Ep. 1104: Microsoft hides its hot new TV service Video

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Ep. 1104: Microsoft hides its hot new TV service
Created: 11/10/2009
Video description: Bing has taken over MSN video and it has videos from every network. Why aren't they trumpeting this? We also get really confused by Verizon's unlimited plan that has a limit of 5GB. Does it? Doesn't it? What the hell? And we debate the way Twitter retweets.

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