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CNET News Daily Podcast: More on Microsoft's Sidekick failure

by Rafe Needleman
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Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA has stopped selling all models of the Sidekick in the wake of a massive hardware failure that resulted in many customers losing their e-mail, contacts, and other data.

Sidekick customers had started experiencing problems connecting to the data network more than a week ago. Microsoft, whose Danger subsidiary powers the Sidekick service, said it was investigating the problems. On Saturday, Microsoft and T-Mobile posted an updated notice saying all data that was not currently on customers devices was likely lost permanently. And here we are--looking at one of the largest losses of online consumer data we've ever seen. We get an update from CNET's Microsoft expert Ina Fried.

Also on the podcast: Facebook's outage; Larry Ellison slams IBM; Apple and Google boards of directors continue to separate from each other; Miley Cyrus quits Twitter; and more.

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Today's stories:

T-Mobile halts sales of Sidekick

Downed Facebook accounts still haven't returned

IDC: Spending on cloud services to hit 10 percent by 2013

Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks

Levinson quits Google's board

Reports: Hadron Collider physicist arrested on terrorism charges

'The Social Network' filming starts in Boston soon

OMG! Miley Cyrus quits Twitter via YouTube!

Rafe Needleman writes about start-ups, new technologies, and Web 2.0 products, as editor of CNET's Webware. E-mail Rafe.
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Rafe Needleman 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.
Leslie Katz Leslie Katz is senior editor of CNET News' Crave blog, which focuses on gadgets, games, and all other digital distractions.
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