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CNET News Daily Podcast: The Kindle DX goes international

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:04:00 PST

It might have been the least-surprising move thus far, but on Tuesday Amazon finally brought international wireless capability to its Kindle DX. This will let users of the larger-format Kindle get books while outside of their home country, and more importantly, out of the U.S.

In today's podcast we also talk about the Xbox 360 becoming the most-used game console, technology that could have you watching football games in 3D in time for next year's Super Bowl, and new technology from winemaker Kendall-Jackson that will save a few million gallons of water.

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Today's stories:

Amazon beefs up wireless Kindle family

Xbox 360 is most-used game console, Nielsen says

First dedicated 3D networks coming to TV

Cisco brings telepresence home

Study: Three-quarters of U.S. adults use Internet

Kendall-Jackson to drastically cut water usage

IE shrinks in '09 but maintains dominance

'Kill Obama' Facebook group active for a month

CNET News Daily Podcast: Google unveils its 'superphone'

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:27:08 PST

After months of rumors and information leaks, Google today finally unveiled the Nexus One, the newest smartphone running its Android mobile operating system. While the phone has some cool new features, the bigger news is that Google's now selling the phone exclusively online and directly to consumers. People can order an unlocked version for $529, or pick the phone up for $179 by agreeing to a two-year service agreement with T-Mobile. Reporter Tom Krazit stops by the studio to give us all the details.

Also in today's podcast: Apple makes a mobile ad acquisition, Microsoft sets pricing for Office 2010, and a glitch with Windows Mobile mistakenly marks text messages as coming from the future. Get those stories and more of today's top headlines on today's podcast.

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Today's stories:

Google unveils Nexus One

Apple acquires Quattro Wireless

Microsoft sets Office 2010 pricing

NASA's Kepler finds five 'hot Jupiters'

Spring Design's e-reader taps into Google Books

Windows Mobile glitch dates 2010 texts 2016

Flixster buys Rotten Tomatoes from News Corp.

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CNET News Daily Podcast: Prepping for Nexus One and CES

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:09:00 PST

Google watchers are eagerly awaiting a press conference tomorrow at which Google is expected to announce full details about its new mobile phone, the Nexus One. The phone was leaked to the world in December via a program that put the phone in the hands of thousands of Google employee testers, in a process known as "dogfooding."

Also, the Consumer Electronics Show starts officially on Thursday in Las Vegas. It's the consumer tech industry's big launch event, and CNET reporters and reviewers will be there in force. To give us a preview of CES, we have on the show today CNET executive editor Lindsey Turrentine.

Plus: Leaked tidbits of laptop news; Chrome passes Safari; and where not to watch adult content.

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Today's stories:

Just how free will the Nexus One be?

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The $199 tablet according to Freescale

AMD makes its way into Lenovo ThinkPads

Dell laptop using Intel Core i3

Intel Atom chip spawns Toshiba, Gateway Netbooks

Chrome passes Safari in browser usage

Kingston flash drives suffer password flaw

China arrests thousands in Web porn crackdown

When policemen are caught looking at Web porn

CNET News Daily Podcast: Comcast, Microsoft lawsuits conclude

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:01:00 PST

Comcast settles a class action lawsuit, Microsoft loses its Word patent appeal, and RIM explains what happened with Tuesday's BlackBerry outage. Get those stories and more in today's daily news podcast.

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Today's stories:

Comcast settles class action suit on traffic blocking

Microsoft loses Word patent appeal, will change code

BlackBerry Messenger at fault in Tuesday outage

2009 sales of Netbooks rise, but notebooks fall

VoIP service Jajah acquired by Telefonica

Average Net user now online 13 hours per week

CNET News Daily Podcast: Microsoft's patent appeal denied

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:07:00 PST

A quick rundown of Tuesday's headlines, including a new cybersecurity chief at the White House, a legal loss for Microsoft, and a weather-related win for online retailers.

