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CNET News Daily Podcast: Much ado about extended warranties

by Josh Lowensohn
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Black Friday will be here in mere weeks, but the extended warranty business runs year round. What are some things to watch out for, and do you really need to buy a warranty for some of the smaller ticket items? We get CNET News reporter (and fellow CNET News Daily Podcast host) Erica Ogg in the studio to give us a breakdown on tech warranties, along with what gadgets you should and shouldn't buy one of these warranties for.

We also talk about Best Buy's upcoming video service, batteries made out of zinc, and a new wireless device that's been made just for Twitter.

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Today's stories:

Cisco, EMC, and VMWare make alliance official

Best Buy to launch branded movie download service

Dedicated tweeting gadget TwitterPeek launches

Hulu adds episode release schedule

Zinc air battery maker looks beyond lithium

Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook

Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook

Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications and services. E-mail Josh, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Josh.
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by gggg sssss November 4, 2009 2:24 PM PST
radio shack droid tried to sell me an extended warrantee on a spoool of speaker wire
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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.
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Josh Lowensohn Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications and services. E-mail Josh, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Josh.
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