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Video: Cyberprivacy in an Obama USA

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 12/02/2008 - 3:38pm

Cyberprivacy advocates have welcomed the prospect of an Obama presidency. But they may want to wait before popping the champagne corks.

On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper goes over the record with Declan McCullagh.



 

Video: Will Facebook be a game changer for social networking?

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 4:56pm

Facebook comes up with a new feature it hopes will answer the myriad questions raised about identity and your data on the "open Web." On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper and Caroline McCarthy get into the fine print.



 

Video: Behind the Apple-Google API dustup

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 11/26/2008 - 2:47pm

Google acknowledged breaking the official rules of Apple's iPhone software development kit when it created the latest version of the Google Mobile application for the iPhone.

What are the implications for developers and for users? Join Charles Cooper and Tom Krazit on the CNET News Daily Debrief.



 

CNET News Daily Podcast: E-commerce expert heads to D.C.

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 11/26/2008 - 1:41pm

Austan Goolsbee will become staff director and chief economist for the president-elect's new Economic Recovery Advisory Board.



 

Video: Daily Debrief: Why Chrome is catching on

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 11/25/2008 - 3:07pm

When Google introduced a Web browser earlier this fall, the debut was accompanied by much expectation as well as by much skepticism.

But Chrome is starting to win over more converts--including CNET News' Stephen Shankland, who explains why on today's CNET News Daily Debrief with Charles Cooper.



 

CNET News Daily Podcast: Green is the new black? Not so fast

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 11/25/2008 - 2:48pm

Consumer electronics makers are pushing the idea that they're on the leading edge of eco-friendly industrial policy. But a Greenpeace report says they come up short.



 

Photos: A vast zeppelin over the Valley

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 11/24/2008 - 2:56pm

CNET News' Daniel Terdiman takes a ride in Airship Ventures' 246-foot Zeppelin NT as it gets officially dedicated. Will passengers scream "Eureka" to the loo with a view?



 

Daily Debrief: Twitter this--why do a Facebook deal?

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 11/24/2008 - 1:28pm

Twitter and Facebook, two of the best-known names in the Web 2.0 constellation, have been talking merger. But at least for now, there's no deal.

On Monday's Daily Debrief, CNET News' Charles Cooper speaks with Dan Farber about what might still bring these two together as well as how they would chart their respective futures as solo acts.



 

Video: Daily Debrief: Devising your Black Friday strategy

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 2:41pm

There's just a week to go before retail outlets reveal their seasonal tech price cuts. But this year's Black Friday is going to be a lot different from previous years, for buyers and sellers alike.

On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper and Erica Ogg examine why.



 

CNET News Daily Podcast: Microsoft shakes up security world

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 11/19/2008 - 4:07pm

Microsoft says it will now offer its antivirus software for free; Psystar's legal claims against Apple get shot down; and Steve Ballmer wonders when everyone will stop asking him about Yahoo.