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CNET News Daily Podcast: Lines blurring between Netbooks, notebooks
Is it time to drop the Netbook label? CNET News reporter Erica Ogg thinks so, and she joins the podcast to talk about why. That, and other headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast. Listen now: Download today's podcast ... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: MySpace makes iLike move official
It's official: MySpace is acquiring iLike. Reporter Caroline McCarthy to talk about what the deal means for the Facebook version of the music service and how it plays into MySpace's overall goals. Also in today's podcast: A Missouri woman gets... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Sony's smaller, cheaper PS3
On today's podcast we talk to CNET executive editor David Carnoy about the newly announced PlayStation 3 Slim from Sony. It may be smaller and cheaper than the older model, but is it missing features? We also talk about iTunes market share,... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Borders survey mentions Apple 'iPad'
Is it a hoax, a blunder, or a real leak that's telling us that an upcoming Apple tablet will compete with the Amazon Kindle? A Borders Books survey asks customers if they're planning on buying an "iPad" e-reader. In other broken news, yet another... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Apple tablet spotted at Borders?
Is it a hoax, a blunder, or a real leak that's telling us that an upcoming Apple tablet will compete with the Amazon Kindle? A Borders Books survey asks customers if they're planning on buying an "iPad" e-reader. In other broken news, yet another... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Apple serving up 'Cocktail' at September event
CNET's Greg Sandoval learns from music industry sources that Apple's new album cover technology, codenamed Cocktail, will be on the menu at the company's annual September event. Though a date has not been officially announced, the ninth month of the... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Getting paid to play games at work
At more and more companies, employees are being encouraged to play video games together as team-building exercises. CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman has more. Plus, Microsoft confirms Zune HD details. Listen
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Microsoft, Nokia partner to fend off rivals
Microsoft and Nokia said Wednesday that they are working together to bring Office to Nokia cell phones. Reporter Ina Fried talks about what the two rivals hope to gain by partnering up. Also in this podcast: Federal judge bars Microsoft from... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Charting the rise and fall of a music start-up
CNET News reporter Greg Sandoval joins the podcast to talk about his multipart series on the once-promising music start-up SpiralFrog, which folded last year as a result of factors including inexperienced and divided leadership, wild spending, and... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Trim gets shortened
Consolidation in the URL shortening space was bound to happen eventually. And it has begun. One such service found at Tr.im has shut down, taking thousands of short links with it. In other broken promises: Microsoft's formerly free-forever small... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Hands-on with Microsoft's Project Natal
After demonstrating Project Natal at E3 in June, Microsoft hasn't revealed many further details about its plan for the motion-sensing technology it's working on. But CNET's Ina Fried was in Redmond recently and got to take Natal for a spin. She... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: DoS attacks hit Twitter, Facebook
CNET News reporter Caroline McCarthy talks about the denial-of-service attacks that hit Twitter, Facebook, and possibly other sites Thursday morning. That, and other headlines of the day, on the CNET News Daily Podcast. Listen... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Hijinks abound at hacker conferences
The Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences wrapped up over the weekend, and security reporter Elinor Mills was in Las Vegas for both. But over the years, she's learned that it's wise to pack a bit of paranoia when you go to such shows. She joins... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: PayPal's short outage cost millions
We get Stephen Shankland on the phone to talk about PayPal's big outage Monday that cost the company millions in lost or delayed transactions. We also talk about new features coming to Google's Chrome browser, the next generation of memory cards,... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Eric Schmidt leaves Apple board
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple board of directors. What does this mean for Apple? For Google? To discuss, we have CNET reporter Tom Krazit in the studio. Last month, he wrote a column, called "Mr. Schmidt, step down from that... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Microsoft on Zune, Windows 7 upgrade pricing
CNET News reporter Ina Fried got a chance to speak with Microsoft Entertainment division president Robbie Bach, and finds out more about the company's vision for the Zune brand, including bringing it to the Xbox 360. Bach also talked about the... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Apple at CES? Not so fast
In the studio we have CNET News reporter and fellow news podcast host Erica Ogg to talk about new rumors that Apple will be making an appearance at next year's Consumer Electronics Show. Are they true? Tune in to find out. We also talk about... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: What Microsoft and Yahoo win with new deal
After more than a year of back and forth, Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized a deal to share search and advertising resources. Reporter Tom Krazit talks about what it will mean for the two companies, Google, and everyday users. Also in today's... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Sprint's Virgin Mobile buy
Sprint on Tuesday announced it was planning to snatch up Virgin Mobile in the U.S. The buy puts Sprint in a good position to compete with prepaid offerings from other carriers. We talk to CNET News writer Maggie Reardon to hear what kind of money... ...
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Investigating Web loyalty programs
Thousands of online shoppers have complained that mysterious charges are showing up on their credit card statements. They've accused those who operate something they call "Web loyalty programs" of purposely deceiving them into signing them up and... ...
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