In this edition of the Observed Tech PODCAST we talk about several stories from the past week including: Twitter finalizing their purchase of TweetDeck; Twitter.com updates, National Cyber Security Awareness Week 2011 Down Under; Kreb’s 3 Basic Rules for Online Safety; Microsoft taking the heat for recent Skype outage; Microsoft MVP’s, Customer Service and Apple; Microsoft Safety Scanner threats data; Justin Bieber Windows 7 Theme; Sony and PlayStation Network Woes Continue; Delayed Angry Birds for Windows Phone 7; Ashton Kutcher, UberMedia and a branded Twitter App; New Kindle Special Offers edition; No-No on Police Scanner Apps; YourTube’s 6th Birthday; Now Mark Zuckerberg says not so fast on under 13’s accessing Facebook – for now anyway; How To Talk To Children About Online Safety; US CERT Confirms Mac Defender, MacProtector, MacSecurity Fake Antivirus; HP expanded battery recall; Amazon.com Mac Software Downloads; Awesome On Orbit photos; SSD Life Program; and we wrap with a week in review for WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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