After a year in operation, Psystar is still in business, defying Apple's claims that it is breaking the law by selling computers with Mac OS X preinstalled. But CNET News reporter Tom Krazit says he'll be surprised if the Florida start-up will be celebrating a second anniversary. He joins today's podcast to explain why.
Also in this podcast: AT&T customers can now track family and loved ones' location in real time; Microsoft says Office 14, which will be called Office 2010, will go into technology preview in the first half of next year; and CEO Paul Otellini is full of optimism, despite Intel profit, net income, and revenue all being down for the quarter.
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Today's stories:
A year on, Psystar still defying Apple
Intel profit down, but PC sales may be recovering
Report: More layoffs coming to Yahoo
eBay to launch a Skype IPO in 2010
AT&T launches family-tracking service
Broader Office 14 testing coming by fall
Google.org exec leaves to tackle urgent threats
Microsoft is causing a stir in the security world by dropping the fee for its antivirus software. That might be great news for security in general. But if people come to expect the service for free, where does that leave the companies that focus solely on security? Reporters Ina Fried and Elinor Mills join me in the podcast studio to talk about it.
Also in this podcast: Psystar's countersuit against Apple is all but dead; start-up has designs on ditching the lithium in consumer gadget batteries; there's a new Internet in outer space; and Microsoft says--again--that it's moved on from its proposed takeover of Yahoo. When will the rest of the world give up on the idea?
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Today's stories:
Psystar antitrust claim against Apple dismissed
Ballmer: 'We are done' with Yahoo acquisition idea
Mac OS X Snow Leopard coming early?
RIAA win: Tennessee to police campus networks
Zinc fuel cell maker readies portable power
New Internet goes to space, comes back to Earth
Microsoft to offer free consumer security suite
Will Microsoft's antivirus move draw antitrust fire?
The second public beta of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is out, and according to CNET's Robert Vamosi, it just might give other mainstream browsers a run for their money.
The iPhone OS 2.0.2 software: To upgrade or not to upgrade? Two stories this week might give iPhone owners pause. First, RoughlyDrafted Magazine writes that a source inside AT&T suspects reception problems plaguing many iPhone 3G users are based on faulty power-control software inside the phone. The 2.0.2 update was intended to fix this problem, according to the source, and the more people who upgrade, the better reception will get.
But upgraders, beware: another report says the iPhone 2.0.2 software has a hole that can open up users' mail, text messages, voice messages, and browser to anyone who gets hold of the phone. So if you do upgrade your device, just be sure not to lose it.
Also in today's podcast: Google has announced details on its Android Market, an online resource for Android-based apps and services; and a handheld sensor that detects cancer in patients' breath could be on the horizon.
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Today's stories:
Security hole opens up password protected iPhones
Power-control software blamed for iPhone 3G reception issues
Google announces Android Market for phone apps
IE 8 beta gives other browsers a run for their money
Bloomberg mistakenly publishes Steve Jobs obit
British man to face hacking charges in U.S.
After flight delays, FAA may add backup system
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