CNET News Daily Podcast: More on Microsoft's Sidekick failure
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.
Listen now: Download today's podcastToday'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
Reports: Hadron Collider physicist arrested on terrorism charges
'The Social Network' filming starts in Boston soon
OMG! Miley Cyrus quits Twitter via YouTube!
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