CNET News Daily Podcast: No solar power in my backyard, please

Communities bristle at the thought of solar and wind farms being built near them; layoffs at Adobe; Google cuts photo storage prices; and take our survey, please!

Jennifer Guevin Former Managing Editor / Reviews

Jennifer Guevin was a managing editor at CNET, overseeing the ever-helpful How To section, special packages and front-page programming. As a writer, she gravitated toward science, quirky geek culture stories, robots and food. In real life, she mostly just gravitates toward food.

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Jennifer Guevin

Nov. 11, 2009 2:40 p.m. PT

Are solar and wind the new nuclear? Alternative energy has a lot of support across the country, but when it comes to actually building solar and wind farms, some communities are saying "not in my backyard." Also in today's podcast: Adobe Systems has a 9 percent layoff, Google cuts prices on its photo storage service, and how real a threat is malware planting child porn on your PC?

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Today's stories:

As alternative energy grows, NIMBY turns green

Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce

RealNetworks appeals injunction on RealDVD sales

A child porn-planting virus: Threat or bad defense?

Google cuts Picasa photo storage prices

Nokia: Smartphone batteries need 'breakthrough'

Is Mozilla's plan for contributions working?