This week, Apple launches the iPad Mini as well as a slew of other product upgrades. Should you trade up your 3rd Generation iPad for the new Lightning iPad? Listen in and find out. Joining us on the panel this week is Box.com IT consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

But first, the headlines…Kim Dotcom launches Mega, Microsoft launches Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Surface, SmartGlass & a new Halo 4 trailer, Zynga uses Apple’s launch to cover layoffs of over a hundred employees, and Google officially announces Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10.

What rights to privacy can we expect when we choose to act anonymously/pseudonymously on the internet? Do they end at your public actions? Is it acceptable to violate the privacy of one class of user over another? Is it the purview of objective journalism to make that decision? The outing of Reddit‘s ViolentAcrez, “the Biggest Troll on the Web” by Gawker columnist Adrian Chen brings to light those questions and more this week.

But first, the headlines…Microsoft names launch dates and pricing for Windows 8 & Surface RT, Apple teases the possible announcement of the iPad Mini. Saturday Night Live mocks whiny tech bloggers.

If you could download and print your own weapon, would you? Should you be allowed to? This week, we get into the impending legal & copyright minefields associated with the untamed frontier that is desktop 3D printing.

But first, the headlines… Facebook launches real-world Gifts, Tim Cook issues an apology for iOS6 Maps, Apple manufacturers start building a mini iPad, Microsoft to launch XBOX Music service, T-Mobile merges with MetroPCS, Judge lifts ban against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung adds iPhone 5 to lawsuit.

On this week’s show, a court rules in favor of Apple over Samsung in a landmark patent and design lawsuit to the tune of $1 billion. Panelists Andrew Sorcini, Christopher Burnor, and guest VentureBeat staff writer Sean Ludwig discuss how this affects Apple, Samsung, the whole mobile phone ecosystem, the future of patent lawsuits, and you, the consumer.

But first, the headlines…Twitter removes friend-finding from Tumblr and removes 3rd-party plugin identification from Twitter.com, Microsoft gets a new logo, Apple delays TV device development, a landmark filesharing fine is upheld, Ask.com buys About.com from The New York Times, and President Obama visits Reddit.

Amongst this week’s headlines, an iconic torrent tracking site is dismantled, Google punishes pirate sites, Anonymous & Wikileaks uncover a secret U.S. surveillance system, and Apple rumors: are we so easily misled by them because we so desperately want to believe?