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Big week for announcements at the All Things D conference along with that from GoogleIO, and the Gang discusses the various announcements and probes to get at the meaning behind these moves by Microsoft, Google and Palm. We also briefly discuss some interesting local use of social media at the beginning of this week’s show.

Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off today).

Discussed During the Show Notes:

• Tim mentions Serious Eats and the mention of local vendor ChefShack (Twitter @chefshack1 and website), “A Minneapolis-based truck operated by two chefs with 20 years of experience in notable fine dining kitchens.“

All Things D releases:

1. Steve Ballmer interview and announcement of Bing (not-yet-live site; Virtual Press Kit for Bing)
2. Roger McNamee and Jon Rubenstein (Palm investors) interview and Palm Pre discussion as well as a new demo

• Google Wave introduction which Techcrunch’s Mike Arrington positioned as something that stole the thunder from Microsoft’s Bing announcement (read “What Just Happened? Thursday was Supposed to be Bing Day.“)

• J Wynia and Garrick Van Buren‘s interview from 2006 with J)