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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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
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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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
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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Just how free will the Nexus One be?
Complete CES coverage from CNET
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
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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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
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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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
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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Microsoft CFO heads to new post at GM
Maine to consider cancer warnings on cell phones
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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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
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