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News.com Daily Podcast: What's really 'fair use' in a blog?

Fair use and the blogosphere; Yahoo, the story that just won't die; and the end of an era for Windows XP.

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A decision by the Associated Press to set clear standards on how much of one of its dispatches may be reproduced on the Web has led to a blogosphere controversy. CNET News.com's Holly Jackson spoke with Drudge Retort owner Rogers Cadenhead. For another perspective, Charlie Cooper chatted with News.com's editor in chief, Dan Farber.

Believe it or not, there's more news on the Yahoo front. This time … Read more

News.com Daily Podcast: Is it really the end of Yahoo-Microsoft?

Some analysts say the Yahoo-Google ad deal could push Microsoft into making a hostile bid.

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Yahoo's stock was hammered in early morning trading on Friday, a sign that the Google ad-sharing deal wasn't enough to satisfy Wall Street. So what's next for the beleaguered Internet giant? Some say Microsoft may still make a move yet.

Also in today's podcast, CNET News.com's Holly Jackson talks with the creators behind a play based on the 650,000 search logs released by AOL in 2006. User 927 opened this week in … Read more

Security Bites 103: Capitalizing on botnets

IronPort's Pat Peterson joins Robert Vamosi this week to talk about how online criminals make money using botnets.

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How do online criminals make money off of botnets? Previously, we've explored how parts of the Storm worm botnet may have been rented out to others. No matter who owns the botnet, the traffic is usually the same: spam. But what kind of spam?

IronPort Systems, a divison of Cisco, released a report this week (registration required) that identified some of the specific spam messages being used. Not surprising is the pharmaceutical spam. But … Read more

News.com Daily Podcast: How cities are taking on climate change

Cities' green action plans; Yahoo loses a couple of prominent employees; and Republican and Democrats cast a vote for Microsoft.

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City governments' response to climate change ranges from cutting-edge distributed energy to adding more bike lanes and trees. Climate change experts from four cities--London, Toronto, Chicago, and New York--spoke at the Mass Impact Symposium Monday in Cambridge, Mass., and CNET News.com intern Holly Jackson had the chance to chat with reporter Martin LaMonica about what they said.

Plus, Yahoo loses a couple of high-level employees--and it's getting set to announce a deal … Read more

The Real Deal 114: Macs

Tom and Rafe talk about Mobile Me from Apple, a bit about Snow Leopard,a.k.a. OS X 10.6, and of course they touch ont he iPhone too. Listen now: Download today's podcast Mobile Me http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9963504-2.htmlLive Mesh competitorSnow Leopard - No new MacBook Pro?Techriest - Mac as a development platform - http://www.acrossthepod.dreamhosters.com/?p=15iPhone - Apps!The SDK, core services, what it can and can't doDifference between the apps and web appsHow to buy the appsEMAILkwsanders - I cannot remember how long Steve Jobs … Read more

News.com Daily Podcast: Uncovering who is behind 'Googlegate'

Outing a covert tech lobbying effort; a breakthrough in alternative energy research; and another tech gazillionaire pays a fortune to tour space. Listen now: Download today's podcast

What in the world does a farm lobbying organization have to do with Net neutrality--let alone Google? As CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh discovered through his sleuthing, there's a lot more to this story than meets the eye.

If you have more money than you know what to do with, how does a multimillion-dollar jaunt into space sound? Well, it sounded just fab to Sergey Brin.

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Dialed In 35: iPhone 3G and More

It's iPhone mania among the Dialed In crew this week, and we invite News.com's Apple expert Tom Krazit to sit in with us and talk all about the iPhone 3G. In non-iPhone news, we also talk about new phones from LG, the Samsung Instinct, and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast NewsiPhone, iPhone, and more iPhone http://www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.htmlWWDC 2008 keynote live blog http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9960064-37.htmliPhone 3G details: dimensions, specs http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/06/09/iphone-3g-details-dimensions-weight-3g-chip-specs-2/iPhone 2.0 firmware updates http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9964317-1.html… Read more

MP3 Insider 100: iPhone madness

Jasmine and Donald tear the iPhone a new one. Plus, Jasmine's cat gets a hold of the Sony Rolly, SanDisk gobbles MusicGremlin, and Donald rounds-up some non-iPod MP3 players for Mac users. Listen now: Download today's podcast EPISODE 100

iPhone music stuff: http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9963889-1.htmlBest non-iPod MP3 players for Mac: http://reviews.cnet.com/4321-6490_7-6545983.html?tag=feat.2iMainGo 2: http://reviews.cnet.com/portable-speakers/imaingo-2-silver/4505-11313_7-33060592.html?tag=links;reviewRadius TruTune: http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/sony-rolly-2gb-white/4505-6490_7-33059749.html?tag=prod.txt.2Sony Rolly: http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/sony-rolly-2gb-white/4505-6490_7-33059749.html?tag=prod.txt.2… Read more

News.com Daily Podcast: The iPhone news you didn't hear Monday

HP unleashes huge new product lineup; why restaurants may want to hang onto their leftover fry grease; and iRobot heads for the high seas. Listen now: Download today's podcast

We all heard plenty about the new iPhone 3G on Monday. But one of the stories that didn't get quite as many headlines is a change in the relationship between AT&T and Apple.

CNET News.com reporters Tom Krazit and Marguerite Reardon talk to podcast host Jennifer Guevin about what the changes mean for the two companies--and for consumers thinking about taking the iPhone plunge.

Hewlett-Packard took … Read more