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Today's stories:

White House appoints cybersecurity chief

Microsoft loses Word patent appeal, will change code

Snowstorm blankets Web with high shopping traffic

LG, RIM top Apple in number of phone users

Report: FBI investigating Citibank cyberattack

Yahoo shutting down for the holidays

Mom calls cops for help with son's gaming addiction

CNET News Daily Podcast: Twitter turns a profit, Yelp bails on Google

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:17:00 PST

In today's podcast: Twitter's search deals come up big for the Web start-up, Yelp says "no thanks" to Google, a former Microsoftie tackles General Motors' financial situation, and brand new chips from Intel mean a raft of new Netbooks.

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Today's stories:

Microsoft CFO heads to new post at GM

Twitter? Profitable? Really?

Yelp bails on Google deal?

Maine to consider cancer warnings on cell phones

Intel launches redesigned Atom chip for Netbooks

Behind the scenes: NORAD's Santa tracker

CNET News Daily Podcast: What if Google bought Yelp?

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:10:00 PST

Is there anything Google can't or won't buy? After several acquisitions already this year, the company is reportedly closing out 2009 by negotiating a purchase of Yelp, the business reviews site, for $500 million. Also in today's podcast: Complaints to the FTC over Facebook privacy rules, Google loses a big copyright case in France, and consumer electronics companies cross their fingers for Avatar's successful release this weekend.

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Today's stories:

Google said talking buyout with Yelp

CE industry hopes 'Avatar' is a hit

FTC may enter latest Facebook privacy debacle

Google loses French copyright case

RIM beats expectations on strong BlackBerry sales

Palm's losses decline

NORAD posts rare video of its command center

CNET News Daily Podcast: Resolution between Microsoft, Europe

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:24:00 PST

A resolution in Microsoft's long antitrust battle with the European Union, Intel gets sued by the FTC, and an arrest is made in the copyright infringement case of the "Wolverine" movie. Get those stories and more in today's edition of the daily news podcast.

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Today's stories:

EU ends antitrust case against Microsoft IE

Microsoft's Smith: EU deal opens new chapter

FTC sues Intel over 'anticompetitive tactics'

FBI makes arrest in 'Wolverine' uploading case

Apple wins permanent injunction against Psystar

Scammers exploit Google Doodle to spread malware

Microsoft's Bing app debuts on iPhone

CNET News Daily Podcast: Google gets into the link-shrinking biz

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:25:00 PST

The past few days have been good for Google. First it was a hot new Google-branded cell phone, followed up shortly thereafter by a new link-shortening service. This may seem like a very common feature these days with services like Bit.ly, but keep in mind that Google's big business is ads. The more it knows about where people are going on the Internet, the more advertising power it wields.

We also lead today's podcast with a developing story about a potential code ripoff of Plurk.com by Microsoft's MSN site in China.

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Today's stories:

Microsoft pulls China site amid code-theft charges

Google gets into the URL-shrinking biz with Goo.gl

Smartphone share of cell phone sales set to soar

Inside the Google phone: A 'snappy' chip

Does Twitter mean business with 'Contributors' test?

Australia moves toward mandatory ISP filtering

Symantec confirms zero-day Acrobat, Reader attack

HTML groups tackle Webcam support

MIT unveils new 'smart' bike wheel

CNET News Daily Podcast: Secret Google phone revealed

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:09:00 PST

Over the weekend word leaked out that Google was launching a new Android phone, and more importantly, that it was doing it independent of any carrier--putting the search company potentially in competition with T-Mobile, Verizon, and other carriers that sell their own Google phones.

How the phone may eventually be sold, and by whom, is a story that's still developing. One of the first people outside Google to see this phone is CNET podcast producer Jason Howell, who got a glimpse of it on Friday, and who joins us in the studio for the newscast.

In other news: Toyota to make a plug-in Prius, AOL may sell ICQ, the European Commission warms to Oracle's acquisition of Sun, and playing Guitar Hero on Christmas lights.

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Today's stories:

Google phone looks 'supersharp'

Toyota to sell 'affordable' plug-in hybrids in '11

Report: Russian investor in talks to buy ICQ

Oracle pledges to play well with MySQL

2009 holiday sales online: $19.9 billion and counting

Apple apologizes for iMac delays

Amazon EC2 gets a spot market

iPhone users are delusional, consultants say

Man turns Christmas lights into Guitar Hero game