This week’s video roundup: Mayer, Google, hackers, and veterans

What a week it has been, what a rare mood I’m in — why, it’s almost like being in tech!

This week, we’re giving you a quick update on the week’s biggest stories:

Unless you’ve been living under a rock

VBWeekly: Digg dumps, Githubs gits, Ouya owns, and Nukotoys … toys?

Yes, folks its another VBWeekly, and our regular VBWeekly host Jolie O’Dell was out on assignment, so VentureBeat’s executive Editor Dylan Tweney has stepped in to take you through the stories of the week. And we have stories; running from …

NASA and CERN just made Larry and Sergey look like Jay and Silent Bob

It’s been a big news week for us, but not because of tech leaders. Rather, it’s the science community that’s been keeping us on our toes lately.

This week, just before Independence Day, the eggheads at CERN accidentally posted then …

Google overload, or, if we never see Sergey Brin’s adorable face again, it’ll be too soon

There was a time when summer was slow. News would lull. Folks would go on vacation.

Not this year.

Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and now Google have conspired to work technology journalists to death over the past six weeks or so. …

Oops — police searches at MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom’s house were illegal, judge says

The wheels of justice may grind slowly, but they do grind. Who they grind, of course, is another matter.

And whether or not you believe that Kim Dotcom’s file-sharing business MegaUpload was a legal business or a thin front for …

Blue Jeans: Flipping 100 billion minutes of audio conference calls into video

Every year, 100 billion minutes are spent on traditional audio-only teleconferences, while only 200 million minutes are used for video conferencing. Blue Jeans Network thinks it’s the company that can flip those numbers around.

With $25 million in new funding, …

Reminder: This is why everyone hated Mass Effect 3

Tomorrow sees the release of the Extended Cut of Mass Effect 3. Here's a bunch of random images to remind us why we hated it in the first place!

Microsoft Surface: the full keynote (video)

Well this is a new one: must-see-Microsoft TV!

We haven’t seen excitement like we saw yesterday anywhere but Apple’s big announcement events. And it was completely warranted — check out our live coverage, hands-on mini-review, and an early peek at …

Microsoft’s big announcement: Loser + Loser = Winner?

[ Update June 18 ]

Barnes & Noble is denying any involvement in today’s Microsoft announcement.

TechCrunch is reporting insider information that the big and much-anticipated Microsoft announcement tomorrow is an e-reader and streaming media tablet produced in conjunction with …

LeVar Burton’s secret announcement from WWDC

Happy Friday, nerdosaurus! Twitter was blowing up this week when LeVar Burton made a surprise appearance at WWDC to announce …

Well, we can’t tell you exactly what he’s announcing just yet, but we did get the full story from …

Comcast, defender of Internet freedom and friend of the little guy (don’t laugh)

Comcast is helping the little guy avoid getting screwed. For once.

The massive media conglomerate is refusing to comply with court-ordered requests to deliver the names and contact information of its customers to porn studios. The studios claim that Comcast’s …

VBWeekly: Airtime, leaked LinkedIn passwords, and SpaceX

This week the VBWeekly crew discusses the new social-chatting service Airtime, leaked passwords from a LinkedIn hack (check out our tips for changing your passwords), and SpaceX — the first all-private company to start hauling cargo into space.

And finally …

Transformers developer using past critiques to fuel change (video interview)

Developer High Moon Studios is hoping to make a more-engaging game with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron by addressing the critical feedback they received on the previous installment in the series.

Please, keep your teenagers off the Internet. They’re making a mess

Holy crap, what a week! Here’s what we’re covering in this week’s video briefing:

Teens being boneheaded is hardly news, but it doesn’t always lead to a robbery. You, young lady, just ruined Christmas and shamed your family. No more

VBWeekly gets a visit from the undead, which is appropriate since we’re talking Facebook

This week’s VBWeekly got a little goofy, while our anchor Jolie O’Dell was traveling to the East Coast. We hit on some serious stories, including more on the Facebook drama unfolding post IPO, and a sexual harassment lawsuit that hit …

Pets.com and Midwestern moms: Another look at what happened to Facebook

Hoo boy, anything tech-related that happened over this past week was dwarfed into oblivion by Facebook’s IPO.

Many of us were expecting a glorious event with massive profits for early shareholders, but the day’s events ended in disappointment.

The stock …

Scott Thompson: Should he stay or should he go now?

What a week it’s been! Here are the stories we discuss in this week’s edition of VBWeekly:

Come and listen to a story ’bout a man named Scott Thompson, a poor CEO who… well, who lied on his resume then

Here’s how much WE would pay for Facebook stock

What a week is has been. Here’s what we’re covering in the weekly roundup:

Facebook shares were given their starting price range; we go into detail about how much we’d each pay for a single share — and when we’d

VBWeekly, the paranoia edition! Featuring the insecurity of at least 3 CEOs

Holy moly, what a week it’s been! As one of our astute editors pointed out, paranoia (that some other company is stealing your ideas, getting ahead at your expense, etc.) seemed to be a theme this week.

Here’s the recap:…

The top 10 moments from DEMO Spring 2012

We loved the technology we discovered at DEMO this week, but some of our favorite memories had more to do with half-naked, dancing entrepreneurs and role-playing games.

With an intro like that, you can’t not watch this clip:

Check out …