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CNET News Daily Podcast: Awaiting the Google Android phone

Getting ready for the launch of Google Android phone, and why Brad Pitt may be bad for your computer.

Leslie Katz

Sept. 16, 2008 12:57 p.m. PT

Leslie Katz Former Culture Editor

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably playing online word games, tending to her garden or referring to herself in the third person.

Credentials Third place film critic, 2021 LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

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The September 23 launch of the new Google Android phone on T-Mobile USA's network is almost here, but will the phone live up to its hype? CNET News reporter Maggie Reardon breaks it down.

Plus, IT firms got some good news and some bad news Tuesday, when Forrester Research released its revised IT spending projections for this year and next.

And watch out Brad Pitt fans, the star could be bad for your computer.

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