and Mobile Support
Library of Congress digs in to full archive of 170 billion tweets | Internet & Media – CNET News
Steve Jobs biopic hits theaters in April. Will you see it? | Ars Technica
Special Intel ‘Ivy Bridge’ chips to enable new laptops, tablets | Business Tech – CNET News
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 to be three times more scratch resistant than previous generation | The Verge
Ubuntu for phones | Ubuntu
Patent trolls want $1,000—for using scanners | Ars Technica
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1h 11min

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