More than 2 million people are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., this weekend for Barack Obama's inauguration as president. To prepare for the crush of traffic expected on the network from those in attendance, wireless-service providers have pulled out the stops.
CNET News' Maggie Reardon, who will be in D.C. for the event, joins us today to talk about what steps providers are taking to keep their networks up and running.
Also on today's podcast, Circuit City finally calls it quits, Nintendo continues to crush its competitors in video game console sales, another lawmaker asks for the digital-television transition to be delayed, and we say good-bye to LaserDisc.
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Today's stories:
On Inauguration Day, will my cell phone work?
Circuit City to close remaining stores
AMD to cut 1,100 jobs, initiate temporary pay cuts
Video game industry roars in December
Net usage spikes after U.S. Airways crash
Lawmaker seeks 3-month delay for DTV transition
It may be the start of an entirely new page in the often rocky relationship between Google and Hollywood. After a couple of years of verbal sniping and legal threats, the two sides are moving to resolve their long-running disputes. CNET News' Greg Sandoval stops by to explain what's behind the sudden rapprochement as well as Google's new interest in hosting professionally made, long-form video on its YouTube subsidiary.
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Monday's stories:
MGM first to post full-length features to YouTube
Internet attacks to grow more potent
Circuit City files for bankruptcy
CNET News' Declan McCullagh calls it an expensive lesson in the law of unintended consequences.
He's talking about widespread adoption of touch-screen machines in the aftermath of the 2000 election debacle. But as the U.S. heads to the polls on Tuesday, there's a lot of anxiousness over the reliability of the e-voting systems which have since been put in place. This, and other headlines of the day, in Monday's podcast.
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Today's stories:
E-voting worries linger as Election Day nears
Ethanol maker VeraSun files for bankruptcy
Tesla Motors secures $40 million in funding
The University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation Institute has begun a five-year project with the objective of saving and disseminating testimonies of Holocaust and other genocide survivors. CNET News' Greg Sandoval, whose story today chronicles what's by any account a massive technology transition--the digitization of 100,000 hours of interviews at a cost of more than $8 million--offers an overview of the project.
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Today's stories:
Number of IT venture deals falls to 10 year low
Microsoft aims to get more touchy-feely
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