X

CNET News Daily Podcast: When live, online video goes too far

CNET News' Greg Sandoval stops by to talk about the Justin.TV live suicide broadcast and how it could have been prevented.

Erica Ogg Former Staff writer, CNET News
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur.
See full bio
Erica Ogg

The drama surrounding the 19-year-old who overdosed on pills live on the Justin.TV Internet broadcasting service took more than 12 hours to unfold Wednesday night. How does something like this happen? CNET News' Greg Sandoval talks about the effect this could have on the live Web video community, and what could have prevented it.

Also on today's podcast: Apple issues a hefty iPhone update, Google calculates how long it will take to make the U.S. energy independent, and the economy forces some companies to scale back their CES plans.


Listen now: Download today's podcast

Today's stories:

Report: Teen commits suicide on Justin.tv

Economy takes bite out of CES extravaganza

Apple releases iPhone 2.2 update

Yahoo sells Kelkoo

Google crunches numbers on clean-energy policy

Gadgets for which we are thankful, part 2