After more than a year of back and forth, Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized a deal to share search and advertising resources. Reporter Tom Krazit talks about what it will mean for the two companies, Google, and everyday users.
Also in today's podcast: fake antivirus software has infiltrated millions of PCs; Psystar hires Jammie Thomas-Rasset's lawyers to fight Apple; an Internet scuffle over Rorschach inkblots; and more of today's top headlines.
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Yahoo, Microsoft reach search, ad deal
Report finds fake antivirus on the rise
Psystar hires Jammie's lawyers in fight with Apple
A Rorschach cheat sheet on Wikipedia?
Apple blocks Google Voice app for iPhone
McKinsey: Efficiency could save $700 billion
One Yelper gets sued for a negative review he wrote about a business. Reporter Elinor Mills stops by the podcast studio to talk about the case and whether it could have a chilling effect on community review sites. Also in this podcast: Yahoo takeover talk returns in the new year; Intel revenue drops by $2 billion; and Facebook reaches a new milestone.
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Today's stories:
PC market woes slam Intel revenue
Zuckerberg: New year, 150 million Facebook users
LG pushes ahead while consumers hold back
Toshiba expands its portable storage
Windows 7 beta: First impressions
As the Last HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference comes to an end in New York, CNET News' Elinor Mills gives the lowdown on what she learned from 3,000 hackers about lock-picking, private investigation, and the security of consumer electronics.
According to new reports, Carl Icahn will be doing his bidding inside the Yahoo executive board come August, with no specific statements that he'll try to sell the search business to Microsoft.
This weekend's megahit, The Dark Knight, is up on the Web and it may be a sign that smaller Web sites are flying under the radar when it comes to copyright infringement.
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Today's stories:
Minted.com: Printed stationary not dead yet
What iPhone? Apple earnings (still) about the Mac
Some analysts say the Yahoo-Google ad deal could push Microsoft into making a hostile bid.
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Yahoo's stock was hammered in early morning trading on Friday, a sign that the Google ad-sharing deal wasn't enough to satisfy Wall Street. So what's next for the beleaguered Internet giant? Some say Microsoft may still make a move yet.
Also in today's podcast, CNET News.com's Holly Jackson talks with the creators behind a play based on the 650,000 search logs released by AOL in 2006. User 927 opened this week in Philadelphia. Also, U.S. Congressmen claim their PCs were targeted by Chinese hackers, MySpace gets a massive redesign, rumors of an Xbox 360 price cut, and we check in with our intrepid reporter Daniel Terdiman, who's on the road in the southeastern U.S.
Today's stories:
Analysts don't rule out Yahoo-Microsoft deal
Congressmen say Chinese compromised PCs
Leaked AOL search logs take the stage
Humanoid Reem-B walks, talks, and listens
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