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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

CNET News Daily Podcast: Apple fires back at Nokia

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:57:00 PST

After being accused of using 10 Nokia patents without paying the proper licensing fees, Apple has turned the tables on Nokia. Apple filed a suit of its own on Friday alleging that Nokia is using 13 of Apple's iPhone-relating technologies without permission. It is currently awaiting a U.S. District Court judge in Delaware to sort this whole mess out.

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Today's stories:

Apple files countersuit against Nokia

WiGig group finalizes new wireless standard

Microsoft buys data center software firm Opalis

Neilsen: More seniors becoming Web regulars

Facebook backtracks on public friends lists

Report: PS3 design finally nearing break-even

CNET News Daily Podcast: Why AT&T might reward you for using less data

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:32:00 PST

AT&T may consider offering incentives to entice smartphone users to reduce their demand for bandwidth. CNET reporter Maggie Reardon joins the podcast with more.

That, and other headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast.

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Today's stories:

Yahoo joins the real-time search parade

Heartland data breach lawsuit dismissed

Microsoft to buy Sentillion for health care software

GE wins $1.4 billion wind farm contract

Google.org unveils deforestation monitor

Nokia to close its two U.S. flagship stores

Study: You'll wolf down 34GB of data today

AT&T considers incentives to curb heavy data usage

CNET News Daily Podcast: Facebook readies new privacy requirements

charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:29:00 PST

Facebook users will soon be required to actively set their privacy settings on the social network, while getting much more granular control over who can see individual pieces of content they post; Apple is reportedly pitching its upcoming tablet to the publishing industry in preparation for a spring launch; and Mozilla readies mobile Firefox and launches Thunderbird 3.

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Today's stories:

Microsoft plugs zero-day IE hole

Facebook details new privacy settings

Apple pitching tablet to publishing industry

First Mobile Firefox enters home stretch

Mozilla lets Thunderbird 3 fly

Google Goggles' visual search headed for Chrome