Automakers don't want people to feel like driving electric means radical changes. CNET News reporter Martin LaMonica talks about what they're doing to make the transition easier for consumers. That, plus Sprint continues to bleed customers, Nintendo unveils a supersized version of the DSi, and much more.
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Sprint losses and customer defections continue
Motorola sees small third-quarter profit
Amazon lets shoppers pay with a phrase
DSi LL: Nintendo supersizes its gaming handheld
Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links
Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs
Plug-in electric cars: New technology, familiar feel
Winking robot nav head knows where you're going
Today: Windows 7 news, a new venture fund from the creator of the Mosaic browser, ABC goes live on Hulu, Toyota says yes to plug-in cars, and a short conversation about URL shortening services with CNET writer Stephen Shankland.
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Today's stories:
Will Windows 7 be finalized next week?
IE market share plummeting! (Or is it?)
Marc Andreessen launches new venture fund
EMC raises bid for Data Domain
ABC content starts arriving on Hulu
Report: Toyota to mass produce plug-ins in 2012
Best Buy shifts into electric vehicles sales
Tom Dart, sheriff of Cook County, Ill., says Craigslist is the largest source of prostitution in the country and is suing the site to stop placement of advertisements for such services. But the other side of the story is that the site has also been a goldmine for law enforcement to make arrests for those perpetrating such crimes. CNET News reporters Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh talk about how the site helps sex workers weed out violent customers and aids police in catching those who prostitute children.
Also on today's podcast: Boxee sneaks Hulu back onto its service, an underground store for iPhone apps, and the conference you go to when you don't have a job.
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Today's stories:
Is Craigslist the world's biggest bordello?
Unauthorized iPhone app stores emerging
Hulu content returns to Boxee in a different form
Motorola invented the cell phone biz, but hasn't had a hit in years. Now the company's losses are starting to pile up and investors and observers wonder if the company will be able to turn itself around. CNET News reporter Maggie Reardon, who keeps a close eye on Motorola, talks with us about how the phone maker can get its groove back.
Also on Friday's podcast: Movement within the Microsoft ranks, IBM's not happy about Apple's most recent hire, Tesla is having financial issues, and electric-car companies could be creating a different kind of environmental problem.
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Today's stories:
Motorola's struggle for survival
Microsoft's Mac unit gets new boss
Apple hires top IBM chip design and blade server guy
Tesla Motors seeks cash to keep moving forward
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