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All's fair in love and war, but business is another story. Apple has unleashed its team of lawyers on HTC over an alleged infringement of 20 patents it holds for the iPhone. We also talk about Google's acquisition of photo editor Picnik, Sony getting old "fat" PlayStation 3's working again after Monday's leap year bug, and Netflix considering bringing its streaming service to the iPhone. Tune in to get the scoop.

Today's stories:

Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents

Google acquiring Web-based photo editor Picnik

PS3 console errors fixed, leap year bug to blame… Read more

Over the weekend, Sony PlayStation console players found themselves unable to play not only network games, but offline games they'd downloaded to their machines. For the update on this developing story, we talk with CNET reporter Josh Lowensohn.

Also: Firefox tweaked, News Corp. may sue Google, and new X-Prizes to compete for.

Today's stories:

Worldwide PSN meltdown; older PS3 consoles paralyzed, Sony working on fix

Elements of Firefox overhaul arrive for testing

What enterprise still uses IE 6? Try Intel

Rupert Murdoch ready to sue Google?

Conde Nast's iPad plan in Apple-Adobe crossfire

Internet changes news consumption landscape … Read more

Virgin to serve up speedy 100Mbps Internet in the U.K. by the end of the year, Google in trouble in Europe again over Street View photos, U.S. wireless companies defend high early termination fees, and Al Gore attracts attention at Apple's shareholder meeting.

Today's stories:

Virgin to offer 100Mbps broadband

EU cautions Google over Street View photos

Mobile carriers, Google defend cancellation fees

Gore a lightning rod at Apple shareholder event

Enter the Audiophillie contest

CNET reporter Josh Lowensohn details the much-anticipated Bloom box unveiled Wednesday. Plus, other headlines of the day, including a teen just sentenced to 15 years in prison for blackmailing his classmates in a scheme involving Facebook.

Today's stories:

Palm's revenue to be 'well below' forecasts

T-Mobile boosts prepaid market, loses subscribers

Report: Teen gets 15 years for Facebook blackmail

Microsoft action takes down Cryptome Web site

IBM BigSheets to preserve fleeting Web data

Bloom box challenges: Reliability, cost

Trouble ahead: Blockbuster posts $435 million loss

Quicken for the Mac: Finally!

The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Google. Separately, an Italian court finds three Google employees guilty of charges in a case concerning a video clip posted to its Google Video site. Also in today's podcast: Bloom Energy unveils its top-secret power source; Nintendo shows off larger version of the DSi; and the world almost sees the end of the Rickroll.

Today's stories:

EU to investigate Google after complaints

Execs convicted in Google Video case in Italy

Bloom Energy unveils its box

Nintendo DSi XL's screen 93 percent bigger

Nintendo getting on e-reader train, too… Read more

The Vudu video service is soon to be a Wal-Mart brand, as news broke late Monday that a deal had been struck between the two companies. We also talk fuel cell growth, Apple purging the App Store of "overtly sexual" iPhone apps, and how Amazon has just been listed as the most-trusted brand in the U.S. by Millward Brown's latest consumer survey. Tune in to get the full stories.

Today's stories:

Wal-Mart to buy Vudu video service

Intel alliance to invest $3.5 billion in U.S. tech

Fuel cell vehicles to number 2.8 million by 2020… Read more

There have been developments in the case of Harriton High School, which allegedly used loaned out laptops to spy on its students in their own homes. To bring us up to speed, we talk with Larry Magid, who has been following the story.

Also: The Web really does make us smarter.

Today's stories:

School district: Spy Webcams activated 42 times

Twitter, Facebook use up 82 percent

The Internet can make you smarter, experts say

Columnist revealed as company's non-existent CTO

Chinese schools deny links to Google attacks

In today's podcast: Apple is taking a second look at some sexually themed applications already for sale in its App Store; Google turning into a utility company?; Microsoft to start offering browser choice in Europe; and Hulu on the iPad.

Today's stories:

Has Apple banned sexual content from the App Store?

Google gets go ahead to buy, sell energy

IE to lose Windows monopoly next week in Europe

Pay for Hulu on iPad? You may have to

Makeshift shelter of the future

The hearing that will decide the fate of Google's planned digital library kicked off in New York Thursday, with the judge saying there will be no quick ruling. That, and other news of the day, in Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast.

Today's stories:

Judge in Google Books case says no ruling Thursday

Justice Dept. clears Microsoft, Yahoo search deal

MySpace to hold an all-is-well meeting for staff

Zeus Trojan found on 74,000 PCs in global botnet

J.D. Power gives Verizon Wireless top marks for call quality

BlackBerry users get Amazon Kindle app

Photoshop, a software industry fixture, turns 20… Read more