Reporter Ina Fried stops by the podcast studio to talk about Hohm, Microsoft's new Web service for helping consumers identify areas where they can save on energy.
Also in this podcast: Comcast and Time Warner are teaming up to bring cable subscribers TV shows online; why you might want to hold off on buying a Windows Vista machine; and a few of the hidden features in iPhone OS 3.0 that Apple hasn't publicized.
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Today's stories:
Microsoft dials Hohm to cut home energy use
Comcast, Time Warner team up to deliver TV online
Windows 7 upgrade program nears launch
Judge gives Apple green light against Psystar
Oracle beats expectations as sales, earnings dip
CNET News editor Michelle Meyers talks with reporter Stephanie Condon about how a difference of opinion over carbon cap-and-trade systems is complicating the debate over two proposed energy bills. Also in this podcast: Mozilla releases a Firefox 3 update; Microsoft unveils its answer to Google AdSense; and Second Life gets a new continent devoted exclusively to adult-oriented content. Get those stories and more on today's daily news podcast.
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Today's stories:
Partisan discord weighs down energy policy
Bartz lights fire under Yahoo engineers
AMD reports loss, cautious on PC sales
Firefox 3.0.9 targets 12 security vulnerabilities
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9 million infected computers
RSA 2009: Security pros stay on message
Microsoft opens up its answer to Google AdSense
Face recognition comes to Flickr
Texas oil billionaire and alternative-energy promoter T. Boone Pickens stopped by San Francisco last night during a tour to promote his plan for U.S. energy independence. The plan gets political support in the stimulus package, but Pickens' own wind project has hit some snags when it comes to transmission lines from his wind park to the Texas grid.
That and other headlines of the day on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
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Today's stories:
IBM job cuts hit applications services unit, says union
Dell: Global PC demand 'steady'
Google Docs gets collaborative-drawing feature
Google's ambitions now extend to power grid management. With its Tuesday announcement, the company has signaled its intention to become a energy player. The first step is a free Web service to help people better track energy use as it is consumed. CNET News' Martin LaMonica explains the bigger picture.
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Today's stories:
Door shutting on Windows 7 beta
Intel to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities
Microsoft gets 10,000th patent
What does Barack Obama's expected pick for energy secretary say about the president-elect's stance on energy and climate change issues? CNET News reporter Martin LaMonica offers some perspective. That, and the top headlines of the day, on Thursday's podcast.
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Today's stories:
Energy secretary candidate fan of efficiency, tech
Google Chrome breaks out of beta
iTunes Store suffering outages, delays
House bill allows some analog messages after DTV switch
iPhone 3G now with in-home activation
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner delayed again
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