April 21, 2009 3:01 PM PDT

CNET News Daily Podcast: What new funding means for green innovation

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In his final podcast for CNET News, the incomparable Charles Cooper talks with reporter Martin LaMonica about how funding from the U.S. Department of Energy will affect innovation and business in the green-tech sector.

Also in this podcast: Congress will investigate whether peer-to-peer Web sites lead to inadvertent sharing; study shows that file-swappers buy 10 times as much legal music as those who never use P2P sites; iPhone OS 3.0 may include voice control; and more of today's top stories.

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Congress to probe P2P sites over 'inadvertent sharing'

Paul McCartney: Pirate Bay verdict is 'fair'

Study: P2P thieves buy more music

Report: iPhone OS 3.0 may include voice control

Microsoft adds Web-based IM to Hotmail

RSA '09: Security pros stay on message

Photos: Mars500 project preps for spaceflight

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The CNET News team brings you this snappy podcast every weekday, covering everything from privacy to processors, iPods to Intel. Rafe Needleman, Leslie Katz, Erica Ogg, and Jennifer Guevin cover the top technology news of the day, and encourage listeners to be a part of the discussion.

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Rafe Needleman is editor of CNET's Webware. He's been covering technology since 1988, and has interviewed thousands of tech execs. He blogs at Rafe's Radar.

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