CNET News Daily Podcast: Parsing the latest trends in game technology
What's next after this year's E3? Microsoft says it's ready to spend until it drops. Are new Mac laptops on the horizon?
The E3 trade show finished up this week in Los Angeles. CNET News' Daniel Terdiman covered this annual get-together for game developers and he has a wrap-up of the big news--as well as what will be the overarching technology themes to come out of this year's show.
If you're Microsoft and you've got deeper pockets than nearly any institution outside of Fort Knox, you can spend yourself silly. But the statement by the company's CFO about pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a struggling part of its business has a logic behind it. CNET News' Ina Fried explains.
Lastly, it's almost time for the back-to-school season and mounting signs suggest that Apple may be ready to revamp its notebook computer line.
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