Google is navigating tricky territory when it comes to working with government censors in China. CNET News editor Michelle Meyers talks to reporter Tom Krazit about the balance between the company's stated goal of making the world's information widely available and the requirement that all Internet companies doing business in China adhere to government regulations.
Plus, big job cuts at MySpace, and a service to help Web sites avoid blacklists and malware. All this and more on Tuesday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
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MySpace slashes head count by 30 percent
Best Buy's earnings take a dip
Global broadband access on the rise
Google's censorship struggles continue in China
Dasient helps Web sites avoid blacklists, malware
At a breakfast Thursday, Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, shared with the audience his not-so-inner thoughts about the Internet. "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet," he said. CNET senior writer Greg Sandoval joins the podcast to discuss this bombshell.
That, and other headlines of the day on Monday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
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Today's stories:
Wolfram Alpha: A new slant on Web data
Craigslist CEO wants apology from South Carolina AG
Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principles
AT&T to offer cloud-based storage
Brute force Hubble fix saves the day--again
Sony Pictures CEO hates the Internet
Office 2010 test version leaks onto Web
Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier
Security reporter Elinor Mills explains the ins and outs of identity fraud, including exactly how bad guys go about getting and selling people's financial account information--and how you can avoid being their victim.
Also in today's podcast: three state attorneys general meet with Craigslist over its erotic services forum; and the FTC takes a look at overlap on the boards of Apple and Google.
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Today's stories:
Craigslist to meet with state AGs over sex ads
Report: FTC eyes Apple, Google board relationship
Microsoft's new wave of layoff notices for 3,000
Photos, details leaked on expected Kindle
BlackBerry gets full-fledged Google Apps support
The clock is ticking down on Conflicker, an Internet worm that's making the rounds in various incarnations and is getting more sophisticated. It could be huge, or it could be nada. It's all part of a guessing game and we may know more tomorrow. CNET News' Elinor Mills has the latest.
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Wales giving up on Wikia search
Apps to dominate CTIA Wireless 2009
Web 2.0 Expo 2009: Downsized, but not out
For about an hour Saturday morning, Google listed every site on the Internet as potentially harmful to your computer. At first, Google blamed the problem on StopBadware.org but later had to eat crow. Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user experience, attributed the problem to "human error" and to a URL list provided by StopBadware.org. But about 30 minutes later, a blog posting on StopBadware.org disputed her explanation. An hour after that, Mayer posted Google's mea culpa. All of which raises the question of what some now describe as the "Google monoculture" and what that suggests for the Internet. ZDNet's editor-in-chief, Larry Dignan, weighs into that debate.
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It may be the start of an entirely new page in the often rocky relationship between Google and Hollywood. After a couple of years of verbal sniping and legal threats, the two sides are moving to resolve their long-running disputes. CNET News' Greg Sandoval stops by to explain what's behind the sudden rapprochement as well as Google's new interest in hosting professionally made, long-form video on its YouTube subsidiary.
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Monday's stories:
MGM first to post full-length features to YouTube
Internet attacks to grow more potent
Circuit City files for bankruptcy
OK. Enough with trying to decipher the existential meaning of even the minutest tic of any of the candidates on the campaign trail. Now it's time to tally the votes. So where can you go online to keep tabs as the ballots get counted? And what conclusions might historians and political professionals draw from the way the Internet intersected with the 2008 presidential race? CNET News' Declan McCullagh drops by for a conversation.
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Where to get Election Day results
The second public beta of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is out, and according to CNET's Robert Vamosi, it just might give other mainstream browsers a run for their money.
The iPhone OS 2.0.2 software: To upgrade or not to upgrade? Two stories this week might give iPhone owners pause. First, RoughlyDrafted Magazine writes that a source inside AT&T suspects reception problems plaguing many iPhone 3G users are based on faulty power-control software inside the phone. The 2.0.2 update was intended to fix this problem, according to the source, and the more people who upgrade, the better reception will get.
But upgraders, beware: another report says the iPhone 2.0.2 software has a hole that can open up users' mail, text messages, voice messages, and browser to anyone who gets hold of the phone. So if you do upgrade your device, just be sure not to lose it.
Also in today's podcast: Google has announced details on its Android Market, an online resource for Android-based apps and services; and a handheld sensor that detects cancer in patients' breath could be on the horizon.
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Today's stories:
Security hole opens up password protected iPhones
Power-control software blamed for iPhone 3G reception issues
Google announces Android Market for phone apps
IE 8 beta gives other browsers a run for their money
Bloomberg mistakenly publishes Steve Jobs obit
British man to face hacking charges in U.S.
After flight delays, FAA may add backup system
Apple has finally acknowledged the iPhone 3G reception issues being reported by consumers. CNET News reporter Tom Krazit talkes about what the company said, and whether the problems have been fixed.
Privacy is a big concern for many Web surfers, and it looks like Microsoft wants to capitalize on that interest by adding a safe-browsing mode to the next version of Internet Explorer.
Plus, mark your calendars, Sims fans. February 20, 2009, is the day The Sims 3 will debut.
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Today's stories:
Apple acknowledges iPhone 3G reception issues
Report: iPhone app crash fix coming next month
Microsoft, Novell expand Linux deal by up to $100 million
Microsoft planning IE privacy mode
Motorola's consumer handset chief resigns
Palm Treo Pro officially announced
PSP 3000: Another minor PSP upgrade
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf acknowledges that Internet service providers need to figure out how to manage network traffic. But, he says, they're doing it all wrong. He's posted a blog calling for online speed limits, as opposed to data volume caps, but will ISPs follow his suggestion?
The last week has brought a flurry of news of tech companies jumping into the cloud computing game. CNET's Charles Cooper and Dan Farber talk about what led up to this trend.
Get those stories and more in today's podcast.
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Today's stories:
Vint Cerf calls for Internet speed limits
Black Hat 2008 promises to be big
Apple nixes second Black Hat talk
Microsoft taking a sip of Midori
Microsoft's heads-up on security vulnerabilities
Apple releases update to iPhone 2.0 software
Apple's Jobs says oops on MobileMe launch
Hearwho crunches text into MP3s for your amusement
World ready for Flash for dummies? You bet
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