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Don't miss these previous podcasts:

  • February 3, 2006: The Kama Sutra letdown, Gates: We still love Europe, Tech-dom prepares for SuperBowl Sunday. Listen or download
  • February 2, 2006: A Trojan Horse of a different color, Layoffs hit a Silicon Valley bellwether, and users report IE 7 glitches. Listen or download
  • February 1, 2006: Google: The day after, More momentum behind Ajax, and the case of the disappearing Wikipedia entry. Listen or download
  • January 31 2006: Microsoft's new policy on blog censorship, Linux guru splits with Linus, Is a new tea party brewing in Boston? Listen or download
  • January 30 2006: Patent dispute forces Office upgrade, Is a TiVO in Cisco's future?, and laptops that dare not to be boring. Listen or download
  • January 27, 2006: Big week for Google, the expansion of mobile TV, and a Seattle software company releases earnings. Listen or download
  • Reporter roundtable - January 27, 2006: Google this: Questions ahead. Google's led a charmed existence in its brief life but as a big earnings report looms, the company finds itself under the magnifying glass. Join CNET News.com's Friday reporter roundtable with Harry Fuller, Elinor Mills, Jim Kerstetter and Declan McCullagh. Listen or download
  • January 26, 2006: Bye-bye Aibo, a boost for Itanium, and politicians who blog. Listen or download
  • January 25, 2006: Google's Chinese wall, Microsoft sues over spyware, and science for smoking addiction. Listen or download
  • Reporter roundtable - January 24, 2006: So what did Disney really get for $7.4 billion? Join News.com's Harry Fuller, Ina Fried and Charlie Cooper for the behind-the-deal analysis. Listen or download
  • January 24, 2006: Deal day for Disney-Pixar -- maybe, Do Web filters really protect your children?, and one geek designer who wears tech well. Listen or download
  • Reporter roundtable - January 23, 2006: Taking Google's measure: Elinor Mills, Mike Yamamoto and Charlie Cooper debate how long Google can maintain its frenetic growth rate. Listen or download
  • January 23, 2006: Is Blackberry on the brink? Slow going for new Intel Macs, and the 25 wackiest conspiracy theories. Listen or download
  • Reporter roundtable: January 20, 2006: Handicapping Google v. Uncle Sam, Apple's hiccup, Intel under fire, and mouse ears for Steve Jobs?

    Join Jim Kerstetter, Michael Kanellos, Ina Fried and Charlie Cooper as they bat around the week's headlines in the CNET News.com week-in-review roundtable. Listen or download
  • January 20, 2006: Behind Intel's rethink of the Itanium, HP's new strategy, and security woes on the '06 horizon. Listen or download
  • January 19, 2006: Apple gets slammed, Google says no to Uncle Sam, and Captain Kirk's very personal online donation. Listen or download
  • January 18, 2006: New tech for skin health, Napster's milestone, and Apple updates iTunes due to privacy concerns. Listen or download
  • January 17, 2006: Earnings from Intel, IBM and Yahoo, Attempts to change the Linux kernel, Astronaut's memoirs says US space shuttle was always dangerous, and a look at tech in the Mideast beginning on Wednesday. Listen or download
  • January 13, 2006: A Macworld postmortem, searching for ways to get video on the iPod, and Intel's traveling salesman. Listen or download
  • January 12, 2006: Sun founders look back, BlackBerry adds Google functions, and Nikon cuts back on film cameras. Listen or download
  • January 11, 2006: A look at the e-annoyance law, GPL gets a makeover, and the Oracle-PeopleSoft merger hits the one-year mark. Listen or download
  • January 10, 2006: A report from Steve Jobs' keynote, AOL makes a buy, and more on the HD DVD/Blu-Ray battle. Listen or download
  • January 9, 2006: Getting set for Macworld, the future of Google, and Howard Stern gets Sirius. Listen or download
  • January 6, 2006: Capitol Hill's cookie caper, actor Morgan Freeman on direct delivery of video to the home, and Yahoo unveils its Go service. Listen or download
  • January 5, 2006: The federal government is watching your Web habits. Plus, big names and big talk at CES. Listen or download
  • January 4, 2006: U.S. gadget sales set to rise, XM Satellite Radio's new gadgets, and a look at the Google speculation. Listen or download
  • January 3, 2006: Details on Motorola's subscription music service, AMD and Rambus strike a deal, and PCs by Google? Listen or download
  • December 22, 2005: European regulators bang the gavel, all-digital broadcasts, all the time, and video game makers win a reprieve Listen or download
  • December 21, 2005: The last tax-free cyber Xmas?, Symantec scrambles to fix a security glitch, Japan mulls its own search engine. Listen or download
  • December 20, 2005: Intelligent design takes a tumble, a new Santa computer worm in time for Xmas, and finding a lost Mars probe -- on Mars! Listen or download
  • December 19, 2005: A Wikipedia offshoot takes root. Glitches hamper I.E. 7. An eco-innovator looks to clean up. Listen or download
  • December 16, 2005: The Xbox under hack attack. Google closes in on an AOL deal. All Howard, all the time. Listen or download
  • December 15, 2005: Microsoft's reorg plans, Google whistles a new tune, and Visto sues Redmond. Listen or download
  • December 14, 2005: Down to the wire on the Patriot Act, bloggers to canvass Iraq, King Kong gets game. Listen or download
  • December 13, 2005: Virus-blocking chips on the horizon, HP's CEO finally faces Wall Street, and a humanoid robot grows up. Listen or download
  • December 12, 2005: Chicago woman faces the music for storing music files on her computer, Why Home Depot's big on big screen LCDs, and can Ray Ozzie re-program Microsoft? Listen or download
  • December 9, 2005: Good news for Gateway, chip sales on the upswing, and Creative takes aim at the iPod. Listen or download
  • December 8, 2005: Microsoft's server services, Firefox flaw revealed, and geophysicists look to the future. Listen or download
  • December 7, 2005: South Korea throws the books at Microsoft, Gartner warns customers about the Blackberry, Podcast voted "word" of the year. Listen or download
  • December 6, 2005: Cingular launches 3G network, NBC teams up with iTunes, and search start-ups clamor for dollars. Listen or download
  • December 5, 2005: New rules of engagement for Wikipedia, Bill Gates antes up in Bangladesh, no smart balls for the World Cup. Listen or download
  • December 2, 2005: XXX domain faces uncertain future, e-mail the SNARF way, and advertising keywords for less. Listen or download
  • December 1, 2005: Samsung pays a hefty fine, another HP departure, and Apple spends a bundle on iPod ads. Listen or download


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