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In today's episode, we talk about Amazon's new Kindle software application for PCs, a super cheap Windows 7 laptop that costs about the same price as a copy of the new operating system, and Google's gift of free airport Wi-Fi for the holidays.
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Sprint to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs
Initial Motorola Droid sales look good
Intel Celeron chip anchors $249 Acer Windows 7 laptop
On November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 launched to fight the growing dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the browser that had essentially killed the first major consumer browser, Netscape Navigator. The project, originally named Phoenix to symbolize rebirth from Netscape's ashes, has now clawed its way back to account for nearly a quarter of the browser usage today. It's been an eventful five years. We discuss Mozilla, Firefox, and the future of browsers with CNET News senior writer Stephen Shankland.
Also on the podcast: Google buys advertising technology company but may loose content, CPU sales bounce back, and the iPhone gets Rickrolled.
Listen now:Download today's podcastToday's stories:
Google to acquire AdMob for $750 million
Google may lose WSJ, other News Corp. sites
Rickrolling iPhone worm is never gonna give you up
Nokia recalls 14 million chargers
PC processor shipments break record
eBay will move forward with selling its stake in Skype, the company said Friday, now that a licensing dispute over the software that underlies Skype's service has been settled. eBay will get $1.9 billion in cash in the deal, which will close by the end of the year.
Also on the podcast: Smartphone sales rise, the Motorola Droid has its coming out party, more charges in the Galleon insider trading case, and Google aims to be less "creepy."
Listen now:Download today's podcastToday's stories:
eBay's Skype sale gets go-ahead
Smartphone market unfazed by recession
Slow start for the Motorola Droid?