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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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
When the RIAA said in December it would stop pursuing individual illegal file sharers, it wasn't clear exactly why. Now, CNET News' Greg Sandoval says the industry group is just switching tactics. Several sources close to Comcast and AT&T say that they, along with several other Internet service providers, will agree to monitor their networks for illegal file sharing by its customers.
Also on today's podcast: The fourth quarter is a good news/bad news story for SAP; AT&T profits sink; Acer gets into the smartphone biz; and clickfraud skyrockets.
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Sources: AT&T, Comcast likely to help RIAA
SAP plans job cuts despite solid earnings
AT&T earnings dip 23.6 percent
Acer smartphone launching Feb. 16
Clickfraud closed 2008 at all-time high
More than 2 million people are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., this weekend for Barack Obama's inauguration as president. To prepare for the crush of traffic expected on the network from those in attendance, wireless-service providers have pulled out the stops.
CNET News' Maggie Reardon, who will be in D.C. for the event, joins us today to talk about what steps providers are taking to keep their networks up and running.
Also on today's podcast, Circuit City finally calls it quits, Nintendo continues to crush its competitors in video game console sales, another lawmaker asks for the digital-television transition to be delayed, and we say good-bye to LaserDisc.
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Today's stories:
On Inauguration Day, will my cell phone work?
Circuit City to close remaining stores
AMD to cut 1,100 jobs, initiate temporary pay cuts
Video game industry roars in December
Net usage spikes after U.S. Airways crash
Lawmaker seeks 3-month delay for DTV transition
The RIAA says it's done suing individuals that share music files illegally. Instead, the group will focus on large-scale abusers and file-sharing services. In its place, the RIAA expects ISPs to police their users. CNET News' Greg Sandoval tells us the implications for the RIAA's policy change.
Also on today's podcast: Electronic Arts lays off more, Apple is sued over patents related to Apple TV, major cables carrying Internet traffic between the U.S. Middle East and Africa are damaged, and a look at what Dell may have up its sleeve.
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RIAA drops lawsuits; ISPs to fight file sharing
EA boosts layoffs to 10 percent of workforce
Damaged undersea cables disrupting service
Dell's superthin Adam, due in February?
A federal judge in Rhode Island has postponed a hearing in a case that may test the legal underpinnings of the Recording Industry Association of America's suits against file swapping. CNET News' Declan McCullagh explains what's at stake.
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Report: Mac sales hit a slowdown
Judge postpones hearing in key RIAA lawsuit
Toshiba, SanDisk to cut flash chip output
Mobile phone market to shrink in `09
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?
A new browser plug-in from Mozilla allows anyone to slice and dice the Web in almost anyway they want. It's a command-line interface called Ubiquity, and Webware.com's Rafe Needleman stops by to explain what this and similar applications like it mean for the future of the Web.
Also in today's episode: the RIAA wins an important victory, film studios possibly collaborating on a new DRM scheme, and a Facebook movie might be in the works.
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Mozilla Ubiquity and the fracturing of the Web
Report: Studios want interoperable DRM
Israel to display Dead Sea Scrolls online
In UK, iPhone ad banned over 'all Internet' claim
'Facebook: The Movie': Now, who should play Mark Zuckerberg?
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