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CNET News Daily Podcast: Catching our breath, post-tech selloff

Making sense of the tech meltdown; Republicans on edge after laptop theft; and Delta says no to air porn.

Charles Cooper Former Executive Editor / News
Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet.
Charles Cooper

In the aftermath of another vicious sell-off on Wall Street, CNET's Kara Tsuboi sits down with reporter Ina Fried to discuss what the tech sector is up against.

Republican party operatives in Missouri report the theft of a laptop containing privileged information. The laptop contained "information you'd expect the coordinator for a GOP national campaign to have," such as information on areas to target for support, said Tina Hervey, communications director for the Missouri Republican party.

Also in this podcast, Delta allows for in-cabin Web surfing. But some passengers have been browsing to sites where, um, the subject matter's a bit more racy than Delta expected.


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Today's stories:

30 percent of iPhone 3G buyers dump existing carriers

Delta to filter porn on planes

Suit against magazine-sharing site settled

SAP shares free-fall on third quarter warning

Google Spreadsheets gets software-inspired face lift

Taking on Twitter with open-source software

Another brutal day on Wall Street