Today, Google released the source code for its Chrome OS project and gave the public the first real look at how the new operating system for Netbooks will work. CNET reporter Tom Krazit calls in from Google headquarters to give us the scoop.
Also in today's podcast: a computer glitch at the FAA caused nationwide flight cancellations and delays; Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Windows 7 is selling better than any previous version of Windows; and AOL looks to shed about 2,500 workers and its MapQuest division.
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Google releases Chrome OS source code
Computer glitch slows U.S. air travel
Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes
AOL: We need to fire 2,500 'volunteers'
AOL to sell MapQuest, maybe to Microsoft?
Yahoo adds photos, tweets to news search
Reporter Tom Krazit joins the podcast today to talk about what Google's upcoming operating system means for users and the industry. Also in this podcast: a new music royalty deal could save Web radio stations, the SEC continues to look into the way Apple's board handled disclosures about CEO Steve Jobs' health, Microsoft is in talks to wrap up antitrust negotiations with the EU, and more.
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Google plans Chrome-based Web operating system
What Google's Chrome OS means for Netbooks, and why Microsoft shouldn't worry...yet
Mr. Schmidt, step down from that board
Report: Microsoft, EU in talks over antitrust issues
SEC review of Apple disclosure now more complex?
Judge sides with YouTube on copyrights
IT spending to drop 6 percent in '09, Gartner says
CNET News reporter Stephen Shankland took the Mac OS X version of Chromium--the open-source project on which Google Chrome is based--for a test run. He joins the podcast to share his impressions.
That and other stories of the day, on Tuesday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
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Today's stories:
GE to make heavy-duty batteries in New York
Microsoft patches critical PowerPoint hole
Survey: Consumers prefer DVDs to downloads
Adobe beams up new Strobe video framework
Chrome-on-Mac precursor rough but workable
Like a lot of office workers, Rafe Needleman coveted a Macintosh but his various work assignments forced him to spend 20 years banging away on a PC. But that was then and this is now. Rafe finally got his wish--but that didn't mean he had to dump his old PC. In fact, he's come up with a way to use both machines to maximum effect on the same desk.
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YouTube adds purchases using Google Checkout
Together in harmony: Mac and PC
The first ad for Microsoft featuring new spokesman Jerry Seinfeld appeared last night, and already it's causing a stir. CNET News reporter Ina Fried speaks with a Microsoft Windows consumer marketing specialist about what the software maker hopes to achieve with its latest campaign.
Speaking of campaigns, CNET's Declan McCullagh checks in from the St. Paul, Minn., where he was covering the Republican National Convention.
Also on today's podcast, Dell says it will sell its factories to increase its profit margins, Michael Moore says his next film will skip theaters and head directly to the Internet, and a few things we'd like to see added to Google's Chrome browser.
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McCain talks up oil drilling, green energy
Dell planning to ditch factories
Samsung contemplating SanDisk acquisition
Michael Moore plans Net-only premiere
CNET News' Declan McCullagh is on hand for the Republican National Convention taking place this week in St. Paul, Minn., where he examines where Silicon Valley's familiar list of technology concerns rate on the delegate radar. Meanwhile, cloud computing takes a brief turn in the spotlight, as hurricane worries force organizers to briefly scramble...New security worries emerge a day after Google's Chrome release. Also, Ina Fried has the scoop on a privacy question that may make many would-be Chrome users pause...Who woulda thunk it 25 years ago, but the Free Software Foundation is now celebrating a very special silver anniversary. /p>
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Meet Chrome, Google's shiny new browser
Redmond's virtualization shift continues
'Happy Birthday to GNU' marks 25 years
Google Apps tops 1 million businesses
The news today is all about Google's new Web browser, dubbed Chrome. We've got screenshots, an early review, and analysis of what the move means all compiled here.
Also in this podcast: Political bloggers and commentators in Malaysia are bracing for a government crackdown after one controversial portal was blocked by all 19 of the country's Internet service providers; Apple has officially set a date for its next big music-related news event, where new iPods are expected to be announced; and how the Republican National Convention got wired.
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Today's stories:
Google 'starting from scratch' with own browser, Chrome
Complete coverage: Meet Chrome, Google's shiny new browser
Revamped Picasa site knows your face
With site block, Malaysia seems to break promise
Apple makes September 9 iPod event official
Another tour of duty for iRobot
$34.5 million of real money spent annually on Facebook virtual goods
Republicans wire up convention center
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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 
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Erica Ogg keeps up on the latest consumer electronics and PC goings-on as chief correspondent for CNET News' Crave blog.
Jennifer Guevin is assistant managing editor for CNET News and focuses on science and green tech.
Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications and
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