The E3 game blowout in Los Angeles is producing all sorts of news on the hardware and software fronts. CNET News editor Michelle Meyers talks about some of them with Webware editor Josh Lowensohn, an avid follower of all happenings in the game world.
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Today's stories:
Windows 7 to launch October 22
Google appliance now searching by the billion
Intel launches chips for low-cost, thin laptops
Photos: Freescale shows off 'smartbook' designs
Motorola turns to consumer electronics
Acer to sell Android phones, Netbooks
Kindle display creators to merge
The E3 trade show finished up this week in Los Angeles. CNET News' Daniel Terdiman covered this annual get-together for game developers and he has a wrap-up of the big news--as well as what will be the overarching technology themes to come out of this year's show.
If you're Microsoft and you've got deeper pockets than nearly any institution outside of Fort Knox, you can spend yourself silly. But the statement by the company's CFO about pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a struggling part of its business has a logic behind it. CNET News' Ina Fried explains.
Lastly, it's almost time for the back-to-school season and mounting signs suggest that Apple may be ready to revamp its notebook computer line.
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Today's stories:
Microsoft's online gamble could be a smart bet
Apple circuit board orders point to new notebooks?
AT&T mistakenly announces free Wi-Fi for iPhone users...again
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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 
Leslie Katz is senior editor of CNET News' Crave blog, which focuses on gadgets, games, and all other digital distractions.
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
services. 
