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Samsung Sues iPhone5
-Not sure on what patents it infringes. Maybe Samsung has a “5″ phone out there already…
Wikileaks raided
- 4 servers were taken by Swedish police
Google Bests Microsoft
- Google is now the second largest company behind Apple.
White House Hacked
- Officials say the hacker didn’t breach the security system.
Wifi on iPhone5
- A bug has been fixed that allows Verizon users to run Wifi on iPhone5
iPad Mini On the Way?
- Possible event marked for October 10th. Mini might be in HD.
Purple Camera
- Apple says your holding it wrong.
Steve Wozniak on Apple
- Why isn’t iTunes on Android? Why isn’t iTune more open?
New MSN.com Design
- If you have Windows 8, you can see it.
Netflix Just for Kids
- Kids iPad app only begs the day that someone reports they’ve seen a porno on the site.

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Pac Man – Remote Control Racers
Kickstarter – Form1 Pro 3D Printer
Star Wars – It’s a Trap Plush
LEGO – Monster Fighters
Outdoors – Backpack Sofa
Angry Birds – Fruit Snacks
Disney – If Villians Won
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I remember when I heard the first time I was told I shouldn’t use Feedburner. I pretty much shrugged the comment off. How could a company shut down something that so many websites use and make money with? It’s never going to do that…

I might have been wrong.

During the summer, Google announced the API for Feedburner was going off-line. Rumors have pointed to Adsense for Feedburner getting shut down. It’s also rumored that Google feels RSS feeds are giving way to Social Media.

So is RSS dying, too?

I still get information from RSS feeds. I still use RSS feeds to send my information to iTunes, Twitter and Facebook. Web programs like WordPress do a great job in RSS feeds. I suppose that with Adsense closing, I have no reason to keep my Feedburner active except for those pennies I make from it.

But what about those blogs and podcasts that have grown their Feedburner subscribers? The people that make hundreds of dollars on this service? I guess they are going to have to ween their audience to another outlet – and quick.

I don’t have that many subscribers on my Feedburner feeds. The ones I do have will need to heed this warning and get the show in another location. All my feeds are found on the top-right hand corner of the webpage.

It’s sad that Google is cutting a program where so many rely on. I think I understand nixing Adsense – It may be a question between real traffic and bot traffic.It would just be nice if Google had an alternative in their Google+ with at least a semi-open API so I can send RSS information there.

Geek Smack! is a weekly video show and podcast that comes out every Tuesday evening. Your host: Jeffrey Powers – talks tech news, IT news and geek news for the week. Geek Smack! is ©2012 under a Creative Commons no-deriv license. Never take candy from strangers. If you would like more information about what is technology, recent news, Geekazine, and Jeffrey Powers, feel free to contact him. Jeffrey Powers does interviews, just ask!