TPN Weekly #32- Four Dudes On Tech – Top Tech Stories of 2009
November 22nd, 2009 — tpnweeklyHello everyone! This is Dan Driscoll host of Four Dudes On Tech! This episode is going to be a real treat for everyone as it counts down:
The Top Tech Stories of 2009!
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Topics Include:
- Introduction
- Biggest tech stories of 2009, you heard it here first!
- Not only do these seem to be the biggest stories of the year, they all have recent happenings/updates.
- The Pirate Bay
- Trial
- Guilty verdict
- No retrial granted, verdict appealed
- Drama ensues
- Site ordered shut down or face fines
- Tracker shut down
- Bold Moves in Competition
- Microsoft, Palm, and Motorola each try to take down the undisputed leader in their markets
- Microsoft unveils Bing to compete with Google
- Palm comes out with the Pre exclusive to the Sprint Network and Motorola comes out with the Droid exclusive to the Verizon Network to compete with Apple’s iPhone on AT&T
- Oracle Acquires Sun
- Just weeks after it seemed IBM was going to purchase them
- Sun’s open source projects could be on shaky ground
- European Commission raises objections to the deal
- Acquisition is as of yet incomplete
- Battles over Apple’s iPhone App Store
- Apple has an iron fist about what goes on the app store
- Constant complaining over the approval process by developers
- However, the store grows immensely throughout the year
- Big time developer announces he’s leaving the iPhone app game
- Apple vs. Psystar
- Apple sues Mac clone maker Psystar for copyright infringement, Psystar says they are not infringing since they bought the OS from Apple
- Psystar files countersuit saying Apple is over-extending its copyright
- Psystar continues to release new clone models
- Bankruptcy is filed by Psystar, then unfiled
- A summary judgement in the case recently is favorable for Apple
- 4DoT’s favorite odd stories of the year
- Flash drive finger
- Swedish robot attacks Swedish man
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