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This article was published on January 9, 2010

The Next Web Podcast: Episode 5 – Petaoptics & Platforms


The Next Web Podcast: Episode 5 – Petaoptics & Platforms

TNW-PodcastWhile we’re still in the holiday mood, we have a fiber-optics specialist on the show and we cannot agree on the next best mobile platform!

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On today’s show: Fawzi Rahal (Dubai), Aleksander Grynis (Warsaw), Khaled AlSaleh (Dubai), Kristin Marshall (Seattle), Martin Bryant (Manchester),  and Ralf Rottmann (Dortmund). Our guest for tonight is Mazen Sahli, fiber optics specialist, from Corning.

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In today’s episode:

Announcing The Next Web Conference 2010 (fifth edition)
Google’s Nexus One launch: everything you need to know in one list
6 reasons why I’m dumping my iPhone for a Nokia N900
Believe it or not: Avatar takes 1 petabyte of storage space, equivalent to a 32 YEAR long MP3.
Apple Introduces Streaming Music Previews Without iTunes
Project Natal Is Coming This Holiday, Will Work With Your Current Xbox
The HP ‘Slate’ PC Is Coming Later This Year ‚Looks Like I Need One, No Sign of Courier, Sadly

In the local news
Dubai-based video game faces ban
At the top of the tallest building in the world
London Kickstarts an Open Data revolution
Facebook climbing in Poland like no tomorrow!VP of Facebook EMEA Blake Chandlee is in Warsaw on Tuesday (will be covered by TNW Poland)

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