CNET News Daily Podcast from CNET: Episodes
The first ad for Microsoft featuring new spokesman Jerry Seinfeld appeared last night, and already it's causing a stir. CNET News reporter Ina Fried speaks with a Microsoft Windows consumer marketing specialist about what the software maker hopes to achieve with its latest campaign. Speaking of campaigns, ...
A year after Asus kicked off the low-cost notebook craze with its Eee PC, Dell, the second-biggest PC maker in the world, is ready with an answer: the Inspiron Mini 9. CNET News reporter Erica Ogg is here to talk about Dell's move into the world of Netbooks. Also, Spore is finally hitting North America, ...
CNET News' Declan McCullagh is on hand for the Republican National Convention taking place this week in St. Paul, Minn., where he examines where Silicon Valley's familiar list of technology concerns rate on the delegate radar. Meanwhile, cloud computing takes a brief turn in the spotlight, as hurricane ...
The news today is all about Google's new Web browser, dubbed Chrome. We've got screenshots, an early review, and analysis of what the move means all compiled here. Also in this podcast: Political bloggers and commentators in Malaysia are bracing for a government crackdown after one controversial portal ...
The second public beta of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is out, and according to CNET's Robert Vamosi, it just might give other mainstream browsers a run for their money. The iPhone OS 2.0.2 software: To upgrade or not to upgrade? Two stories this week might give iPhone owners pause. First, RoughlyDrafted ...
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: ...
Netflix now says it has traced the causes of a system outage earlier this month--its longest ever--to a hardware glitch. CNET News reporter Greg Sandoval talks about what that information portends for the soundness of the movie delivery system. And yet another use for Google Earth--determining which ...
As we all know by now, it's an Obama/Biden ticket. But where does the Delaware senator stand on issues of concern to the tech world? CNET News political correspondent Declan McCaullagh, who's on his way to cover the Democratic convention in Denver, checks in. Plus, unencrypted data on thousands of prisoners ...
CNET News' Stephen Shankland talks about Intel CTO Justin Rattner's take on the future of superintelligent computers and theory of singularity at the Intel Developer Forum, which is just wrapping up in San Francisco this week. Also on Friday's podcast: a pro-Tibet album may be to blame for Chinese iTunes ...
MessageLabs revealed that an intricate flaw in the underlying design of the Internet's DNS (domain name system) protocol is still vulnerable several weeks after patches were made available. Elinor Mills, who covers security for CNET News, explains what's going on...Why in the world would Microsoft make ...
Apple has finally acknowledged the iPhone 3G reception issues being reported by consumers. CNET News reporter Tom Krazit talkes about what the company said, and whether the problems have been fixed. Privacy is a big concern for many Web surfers, and it looks like Microsoft wants to capitalize on that ...
Three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who have been barred by a court order from discussing subway card vulnerabilities are now free to say what they want. The University of Michigan released its annual ACSI scores for the PC industry, and Apple took top honors for the fifth straight year. ...
Microsoft now says the server version of Windows 7 will not be a major release and will bear the name Windows Server 2008 R2. The move is surprising, given that in the past, Microsoft has used R2 monikers to signify a product with a few new features, as opposed to major changes to a product. CNET News' ...
If America is indeed in a recession, or getting close to it, company workers may start fearing for their jobs. CNET News sister site BNET offers up some advice for companies to keep their employees happy and productive. BNET Intern Princess Calabrese also shows us the tell-tale signs that you're in a ...
The 2008 Summer Olympics can be watched online more than any Olympics past, which is no surprise. But how smoothly is all the streaming going, and how many people are tuning in to watch the Games on their computers? CNET News reporter and sports enthusiast Ina Fried breaks it down. Plus, Business Week ...
Early reports had it that the war between Russia and Georgia had spilled over into cyberspace. But after looking more closely at the Internet traffic, a noted security researcher offers a more nuanced conclusion. Bill Gates took time out from his new role as full-time philanthropist to talk technology ...
One analyst thinks the connectivity trouble some users are having with the iPhone 3G might be caused by the phone's chipset. If he's right, the problem could be a big hassle for Apple and customers. If a current trend continues, electronic invitations might supplant traditional paper invites for formal ...
Back from covering the Defcon hacker fest, CNET News' Declan McCullagh explains the aftermath of a decision by a federal judge granting the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction, preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smart cards used in the Boston ...
In what's being regarded as a total breach of professional ethics, three reporters from Global Security Mag were removed from the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday after attempting to expose the username and passwords of two reporters in attendance, including a CNET News employee. ...
Hackers have descended on Vegas in full force for the annual Black Hat security conference. What's on their minds? CNET's Robert Vamosi called in from Sin City and talked with CNET News' Leslie Katz. Plus, someone claims to have found a mechanism on the new iPhone software that would let Apple remotely ...