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November 13, 2009
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Reporters' Roundtable 10: Funny business

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November 13, 2009
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BOL 1106: A tall drink of Moon water

Show summary: Turns out when we blew up the Moon a few weeks ago we found water! Yay the bottled water companies are presumably planning their trips now. THIS is how we motivate us to get back to the Moon! We also hear more from old man Murdoch on blocking Google from indexing his newspapers, and Dell launches a smart phone. Does anybody want it?

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November 13, 2009
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Reporters' Roundtable 10: Funny business

Show summary: Rafe Needleman interviews two experts on the business of online humor: Ben Huh, CEO of the Cheezburger Network, the company behind Failblog, ICanHazCheezburger, ThereIFixedIt, and other sites you're probably wasted your lunch hours on; and Ryan Dolan, previously in business development at the Onion, now making a go of it with his own business of selling funny products, 30Watt.

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    BOL 1099: Secret ACTA treaty could break the Internet

My software editorial reviews (showing 2 of 2)

August 25, 2009 Cross-platform consistency

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August 25, 2009 For power Web users

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September 21, 2006 Soapbox (beta)
September 18, 2006 Google Notebook
August 28, 2006 Google Apps

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November 13, 2009 Reporters' Roundtable 10: Funny business

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November 12, 2009 YouTube to get high-def 1080p player

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November 12, 2009 Clicker launches for all--watch it

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My forum posts (showing 3 of 122)

September 11, 2008 "Thanks everyone!"

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September 11, 2008 "Fair question"

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September 11, 2008 "THANKS"

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    I run the group at CNET.com that reviews computer systems, peripherals, accessories, networking products, software, and internet services. I also write two columns (Works for ME, for CNET; and Rafe's Radar, for Release 1.0), plus the thrice-weekly AnchorDesk newsletter. And I'm working on our small business coverage. I also have a rarely-updated personal blog, www.rafeneedleman.com. I like to hear from CNET users!
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