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Digital City Podcast 49: Steve Jobs returns, first Win 7 TV spots, and the Beatles/Dreamcast connection
Episode 49 of the Digital City, where we find out why Microsoft's Steve Ballmer tried to stomp a co-worker's iPhone; check out the first Windows 7 TV ad; and lament that Steve Jobs had to drag himself onstage at the latest Apple event to basically announce nothing (and that the purported Beatles/iTunes deal never materialized).
We also check out EA's Madden for the iPhone, find out why Batman: Arkham Asylum is such a hit, and fondly remember the 10th anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast.
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>>iPhone NFL Kick off
>>Arkham Asylum: best of '09?
>>Happy 10th anniversary, Sega Dreamcast!
>>Hands on with The Beatles: Rock Band
>>Microsoft's first Windows 7 TV ad
>>CNBC: Ackerman on Apple
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New York native Dan Ackerman, a former radio DJ turned journalist, has written about technology and music for publications including Spin, Blender, The Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. He hosts the weekly Digital City podcast and the New York edition of Editors' Office Hours. Dan's new album, Tales Out of Night School, is available now. E-mail Dan.
Former radio DJ turned
journalist Dan Ackerman grew up in the Bronx and now lives in
Manhattan. He’s covered music, technology, and video games for
more than 10 years. His latest album, Tales Out of Night School
is available now. 
Joseph Kaminski,
when not juggling the dual demands of parenthood and HD gaming, is a
life-long Manhattanite and can be found testing the latest tech in
CNET’s Lab. 
Julie Rivera grew up
and currently resides in Brooklyn. When she's not deejaying,
bartending, or fixing gadgets for friends on the outside, you'll find
her testing, troubleshooting and developing benchmarks for laptops in
the "fish bowl" known as CNET Labs. 
Scott Stein, CNET's
newest laptops editor, was born in Queens and grew up a Long Islander -
and is now raising a kid in NYC. In addition to covering games and
tech, writing screenplays, and performing improv in seedy downtown
establishments, he's also a die-hard, season-ticket-holding Jets fan.
She should also take Scott's seat permanently.
This was the only episode (out of the past four) where I directed the show to the wide shot angle MORE often than not. It happens. Didn't feel like cycling through that day...didn't feel like doing much of anything that day. No one else volunteered to run the cameras--it was automatically given to me, I didn't ask for the job. There's also a 1-second delay between the transitions no matter how quickly you change the camera views, and using the keyboard as opposed to a central keypad (which we don't have) is really not conducive when having to cycle through 6 camera views.
The funny thing is, after the show, I told Joseph I mostly had the overhead camera on 'cause I didn't feel like going into a finger frenzy on the keyboard...too tired. Didn't faze him. So ***, what's the BFD? (take it with a grain of salt, I'm not intentionally being mean).
Also, I'm not much of a camera *****, that's why I barely put it on myself when I'm speaking (when I can get a word in edgewise). And...why should I take Scott's seat permanently?
1). *** = the letters W, T, and F
2). ***** = whor_ (fill in the blank)
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by ScottStein8
September 17, 2009 11:58 AM PDT
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