MyMac Podcast 190
Marriage of Mediocrity

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Do you have any fond memories of old computer games? Tim and David do, and chat about 3D Monster Maze for the ZX81 and Dungeons of Daggorath for the TRS-80. This is the last week for Bill Gates at Microsoft, and we chat about the possible Yahoo – Microsoft merger in the segment we call the Marriage of Mediocrity. Sam Levin kicks off the show with two Cool Mac Picks, the Myvu and Partners In Rhyme.

Other World Computing pick of the week:
NLU Products BodyGuardz for Apple iPhone
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Links from the show
Myvu
Partners In Rhyme
3D Monster Maze
Dungeons of Daggorath

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