At more and more companies, employees are being encouraged to play video games together as team-building exercises. CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman has more.
Plus, Microsoft confirms Zune HD details.
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Microsoft confirms Zune HD details
Zune HD packs a big processing punch
Apple planning September event?
Start-up helps teachers learn their lesson
Energy Department eyes superfast Ethernet
Shooting the boss (and getting paid for it)
Guitarist Les Paul dead at 94; pioneered recording technology
Using video-sharing site YouTube is as easy as entering a search term and pressing play, right? Not necessarily, says Webware's Josh Lowensohn. He shares a few little tips that can go a long way in helping you maximize your YouTube experience.
That and the headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
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Today's stories:
Sirius XM's net loss widens as sales rise
Microsoft tweaks antipiracy tech for Windows 7
Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in Excel
Tech giants back superfast WiGig standard
Grading Google's carbon neutral claims
Q&A: FBI agent looks back on time posing as a cybercriminal
Pure Digital unveiled new Flip Video devices Thursday, the Flip Ultra and the Flip Ultra HD. CNET News intern Mats Lewan sits down with CNET News reporter Erica Ogg--who recently chatted with Pure Digital CEO Jonathan Kaplan--to talk out what the new devices offer, as well as what Pure Digital thinks about all those copycat products.
Plus, bad news for Motorola, and good news for people who like to speak in smiley faces.
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Today's stories:
Facebook hit by phishing attacks for a second day
Motorola continues to bleed amid rotten economy
Report: Apple eyes Mac pricing cuts
Intel's Atom not just for Netbooks anymore
Pure Digital not flipping out over a little competition
DOE lab develops 'smart charging' for electric cars
Reporter Greg Sandoval joins today's podcast to talk about a deal YouTube is reportedly working out with Sony Pictures' online video division. While YouTube has a huge user base, it's still way behind its competitors in the digital movie field. However, the deal could signal to other movie studios that YouTube is ready to work with Hollywood on copyrighted content. If the deal goes through and proves successful, Greg says, YouTube could give Hulu and other digital media companies a run for their money.
Also in this podcast: Sun shares tank on word that IBM has withdrawn its acquisition offer; the PS3 outsells the Wii in Japan; MIT scientists are using a virus to help build power hybrid cars; and Major League Baseball decides to put Adobe Flash--and not Microsoft's Silverlight--in its starting lineup.
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Today's stories:
YouTube in talks with Sony for feature films
Sun shares plummet on reports of IBM withdrawal
PS3 outsells Wii in March in Japan
Why baseball benched Microsoft Silverlight
Scientists use virus to help build battery
Now streaming on Netflix: SpongeBob, Cartman
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Shortly after suing and countersuing each other over mobile mapping and file management patents, Microsoft and TomTom have worked out an agreement. But it actually provokes more questions than it answers, as reporter Ina Fried explains, since the agreement involves patent protection on open-source technology.
Also in Monday's podcast: Western Digital buys its way into the solid-state drive market; video games can be a boon to eyesight, according to one report; and a U.K. university starts offering a graduate degree in all things Twitter.
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Today's stories:
Microsoft, TomTom settle patent dispute
Western Digital buys its way into SSD market
Obama: U.S. auto industry must lead on 'clean cars'
Skype for iPhone: It's official
Study: Video game play may improve eyesight
Cisco announced Thursday that it will pay more than $600 million to buy Pure Digital, the company that makes Flip Video camcorders. Reporter Marguerite Reardon joins today's podcast to talk about why that shouldn't be a surprise.
Also in this podcast: Microsoft unveils Internet Explorer 8; a security conference in Canada that got makers of Safari, Firefox, and IE's attention; and Google adds a feature to Gmail that just might make your life Rickroll-free.
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Today's stories:
Cisco buys Flip Video maker for $590 million
Oracle delivers solid third quarter
Safari hole exploited in seconds at hacking contest
Gmail previews links to Yelp, Flickr, YouTube
Google deal brings classic books to Sony Reader
2K Sports is known for its action-filled titles, but next week it will be making its foray into the statistics side of sports. MLB Front Office will be released, starring Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's. CNET News' Daniel Terdiman got a sneak peek and says it's unlike any sports video game he's ever played. He stops by to tell us about it.
Also in today's podcast: Intel's chairman calls it a career, Forbes releases its list of the most wired cities in America, the Facebook/MySpace debate goes on, and we look back at Apple's iconic 1984 Super Bowl ad, now 25 years old.
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Today's stories:
You, too, can be a baseball GM
Intel Chairman Craig Barrett to retire in May
Yahoo suspends employee pay raises
Seattle tops 'Forbes' most-wired cities list
Facebook now twice as big as MySpace?
Online media reporter Greg Sandoval talks with Kara Tsuboi about the predicament movie studios and online video sites face in trying to provide free movies online. Also in this podcast: Google has added video and voice to its chat service; video game ratings board ESRB will now post summaries online to explain why it has rated video games they way it has; and YouTube will now offer advertisers the ability to buy sponsored video results on people's keyword searches.
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Today's stories:
Tech Museum honors tech that benefits humanity
Google launches video chat for Gmail
Google's Chrome now works on Linux, crudely
Using your cell phone's GPS to map traffic
YouTube films unlikely to challenge iTunes
YouTube enabling advertisers to buy search terms
Video game ratings board adds 'summaries'
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The world's largest record label wants to develop its own version of Hulu, NBC Universal's free online-video portal. It would be a place for professionally produced music videos, original programming, and a more polished platform for the label's top artists, according to sources close to the company.
Also in today's podcast: Microsoft thinks it knows what it needs to do to catch Google in search, TellMe develops an application for the iPhone, Nokia is set to launch its own touch-screen phone, and CNET explores just how exposed we are to cancer when we use our cell phones.
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Today's stories:
Source: Universal Music Group plans 'Hulu-like' site
Ballmer on search: 'I don't like not being No. 1'
Nokia to unveil touch-screen phone
Will Americans ever call on mobile banking?
The fall CTIA wireless show kicked off Wednesday with a slew of new phones and mobile services, including the first clamshell-shaped BlackBerry and Verizon's first 3G handset. Check out our full coverage here.
A trial switch to digital TV may not have gone very smoothly, but the FCC says it gave them the valuable lessons they were looking for to help prepare for a nationwide switch next February.
And Europe's giant particle collider was officially switched on Wednesday morning. Next up: solving the universe's mysteries of matter. Get those stories and more in today's podcast.
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Today's stories:
Flipping out: BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 debuts
Nokia offers Microsoft e-mail on smartphones
Sprint first to offer HTC Touch Pro
VideoSurf demo nearly lives up to pre-show hype
Complete TechCrunch50 and DemoFall coverage
Digital TV test offers some real-world lessons
iPod Touch 2.1 software update is live
AOL rolls out one-stop e-mail service
Alaskan police mistake solar-powered car for UFO
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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