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All rights reserved Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:25:05 PST Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:25:05 PST 14175 CNET News CNET http://www.news.com/2009-1090-980549.html 20 http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/gr/prtnr/rss_logo.gif http://news.cnet.com/ 88 31 http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-10000116.html?tag=rsspr.6248665&part=rss&subj=news Led by VP Phil Schiller, the Jobs-less presentation included a 17-inch MacBook Pro and DRM-free songs in iTunes. http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-10000116.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:26:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133466-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Community reviewer who suggested a chiropractor was less than honest in his billing practices is accused of defamation in a lawsuit. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133466-93.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:52:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133465-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Google fended off a Chinese trademark infringement suit, and captured the sudden arrival of searches for characters that show a plane and two towers. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10133465-93.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:03:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 A courtroom lawyer who has sued individual file swappers in multiple federal courts is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for a top Justice Department position. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:55:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133029-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 The economic priorities of the incoming Obama administration may mean that fleshing out the role of a chief technology officer could become a lesser priority. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133029-38.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:16:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10132759-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Apple will not only offer new tracks stripped of copy-protection software, it will let you remove DRM from your existing iTunes collection--for 30 cents per song. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10132759-37.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:45:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10133085-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 It only has a few posts on it, all from a single day last August, but it was apparently enough for Liskula Cohen to go after Google, which owns the publishing service used. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10133085-36.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:21:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132749-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Mischievous Internet forum 4Chan appears to have hacked into the popular Apple blog just as executive Phil Schiller took the stage at the Macworld Expo. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132749-36.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:13:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132684-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 The staff cuts hit its San Francisco and Moscow offices, the company confirms after a rumor on Gawker hinted at a much more significant layoff. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132684-36.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:54:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10132348-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 China has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies, including Google, to curb the availability of pornography. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10132348-38.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:00 PST http://www.cnet.com/8301-19515_1-10131943-234.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Sling Media declares a deadline for its upcoming SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone, and reveals a new trick in the app's retinue. http://www.cnet.com/8301-19515_1-10131943-234.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:00:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10132228-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Speculation about the former eBay chief executive running for California governor is growing, with the latest hint being that she has resigned from four corporate boards. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10132228-38.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:49:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10132086-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 U.S. Internet users watched 12.7 billion online videos in November, an increase of 34 percent versus a year ago, according to ComScore data. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10132086-93.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:20:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10131761-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Moving further away from its one-price-fits-all model, the company will allow top four music labels more price flexibility. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10131761-93.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:05:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10131817-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Web searches rise again for Google in November and drop again for Microsoft as U.S. searches overall increase, Nielsen says. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10131817-93.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:31:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10131700-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 After a number of most popular accounts were compromised, Twitter has come out and said that it was a hacker, not the phishing scam making the rounds recently. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10131700-36.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:25:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10131251-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Rick Sanchez is one of the microblogging service's most popular users, so a whole lot of people saw when his account displayed a message about being high on illicit substances. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10131251-36.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:56:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10131174-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 The pay-per-view online video service is the box's first move beyond Netflix. The service, formerly known as Amazon Unbox, offers more than 40,000 movies and TV shows. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10131174-1.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:12:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130785-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 Recording industry trade group reportedly drops the company responsible for gathering evidence against those accused of sharing copyrighted music. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130785-93.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:05:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130700-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 The social-networking site, which has been experiencing explosive membership growth, sees record traffic on Christmas Eve. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130700-93.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:20:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130632-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1023_3-0-5 New music streaming service works with record labels to offer music lovers instant access to its vast catalog. But is it an alternative to piracy? I'm not so sure. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130632-93.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:34:00 PST