It's been a bad week for Nokia's research and development division, which had more than 300 of its staff laid off this week. The news was a little better for Skype, which detached from its eBay owners and netted a $2.75 billion valuation. Also, Facebook's video hosting is now the third most popular video hosting site on the Web, though it still lags far behind leader YouTube. Hear more about these stories and others in today's episode.
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Nokia to lay off up to 330 R&D staffers
eBay sets Skype loose at $2.75 billion valuation
Facebook becomes third most popular video site
Twitter's geotagging API goes live
Cisco launches iPhone security app
Town to photograph every car that enters and leaves
Cisco Systems has pledged to spend more than $6 billion on acquisitions this month, the latest of which comes in at a cool $183 million for Web-based security software company ScanSafe.
We also talk about the Apple tablet everyone keeps spreading rumors about, a computer Trojan that's masquerading as an e-mail from Facebook, and a new printing technology from Xerox that prints electronic circuitry on all sorts of things including fabric. Just think about what that's going to do to the T-shirt industry...
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Cisco to buy cloud security firm for $183 million
More evidence of Apple's nonexistent tablet surfaces
NASA's Ares I-X test flight delayed by weather
Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan
Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number
Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic
CNET News reporter Caroline McCarthy talks about the denial-of-service attacks that hit Twitter, Facebook, and possibly other sites Thursday morning. That, and other headlines of the day, on the CNET News Daily Podcast.
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Twitter crippled by denial-of-service attack
Amazon glitch ditches international-shipment option
Microsoft snaps up Office.com domain
Is Adobe the next (pre-2002) Microsoft?
Adobe kills low-end Photoshop, urges users online
Webware editor Rafe Needleman talks about what a $200 million investment from Digital Sky Technologies means for Facebook, Facebook's place in a global market, and its financial productivity.
Also in this podcast: Apple's lawsuit against Psystar will be delayed after the Mac clone maker files for Chapter 11; spam now makes up 90 percent of all e-mail; and reports say Microsoft's Kumo search engine will be named Bing.
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Today's stories:
Mac clone maker Psystar files for bankruptcy protection
Facebook gets $200 million from European firm
Kumo to be dubbed Bing, AdAge says
Nokia's Ovi Store opens for business
Report: Spam now 90 percent of all e-mail
Facebook says it will let developers tinker with the Twitter-like flow of user content that Facebook calls the "stream." CNET News reporter Caroline McCarthy has more on what this will mean.
Also, the first Android Netbook will reportedly cost $250, and Google plugs PC power into cloud computing. Those stories and more, on Monday's podcast.
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Today's stories:
Verizon earnings get boost from Alltel
Apple: Shareholders did approve 'say on pay'
National Consumers League scolds MPAA on DVD copying
Qualcomm, Broadcom reach $891 million settlement
The latest from Facebook: 'Open Stream API'
The countdown to Microsoft's Kumo
Google plugs PC power into cloud computing
Microsoft is promising lower power consumption in Windows 7, among other products. CNET News intern Erik Palm had a chance to sit down with Robert Bernard, the company's chief environmental strategist, to talk about what changes users can expect to see.
Also in this podcast: Three ISPs join the RIAA in its fight to squelch illegal file sharing; Facebook responds to users' redesign complaints with a few upcoming changes; and TiVo owners can now use Blockbuster OnDemand.
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Today's stories:
Comcast, Cox join RIAA antipiracy campaign
Complaints prompting Facebook changes
Blockbuster OnDemand coming to TiVo
EMI's catalog comes to Project Playlist
New Dell enterprise offering heavy on services
CNET News' Marguerite Reardon is not the only person fed up with writing $100-plus monthly checks for the privilege of watching television at home. Our guess is that so are a lot of you. But now there's something you can do besides grouse about it. With a number of new tech options now in the market--and more are said to be on the way--there finally is an available alternative to consumers. Take a listen as Maggie describes this fast-evolving tech shift and what it may portend.
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Today's stories:
Dreaming of cutting the subscription TV cord
Storing energy in your backyard
Google Docs suffers privacy glitch
Analyst sees Windows 7 done by summer
Android sales to outstrip iPhone by '12?
At a press conference Thursday morning, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is taking steps to improve terms of service and its overall policies. Central to that move is involving users in decision-making. Webware editor Rafe Needleman explains.
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Today's stories:
Live blog: Facebook press conference on privacy
Microsoft lawyer 'won't speculate' on Linux suits
What's changing through Windows 7 beta
Cisco sheds jobs as it 'realigns' business
A San Francisco Bay Area newspaper says online review site Yelp is using shady business tactics to get advertisers. The charge stems from the disappearance of negative reviews for certain businesses. CNET News reporter Elinor Mills looks into how the problem may be in how Yelp's algorithm works.
Also on Friday's podcast: Netflix might spice up its business model, a new bill asks Wi-Fi providers and ISPs to retain user data for two years, and did a Google Earth user find the lost city of Atlantis?
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Today's stories:
Yelp's credibility woes: Blame it on the algorithm?
Netlix may offer streaming-only pricing in 2010
Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police
Verizon Wireless CTO digs into 4G
In response to a wave of criticism over the last few days, Facebook has reversed a change to its terms of service. Reporter Caroline McCarthy joins the podcast today and talks about Facebook's PR strategy around issues that have spurred user outrage.
Also in this podcast: A Pittsburgh couple loses its privacy fight against Google; cybercriminals exploit a patched IE7 hole; and the White House launches a site so citizens can track where all that stimulus money is going.
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Today's stories:
New exploit targets IE 7 hole patched last week
White House launches Recovery.gov
Mozilla backs EFF in iPhone jailbreak support
Google wins Street View privacy suit
Nintendo confirms April launch for DSi
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
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