News.com Daily Podcast: Image problems for Microsoft, Viacom
Viacom grapples with corporate bully persona; Gmail blocks annoying spam; and Hans Reiser's murder mystery may finally be resolved.
Since filing a $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, Viacom has battled its image as a corporate bully, denying consumers the ability to watch its shows where and how they want. Their struggle could be a lesson to other companies fighting over copyright protections. Meanwhile, Microsoft is still having trouble getting its Vista message out to the public. A new tool that tests compatibility with Vista faltered on launch day, a year and a half after Vista's release.
Those stories, and the rest of the day's headlines, in today's daily podcast.
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Today's stories:
Gmail now blocking fake eBay, PayPal e-mails
Google powers up users' Gmail security arsenal
Viacom won't soon shed image as corporate bully
Apple's MobileMe service set to debut
Only U.S. Apple retail stores getting iPhone 3G
Microsoft still pushing Vista compatibility story
Microsoft readies pay-as-you-go business apps
Xbox 360 price cut coming July 13