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March 20, 2009 12:43 PM PDT

CNET News Daily Podcast: Is free, ad-supported music downloading dead?

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Editor's note: Today's whole podcast has now been uploaded. Enjoy!

On Thursday afternoon when SpiralFrog quietly closed down, it became the second free music downloading site supported by ad sales to bite the dust this year. CNET News reporter Greg Sandoval, who broke the story of SpiralFrog's demise, reflects on the future of free music online and whether any model can dislodge Apple's iTunes dominance.

Also in today's podcast, Steve Ballmer speaks publicly about Apple, checking in on the latest battleground in the ongoing browser wars, turning trash into ethanol, and a look at the technology showcased in "Battlestar Galactica."

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Today's stories:

Requiem for a frog: SpiralFrog shuts down

Report: Ballmer dishes on Apple

TomTom countersues Microsoft in patent dispute

Browser war centers on once-obscure JavaScript

SonyEricsson warns of deepening losses

Mississippi to open trash-to-ethanol plant

The technology of 'Battlestar Galactica'

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Tags:: podcast,; SpiralFrog,; downloads,; Ballmer,; TomTom,; Microsoft,; SonyEricsson,; Battlestar Galactica

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January 9, 2009 1:17 PM PST

CNET News Daily Podcast: Deconstructing Ballmer

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Microsoft's CEO went to the Consumer Electronics Show to hype his company's upcoming replacement to the Vista operating system. But Steve Ballmer had more on his mind than Windows 7 and he shared some very frank opinions with CNET News' Ina Fried. Ina stops by for a visit to our studios to offer her assessment.

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Today's stories:

Apple at CES? Unlikely

Dell officially unveils Adamo, Mini 10

Obama's stimulus plan: The energy debate

AMD aims supercomputer at mobile gaming, movies

Goldman Sachs: IT-spending growth to halt

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Tags:: Microsoft,; Consumer Electronics Show,; CES,; Ballmer,; Dell,; Atom,; netbooks

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May 28, 2008 3:26 PM PDT

News.com Daily Podcast: The shape of Windows to come

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Microsoft's touching OS news; new congressional Internet row over China; live and in color--it's Mars!
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CNET News.com's Ina Fried is at The Wall Street Journal's D6 conference in Carlsbad, Calif., this week where she caught Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's sneak peek at the next incarnation of Windows with a multitouch interface--and that's triggered keen interest in the blogosphere.

News.com's Declan McCullagh has the latest on a looming political confrontation over setting rules of the road for Silicon Valley's dealing with restrictive regimes.

Now that the unmanned mission to Mars has landed without a hitch, the space probe has begun sending back photos--and you can find them at News.com.

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Tags:: d6,; microsoft,; ballmer,; mars,; china

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