As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs made news on Tuesday with new notebook PCs as well price cuts which put the company's heretofore pricey portables under the $1,000 level. But will that be enough to spark consumer buying in the face on an increasingly uncertain economy? CNET News' Erica Ogg was on hand for the product introduction, and she reports back on what she heard.
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Today's stories:
Apple polishes up its MacBook line
Alleged Nasa hacker loses another appeal
Update October 8 at 9:47 a.m. PDT: Due to technical problems, only part of this podcast was available when it published. It's working now. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Public-transit riders around the world may have new concerns when boarding trains. A new joint report from European universities indicates that a certain kind of subway card used the world over is extremely susceptible to being hacked. CNET News senior writer Elinor Mills explains the process and what you can do to keep your personal information safe.
Too often feel that wave of regret the next morning after a night of sending sloppy e-mails? (Perhaps, you were drunk?) Google's newest product, Gmail Goggles, has come to the rescue.
And for only the third time ever, the public can see new pictures of planet Mercury. NASA spacecraft Messenger completed its latest flyby on October 7 and sent photos of the smallest planet in our solar system. Find out from a planetary scientist why this research is important and what people hope to find on the innermost planet to the sun.
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Today's stories:
A 'fabless' alternative for Advanced Micro
D-Day for RFID-based transit card systems
EU directive could change iPhone battery design
Analysts cut Google and SAP price targets and earnings estimates
Google launches Mail Goggles to save you from yourself
Yahoo got through the Carl Icahn crisis, but now it's tackling perhaps a more formidable challenge: How to make good on a promise to develop a next-generation, socially networked user experience. CNET News' Stephen Shankland, who spent major quality time with Yahoo executives last week, offers his insight.
There's a developing whodunit, but this much is known: Russian hackers suspected of ties to organized crime have targeted a popular BusinessWeek site with malware--possibly putting visitors to the site at risk.
Since we're in the final stages of Major League Baseball's pennant race--not to mention the start of NFL football--Microsoft has introduced a service that may interest the sports die-hards among you. At the very least, it beats screaming at the top of your lungs, "Hey, anybody know the Mets' score?"
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Today's stories:
EA drops $2 billion bid to acquire Take-Two
Did 'Spore' copy protections backfire on EA?
Berners-Lee project aims to ensure 'One Web'
'Democracy Challenge' comes to YouTube
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Rafe Needleman is editor of CNET's Webware. He's been covering technology since 1988, and has interviewed thousands of tech execs. He blogs at 
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Erica Ogg keeps up on the latest consumer electronics and PC goings-on as chief correspondent for CNET News' Crave blog.
Jennifer Guevin is assistant managing editor for CNET News and focuses on science and green tech.
Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications and
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