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Ep. 49: Steve Jobs returns, first Win 7 TV spots and the Beatles/Dreamcast connection
Created: 09/11/2009
Video description: Ep. 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 Apple event to basically announce nothing.

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