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Ep. 933: Rocket bat Video

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Ep. 933: Rocket bat
Created: 03/18/2009
Video description: A bat hitched a ride on the space shuttle Discovery and I think it's going to be a long long time till touchdown brings it down again. Of course, IBM apparently wants to buy Sun too. We also cover the hot new features in the latest software update for the Nokia 5800. Oh, and the iPhone too.

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