Podcast highlight: IT's answer to the energy crisis

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IT's high-tech answer to the energy crisis
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Some of the nation's best brains assembled at MIT to figure out what the nation can do to end its reliance on foreign sources of energy. Reporter Martin Lamonica explains what might result from the conclave. Also, Enterprise Editor Mike Ricciuti deciphers Microsoft's revamped strategy on how best to deal with the challenge posed by Google. And listen to a brief cut from Neil Young's online antiwar anthem, which its hitting the Web before reaching retail.

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