Reporter Erica Ogg joins today's podcast to talk about the highlights of Apple's music-related press event, held in San Francisco this morning--and we agree the most interesting part wasn't the gadgets but a surprise appearance by Steve Jobs. Also: Palm announces a new smartphone called the Pixi; presidential committee reevaluates the future of U.S. space flight; and the rest of today's headlines.
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Apple's iPod refresh: What you need to know
Photos: High notes from Apple's music event
Video roundup: Jobs, new iPods take the Apple stage
Augustine panel presents manned-space options
Palm thinks small with new Pixi smartphone
D'oh! Sprint pulls $99 Palm Pre promo after error
Microsoft to launch virtual DVD service in U.K.
Comcast to offer 100 Mbps service to businesses
In Monday's podcast, CNET editor Rafe Needleman interviews CNET News reporter Tom Krazit, who covered Apple for several years, on Steve Jobs' liver transplant and the strange way Apple told the world about it.
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Today's stories:
Report: Steve Jobs had liver transplant
Jobs: Over 1 million new iPhones sold
Viliv, the future of Intel handhelds?
Report: FTC to go after blogger freebies
Bozeman to job seekers: We won't seek passwords
Yahoo rolling out DIY display ads
Reporter Ina Fried stops by the podcast studio to talk about where Microsoft might make cuts, how it's managed to avoid them in the past, and what to expect from its earnings report Thursday.
Also in this podcast: the next-generation Android phone might be on the horizon; the SEC investigates Apple's disclosures over Steve Jobs' health; and what might be the largest credit card data breach yet.
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Today's stories:
Next-gen Android phone coming soon?
IBM earnings beat analyst expectations
AMD earnings: More fear, uncertainty, and doubt?
As Apple looks toward the next six months without Steve Jobs at the helm, the company will have to negotiate a credibility crisis wrought by its PR strategy. As reporter Tom Krazit explains, staying tight-lipped about products can actually help business. But treating serious health matters the same way is an entirely different story.
Also in this podcast: Hawaii kicks off a new service that lets patients visit with their doctors online; the Bush administration is ordered to round up any devices that might contain missing e-mails; and Google grows up.
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Today's stories:
White House ordered to search media devices
PC shipment growth drops to virtually zero in Q4
Motorola plans another round of layoffs
Autodesk to cut 750 jobs, lowers earnings outlook
Microsoft expected to announce layoffs
Google killing Jaiku, Dodgeball, Notebook, other projects
Google grows up: Tweaks signal end of adolescence
Salesforce.com rolls out Service Cloud
In addition to a legacy of adventure and entrepreneurship, Steve Fossett leaves behind a top secret project he'd been working on. He had bought a highly advanced underwater submersible he hoped would take him to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, lower than any point on Earth humans have gone. Reporter Daniel Terdiman joins today's podcast to talk about the project and where it goes from here.
Apple is strongly denying a rumor posted on CNN's iReport page that Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack this morning. iReport is a citizen journalism section of CNN, where people can submit their own news stories. CNN has removed the post in question, but the report caused a sharp drop in Apple's stock price before company representatives were able to deny the charge.
Also in this podcast, Windows XP gets another lifeline, a date has been set for the Large Hadron Collider to be turned on again, and we look at which gadgets at Ceatec might actually make it into the real world.
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Today's stories:
Steve Fossett's unfinished legacy: Deepest ocean exploration
Jobs heart attack rumor not true, Apple stock swings
Windows XP gets another lifeline
Skype: We didn't know about security issues
Date set for restart of Large Hadron Collider
Gadgets go greener, thinner, and wireless at Ceatec
Sony's 'David Blaine' starts 30 days of living in display window
Hands on with Sony's new PRS-700 digital reader
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Turns out most of the rumors were true as CEO Steve Jobs held center stage at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. CNET Reviews' Bonnie Cha offers her initial take on the product announcements that so dominated Monday's tech coverage.
And speaking of "Stevenote," one casualty--again--was Twitter. The increasingly spotty service was, well, spotty. But Twitterholics, don't despair. Webware's Rafe Needleman offers a couple of workarounds.
Before sending out your next instant message, you might want to think twice. News.com's Declan McCullagh finds that you may not be as secure as you assumed.
Today's stories:
WWDC 2008: What's in store for Apple
How safe is instant messaging? A security and privacy survey
Icahn's questions attack Yahoo
Photos: Mars Lander scoops up soil samples
Japan killings suspect allegedly posted warnings online
Can clean tech stem China's environmental woes?
EMI hires 'Second Life' co-founder
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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
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